TAHSIN KHAN
Hyderabad
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven professional with extensive experience in transaction monitoring and anti-money laundering at HSBC. Certified KYC specialist with a strong focus on risk assessment and compliance, excelling in identifying suspicious activities and providing actionable insights. Recognized for outstanding performance in managing investigations and fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams. Aiming to leverage expertise to enhance compliance frameworks and drive organizational success.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Process Specialist Data Transaction Monitoring
Cognizant
Hyderabad
06.2025 - Current
- Detected and analyzed suspicious or unusual transactions through automated monitoring systems and investigative techniques, ensuring compliance with internal policies and AML regulations.
- Conducted thorough reviews of alerts to identify patterns indicating potential money laundering, including high-risk geographical fund transfers, transactions involving tax havens, abrupt changes in customer behavior, structuring (smurfing), use of shell companies, and offshore accounts, and trade-based money laundering.
- Documented clear and comprehensive narratives summarizing investigation findings, providing actionable insights for case resolution, and regulatory reporting.
- Made informed decisions to close cases or escalate issues for further investigation when money laundering or financial crime concerns were identified, meeting SLAs, and regulatory deadlines.
- Managed requests for information (RFI) by collaborating with internal teams, third parties, and affiliates to obtain additional transaction details, and support ongoing investigations.
Transaction Monitoring Senior Analyst
HSBC
Hyderabad
02.2023 - 05.2025
- Worked as an L1 and L2 level analyst for the Transaction Monitoring process for the EU region.
- Identified suspicious or unusual transactions through internal and external investigations.
- Conducted thorough searches to find evidence, and mitigate the risk of money laundering.
- Worked on various typologies, like high-risk geography fund transfers, tax haven fund transfers, and changes in behavior, etc.
- Wrote concise and comprehensive narratives of the investigation's findings.
- Made critical decisions to either close the case or escalate it when money laundering concerns were raised, ensuring adherence to strict timelines.
- Initiated and managed requests for information (RFI) for additional details on third-party and affiliate customers.
- Working on customer accounts, as well as correspondent banking TM operations.
- Achievements:
- Super start of Quarter 4, 2024.
- Star of the Month, January 2024.
- Star of the Month, August 2024.
KYC Analyst
Alchemy Techsol India Pvt Ltd
Pune
02.2022 - 01.2023
- Executed KYC periodic remediation for Barclays Bank corporate accounts.
- Evaluated risks linked to customers' profiles to guarantee compliance with regulations.
- Gathered and validated customer information, including identification documents, proof of address, and financial records from diverse sources.
Assistant Manager (Branch Banking Operations)
Axis Bank
Pune
05.2019 - 06.2020
Education
MBA - Finance
Pune University
Pune, India05-2019
B.B.A - Management
Amravati University
Amravati, India12-2015
Skills
- Risk assessment
- Anti-money laundering
- Transaction monitoring
- CDD
- PEP
- Sanction
Certification
Globally Certified KYC Specialist(Go-AKS)
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Process Specialist Data Transaction Monitoring
Cognizant
06.2025 - Current
Transaction Monitoring Senior Analyst
HSBC
02.2023 - 05.2025
KYC Analyst
Alchemy Techsol India Pvt Ltd
02.2022 - 01.2023
Assistant Manager (Branch Banking Operations)
Axis Bank
05.2019 - 06.2020
MBA - Finance
Pune University
B.B.A - Management
Amravati University