Michael Lyudmir
**-** **** ***** ***. *H Rego Park, NY 11374 ? 917-***-**** ?
ab8w5i@r.postjobfree.com
Qualifications:
. Knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering procedures utilizing the guidelines
instituted by the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and the Patriot Act
. Expertise in Know Your Client (KYC) and Global Banking/Correspondent
Banking procedures
. Experience in bank due diligence procedures, AML procedures, FinCEN 314
and OFAC surveillance
. Knowledge of MANTAS, Actimize, PRIME, Norkom, and CMT (Case Management
Tool)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Anti-Money Laundering Consulting Projects
HSBC, New York, NY June 2012 - September
2012
KYC Remediation Project
. Review client account requests for completeness and quality within the
workflow account opening system
. Review publicly available sources for information pertaining to client
due diligence
. Assist in Operations projects pertaining to the area of Account Opening
and to ensure proper due diligence is completed to mitigate AML risk
. Communicate effectively with the business units regarding KYC
documentation required and clarification of structure and content of
the request
. Maintain effective relationships with Compliance, Credit, Senior
Management and other Back & Middle Office areas
. Liaising with the business units to approach clients to gather KYC
documents
. Responsible for account opening document validation of various clients
. Conduct review of existing clients within the database to ensure that
their documentation is kept up-to-date
Barclays Wealth, Jersey City, NJ December 2011 -
May 2012
. Investigate Mantas-generated transactions from client accounts to
determine the business purpose of the wire transfers and identify
unusual payment patterns
. Monitor incoming and outgoing wires for potential OFAC related hits and
monitor for potential violations with regard to various sanction
programs
. Conduct comprehensive research to establish customer profiles, contact
correspondent banks to obtain "Know Your Customer" information, and
analyze the responses
. Prepare Suspicious Activity Reports for escalated accounts, which
includes writing a detailed narrative describing unusual transactional
activities and customer investigation results
. Perform Quality Assurance reviews for both Surveillance and Correspondent
Bank Inquiry Analysts
HSBC, New York, NY February 2011 - December
2011
. Perform AML surveillance review of red flag Correspondent Banking
Alerts generated by PCM AMS system, Norkom and CMT (Case Management
Tool) Transaction Monitoring applications as part of the BAU and
Lookback projects
. Perform client-transaction monitoring: full-cycle process from
Surveillance and Research to Correspondent Bank Response Analysis to
Suspicious Activity Report preparation
. Conduct research on individual and business clients using KYC (Know
Your Customer) tools including Lexis-Nexis, World-Check, OFAC, etc.
. Write narratives in Case Managements application of findings and make
recommendations for next steps
. Write SAR (Suspicious Activity Report) drafts
Commerzbank, AG, New York, NY
January 2010 - February 2011
. Performed AML surveillance review of red flag Correspondent Banking
Alerts generated by Prime and Actimize Transaction Monitoring
application
. Conducted research on individual and business clients using KYC (Know
Your Customer) tools including Lexis-Nexis, World-Check, OFAC, etc.
. Assisted in monitoring incoming and outgoing wires for potential OFAC
related hits and monitor for potential violations with regard to
various sanction programs
. Coordinated with Frankfurt headquarters and international correspondent
banks to secure customer RFI data
. Wrote detailed narratives in Case Managements application describing
unusual transactional activities and customer investigation results
. Prepared SAR (Suspicious Activity Report) drafts
Dreyfus-Bank of New York Mellon August 2009 - November
2009
. AML compliance project analyzing Risk Management, Asset Management, and
Mutual Funds
. Reviewed brokerage accounts to ensure that the appropriate paperwork
was completed, including the account opening application and
correspondence, and contacted the business to request additional
information
. Investigated brokerage accounts that were identified for potential AML
violations and brokerage accounts of U.S. citizens living in tax haven
countries
. Performed due diligence on brokerage accounts owned by Not-for-Profit
organizations and foreign entities
Deutsche Bank September
2005 - June 2009
BAU Project
. Monitor Global Transaction Banking customer accounts as part of ongoing
AML compliance requirements
. Analyzed Mantas-generated transactions from client accounts to
determine the business purpose of the wire transfers and identify
unusual payment patterns
. Conducted comprehensive research to establish customer profiles,
contacted correspondent banks to obtain "Know Your Customer"
information, and analyzed the responses
. Prepared Suspicious Activity Reports for escalated accounts, which
included writing a detailed narrative describing unusual transactional
activities and customer investigation results
. Performed Quality Assurance reviews for both Surveillance and
Correspondent Bank Inquiry Analysts
Look Back Project
. AML compliance Look Back project, which required the review of over
17,000 client accounts
. Performed client-transaction monitoring: full-cycle process from
Surveillance and Research to Correspondent Bank Response Analysis to
Suspicious Activity Report Preparation
. Analyzed wire transfers to determine if the transaction amounts and
payment patterns correlated with the originators' and beneficiaries'
lines of business
. Conducted comprehensive research to establish customer profiles,
requested "Know Your Customer" information from correspondent banks,
and analyzed the inquiry responses
. Prepared Suspicious Activity Reports describing wire-transaction
analysis, and customer-research results
. Trained new consultants on report preparation, documentation
procedures, and account activity analysis
Other Professional Experience
V & V Asset Management, New York, NY October 2003 -
September 2005
Equities Research Associate
. Analyzed market and economic trends, and thoroughly researched company
financial reports
. Assessed the investment risk of financial products, including stocks,
bonds, and futures
. Designed spreadsheets to measure investment profits and losses
. Collaborated with the financial analysis team to plan and implement
investment strategies
World Co., New York, NY January 2001 -
October 2003
Equities Research Analyst
Evaluated company financial reports to determine growth potential
Executed trades of financial products, including stocks, bonds, and
futures
Maintained a financial research database
Education and Professional Licenses
City University of New York, New York, NY / Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Major
NASD Series 7, 63 and 55
Fluent in Russian