Tony Kazazi
**** ***** ****, ** acfrvx@r.postjobfree.com Work:
Brooklyn, NY 11209 Home: 718-745-
0321
EXPERIENCE:
**/** - ******* ****** ******* Federal Credit Union, New York, NY
OFAC annalist
. Scan and review in daily basis all incoming and outgoing
wire transfers and ACH payments for possible OFAC hit, and
approve the genuine payments.
. Make sure payments have the supporting data in cases of
very close hits.
. Interact with the compliance department of UNFCU in daily
basis regarding various issues related to the incoming and
outgoing payments.
. Interact with OFAC regarding payments request involving
blocked countries or entities, and provide supporting
documentation for specific cases.
. Investigate with other banks and provide additional
documentation in order to solve cases related to OFAC
issues in various payments.
. Contact our customers in specific cases regarding possible
OFAC issues their payments might have.
. Maintain a detailed internal Log for all OFAC related
issues.
04/03 - 08/09 United Nations Federal Credit Union, New York, NY
Payments Department
. Process wire transfers, domestic, international and
foreign exchange as well
. Research, investigate and resolve wire transfer
problems.
. Comply with all policy changes and regulations that
directly affect wire transfer procedures.
. Interact as needed with OFAC and the compliance
department regarding various issues related to the
incoming and outgoing payments.
. Perform research and acquire additional information in
the company's database to support investigation on
various issues related to every day payments, to make
sure the BSA and CIP requirements are met.
. Detect and assist in the investigation of fraudulent
wire transfers, money laundering issues and contribute
in filing SAR reports.
Morgan Stanley, New York, New York
10/00-07/02 Operations Department
. Worked in a team of 6 operational staff members for over
100 brokers
. Established new accounts, coordinate all paperwork and
proper data entry
. Processed all funds paid, Fed Fund Wire Transfers, funds
received
. Handle journal entries of cash, and securities, security
order out, reorganization items
. ACAT (Account transfers)
. Mutual funds networking
. Monitoring margin activity of the accounts
. Trained new operations staff
03/92-08/00 Polytechnic University, Faculty of Geology and Mining
Tirana, Albania
. Lab specialist, overseeing students in practice courses,
research
EDUCATION:
. MBA, Financial Management, Pace University, New York, NY,
September, 2006
. BS, Geophysics, Polytechnic University, Faculty of Geology
& Mining,Tirana, Albania,07/1991
. Internship in compliance department at UNFCU.
SKILLS: Proficient in Microsoft, Outlook, Excel, Word etc.
Excellent communication, written,
Analytical, interpersonal and multi-task skills.
LANGUAGES: English, Italian and Albanian