Management Manager

Sandra H.

Anti Money Laundering Investigator, Officer

Summary

Sandra Homer is a Compliance and Risk Management professional with substantial expertise in Bank Secrecy

Act, Anti-Money Laundering, US Patriot Act, OFAC, Counter Terrorist Financing and Operations as well as

regulatory compliance. Extensive experience in conducting and coordinating risk assessments, transaction

monitoring, complex investigations of money laundering, financial crimes and terrorist financing including

SAR preparation and filing. Outstanding project management, problem solving, analytical, and research skills

along with strong written and communication skills.

Experience

Anti Money Laundering Investigator, Officer Financial Intelligence Unit at Citizens Bank

November 2011 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Conduct AML investigations in a manner that complies with all applicable regulatory requirements as well as

CFG and RBS- AML policies

Applying BSA regulations and bank policies/regulations to the specific customer profile to determine the

presence of financing of terrorism or money laundering activities

Analyze and review data to determine whether activity is suspicious and write a narrative explaining the

reason

Investigate possible terrorist financing via examining international wire to/from the bank

Determine whether or not customer alerts should be escalated to the case investigation level and to law

enforcement

Write SARS

Disposition customer/account surveillance alerts, which indicate potentially suspicious transactions.

Engage in critical thinking and the ability to make sound decisions very quickly

Facilitate the on boarding and training of new employees in regards to the Erase monitoring application

Assist in the implementation of arranging regular ERASE meetings

Effectively complete and exceed the minimum of 50 alerts per day as set forth by the Compliance targeting

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Senior Executive Assistant at CCO INVESTMENTS SERVICES

March 2010 - November 2011 (1 year 9 months)

Provide executive administrative support to Senior Vice President and Vice President of CCO Investment

Operations

• Create, modify and maintain database of Employee ID's

• Prepare accurate and timely reports, memos, letters, and minutes of meetings

• Update and maintain Branch Directories

• Maintain inventory of office and kitchen supplies; responsible for office equipment

• Solely responsible for Rep/Agent changes to all Direct Companies

• Responsible for send backs on client paperwork discrepancies

• Manage PTO / Vacation calendar for Upper Management of Operations

• Add/Delete and Create documents on SharePoint for Intranet

• CCO Point of Contact for Annuity Agent changes

• Member of Colleague Empowerment Committee BERMAN DEVALERIO

Senior Securities Litigation Assistant at Berman DeValerio

January 2000 - January 2010 (10 years 1 month)

Senior Manager of six paralegals and two administrative assistants

• Apply Standards for Risk Management and Operations set forth by the SEC to the paralegal department

• Appear before federal judges in Securities Fraud Litigation matters

• Trial preparation of complex litigation cases

• Preparation of annual reports to shareholders

• Investigation of case details and determination of hot documents and key items

• Oversee the progress of documents through litigation support departments

• Draft motions, memoranda, orders, declarations and affidavits for attorneys

• Provide executive administrative support to four Senior Partners and 3 Associates to ensure consistent and

timely preparation of court filings, presentations, spreadsheets, graphs, charts, expense reports, etc.

• Preparation of SEC filings, forensic accounting data review

• Investigate transactions of complex business portfolios

• Litigation Case Management

• 30 (b)(6) depositions

• Prepare accurate and timely reports, memos, letters, financial statements and pleadings

Legal Secretary at Fasanella & Wood LLP

January 1999 - January 2002 (3 years 1 month)

Receptionist, Timekeeping

Calendaring of office events, court dates, meetings and conference calls

Coordinate travel arrangements

Maintain Client Files, Monthly Client Invoices,

Faxing, copying, scanning and emailing documents

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Skills & Expertise

Risk Management

Compliance

Securities Litigation

Paralegals

Financial Analysis

Financial Structuring

Retail Banking

USA PATRIOT Act

Terrorist Financing

Transactional Banking

Anti Money Laundering

Investments

Investment Banking

Microsoft Office

Case Managment

Outlook

Litigation

Wordperfect

AML

Bank Secrecy Act

KYC

Securities

Risk Assessment

Litigation Support

Financial Risk

Securities Regulation

FinCEN

Transaction Processing

Suspicious Activity Reporting

Financial Institutions

Financial Transactions

Legal Research

Legal Compliance

OFAC

Education

Fitchburg State College

Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Computer Science, 1996 - 1999

Fitchburg State College

Bachelor of Science

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Sandra H.

Anti Money Laundering Investigator, Officer

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