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AML compliance

Location:
Mississauga, ON, Canada
Posted:
January 04, 2021

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REEYANA OLIVEIRA, CS Mississauga, ON 647-***-****

CAREER TARGET: CLIENT SUPPORT ASSOCIATE Email: adi5tb@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/reeyanaoliveira

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A Senior Compliance Administrator with 7 years of professional experience in AML/AFT, Compliance and Risk Management, KYC requirements, Client Service and Administration in the financial services industry

A qualified Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) having good understanding of Compliance and Financial Markets.

Detail oriented with sound organizational and communication skills, demonstrates ability to prioritize assignments, organize and analyze multiple, complex data sets and multi-task within restricted time constraints.

Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to details resulting in well thought out decisions

Demonstrated knowledge of FINTRAC AND PCMLTFA regulations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sovereign Corporate Services – Sovereign Group

Senior Compliance Administrator – June 2016 – November 2020

Junior Compliance Administrator – March 2014 – May 2016

Ensured compliance with external regulations related to the Anti-Money Laundering Framework and Sovereign Group’s internal AML & KYC policies and procedures particularly related to onboarding activities

Effectively monitored, investigated and case management of Watch List scanning of anti-money laundering/anti-terrorist financing (AML/ATF)

Strongly adhered to Sovereign’s existing procedures and controls in place and pro-actively react when foreseeing issues and ensured that checklist, job aids and system changes are consistently followed

Performed due diligence checks on new clients including enhanced due diligence on Politically Exposed Foreign Persons (PEFPs) and high-risk commercial clients as per Company’s onboarding policy and ensuring that highest standards of due diligence process are applied to mitigate AML related financial and reputational risk

Conducted detailed analysis to prepare Risk Assessment Reports consistent with the Customer Risk Ratings set out by the Group

Identified beneficial owners and ensuring the completeness and correctness of the diligence documents of each client through different search methods

Regularly monitored, investigated, and analyzed transactions and used judgment and knowledge of unusual patterns of activities and filled out suspicious activity reports to the Money-Laundering Reporting Officer in a timely manner

Periodically reviewed of existing clients, their business activities, and ensuring that the company’s activities and due diligence documents are up to date

Approved low risk clients, while thoroughly investigated PEFP, ATF and OFAC related sanctions and escalated the matter to the Compliance Director

Used Regulatory Data Corp (RDC) as a screening tool to screen all potential clients (individuals and corporates) ) and where required contacted other department employees to develop a detailed case to objectively conclude if the activity in question is suspicious

Conducted investigations using World Check screening and other open source searches to gather case evidence to identify clients that pose financial and reputational risk to the company.

Prepared case reports for review outlining the depth of investigation activity, risk assessment, and recommended remediation actions.

Maintained professional and courteous demeanor when contacting other employees and requesting information as necessary.

Maintained proper records and audit trail of investigation activity and disposition actions for all alerts, stored the data, emailed correspondence, and other related information in the database.

Effectively communicated and efficiently managed AML team and provided continuous support to other departments.

Provided AML related training to new and existing staffs.

Administrative Assistant Selous LLC Dec 2011 – Feb 2014

Promptly responded to customer queries and resolving customer complaints.

Maintained an up-to-date understanding of money laundering and terrorist financing issues, including policies, procedures, legislation and regulations, industry best practices, criminal typologies and developing trends and acted as a Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

Provided premium customer service to clients, contacted internal and external clients to collect missing data, ensured timely resolution of problematic transactions, and prepared and filled their due diligence forms with various regulatory authorities.

Assistant Manager - Legal Radhakrishna Foodland Private Ltd April 2011 – Nov 2011

Conducted due diligence checks of various distribution center across India and identified and escalated the legal non-compliance issues to the Management and proposing action plans to ensure that all the business units comply with the regulations.

Conducted Secretarial compliance audits and ensured that the company and its subsidiaries and compliant with the Company Law and The Regulatory Authority.

Associate – Risk Management and Compliance Pangea 3 Jan 2011 – Mar 2011

Provided continuous assistance to the manager in setting up international companies including ordering of Good Standing Certificate and Certificate of Incumbency.

Assisted Corporate Secretaries and directors globally by sending timely intelligence reports and liaise with internal departments to ensure the projects ran smoothly.

Participated in special projects, as assigned.

Assistant Company Secretary Nayak’s Corporate Services Apr 2009 – Dec 2010

Responsible for Corporate Compliance under various statutory laws such as Company law, Foreign Exchange Management Act, Labour Laws etc.

Self-starter independently incorporated over 30 companies and handled over 200 client profiles in different industries.

Identified customer needs and helped customers with specific queries, responded to customer queries in timely and accurate manner, and updating the clients regularly about the regulatory changes.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration with WES equivalency of 4 years

Qualified Company Secretary from Institute of Company Secretaries of India with WES equivalency of 3 years

International AML Officer Certification from CCL Academy, 2018

Enrolled for Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification and Canadian Securities Course.

Strong knowledge in MS Office applications.



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