MANEESH MATHEW, CAMS

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Certified Anti Money laundering Specialist with focus on focus on opportunities for improvement, targeting assignments in Anti- Money Laundering/Compliance/ KYC/Transaction Monitoring, preferably in International Banks/Financial Services/Audit & Advisory Firms with an organization of high repute SKILL SET PROFILE SUMMARY

Adaptability

Collaboration

Strong Work Ethic

Time Management

Critical Thinking

Handling Pressure

Leadership

Problem Solving

Client Relationship

Management

AML Quality Management

• 8 years’ experience in Anti Money Laundering/KYC and Investment Banking profile.

• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

• Currently working with Credit Suisse Services (India) Pvt Limited as Assistant Vice President (AVP), managing UK FCC Surveillance team.

• Masters in Finance & Control (MFC equivalent to MBA FM) from Berhampur University, Orissa with 73%

• Experienced professional with a track-record in Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Transaction Monitoring, KYC/CDD, Policy and Procedure setup.

• Subject Matter Expert in Compliance/AML/KYC.

• Highly energetic and team spirited with a strong work-ethic, able to fill numerous Compliance roles

• Accurate and precise in all work-related assignments with the skills to contribute to corporate financial goals

• Possess sound knowledge on international anti-money laundering laws and regulation.

• Worked for AML/KYC project in UAE (Abu Dhabi) for a year.

• Lead number of teams in various projects and assignments related to AML/KYC.

• An effective communicator with skills to analyze & interpret unique problems, brings logical thinking to find the right solutions. ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Credit Suisse Services (India) Pvt Limited, Pune (Sept’19 to Present) Assistant Vice President (AVP)

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Managing FCC UK Surveillance team of 14 members.

• FCC UK Surveillance consist of Transaction Monitoring (Private Bank and Investment Bank) and Name Screening (Private Bank and Investment Bank).

• Weekly Report and other MIs prepared for Senior Management and Regional MLROs.

• Prepare reports for Auditors and periodic data requirements from regional Regulators. Regulators from EMEA (UK, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and Germany) and US.

• Periodic Procedure updates and training to Team.

• Support IT in threshold tuning, TM and NS system upgradation, implementation and other support to IT team.

• Periodic training to team on Transaction Monitoring and Name Screening.

• New joiners training majorly related to system training.

• Responsible for L2 review of Transaction Monitoring alerts for UK IB and UK PB.

• End User UAT performer for UK Surveillance.

• Subject Matter Expert in Transaction Monitoring and Name Screening.

• Weekly work allocation of alerts for Transaction Monitoring and Name Screening to the team and weekly escalation report to Specialty Desk (Crime, PEP and Sanction) is also part of BAU. Ernst & Young LLP, Pune (Aug’17 to Sept’19)

Senior Consultant with Risk Advisory Service (RAS) and part of EY India AML Centre of Excellence (CoE) KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Lead EY team of 8 members in KYC Remediation project with a well-known UAE bank in Abu Dhabi in their Financial Institution team and provided consulting services for their KYC Process.

• Acted as Subject Matter Expert on multiple Client Projects at EY.

• Worked on different KYC projects includes KYC remediation of newly merged UAE Bank, conduct GAP Assessments, verify documents, asking for required documents from client specially expired documents or Annual Board Resolution etc.

• Also, provided documents as an ask from Central Bank of UAE which was part of KYC work.

• Updating Risk Rating Portal as per the relevant documents collected from Clients.

• Worked to setup AML policies and procedures for a new trade finance bank in United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi).

• Setup Transaction Monitoring Policies and Procedures for UAE Trade finance bank.

• Worked with UAE client to setup AML Transaction Monitoring System procedure and workflows.

• Worked with Swiss based Investment bank for AML Transaction Monitoring and Name.

• Identified and escalated red flags and support in identifying potential SARs.

• Provided technical support in revising/tuning scenario thresholds.

• Received client appreciation many times for showcasing excellence on work.

• Subject Matter Expert in Transaction Monitoring in EY. Tata Consultancy Service, Pune (Oct’15-July’2017)

Anti-Money Laundering Investigator (Case Management). As a Money Laundering Reporting Officer responsible for identify and investigate the customer transaction patterns, mitigate the risk and report suspicious activity related to money laundering and terrorist financing. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Investigated and assessed alerts relating to potential money laundering risks.

• Ensured efficient identification and monitoring of activities and transactions considered suspicious.

• Stay current with money laundering and terrorist financing behaviors, issues, policies, regulations, criminal typologies, industry best practices, and developing trends.

• Subject Matter Expert for L2, providing guidance on decision making and quality measures.

• Internal Quality analyst.

• Conduct holistic investigation of money laundering alerts or transactions considered suspicious.

• Conduct external searches to find the information as an evidence to mitigate risk or report suspicious.

• Experience in Transaction Monitoring investigation (TMI) and Global Minimum Standard Anti- Money Laundering Scenarios (GMSAS).

• Investigation performed on Commercial and Retail Unit customers.

• Experience in applications like CAMP, NORKOM, BIT, On Demand, GPS and also in searches like Google, Google String Searches, World Check etc.

• Contact Relationship Manager to avail the information which are not available in the system and which can help to mitigate the risk.

Highlights:

• Star performer award for the month February 2017.

• After working in alert management (L1) for 6 months directly promoted to case management(L2) based on excellent work.

• Subject Matter Expert in the team.

• Quality checker for the team.

eClerx Service Ltd., Pune (Jul’13- Oct’15)

Financial Analyst

Key Result Areas:

• Investigating and understanding key business issues behind the numbers and providing clear, concise and timely analysis and recommendations

• Managing pre/post settlement support, inter-system reconciliation, document risk review, reference data management and portfolio reconciliations

• Assisting managers in the preparation of reports, documentation and budgets

• Implementing the risk management process; monitoring the process to ensure that it operates effectively in the best interests of the company's stakeholders

• Processing the capturing deals and contracts; pre-confirm the settlement with internal counterparties and external counterparties, request for SSI and altering it in case of variations

• Reconciling reports & Nostro Accounts and resolving the outstanding breaks

• Steering the responsibility of pre/post trade settlements & reconciliations for Fixing Income Derivatives (FID), Equity & FX

• Leading the financial management team of 7 members to support the financial closing process

• Assisting clients with cross border settlements via. Euroclear

• Working with static data team, settlements, traders, clients, Operational Risk Management (ORM) team, other risk & control functions, as well as business line management to mitigate risk of breach for regulating entities

• Analyzing P&L/Cash Balances and assisting with cash reconciliations, payment date accounting, monthly reporting, daily modeling and financial analysis & reporting

• Liaising with other swappers for trade processing, funding (cash mgt.) & agent bank to release the fund. Highlights:

• Received Outstanding Performer Award twice for the best performance in Mar’14 & Sep’14

• Recognized as one of the six members team, who received ‘Team of the Year 2013-2014’ Award from client

• Awarded with ‘Hall of The Fame’ for the quarter in 2014

• Led three process in the cash settlements team

• Achieved Special Critical Competence Allowance provided by company INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE

Worked with UAE based Trade Finance bank and Commercial Bank in Abu Dhabi to setup and prepare policy and procedure document for transaction monitoring process and also worked in KYC/CID team to improve current KYC program and KYC Remediation (backlog).

ACADEMIC DETAILS

2013 Master in Finance & Control (MBA FM) from Berhampur University, Orissa with 73% 2011 B.Com. from Kerala University, Kerala

2008 12th CBSE Board from Army Public School, Bathinda, Punjab 2006 10th CBSE Board from Army Public School, Bathinda, Punjab with 72% IT SKILLS

• Insight knowledge of:

o Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) o Google Adverse Checks

o NORKOM

o Actimize

o World Check

o SA Matching (Name Screening Tool)

o Bankers Almanac

INTERNSHIP

Year: 2012

Duration: 1.5 month

Title: Working Capital Management

Organization: NTPC Ltd., Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, India CERTIFICATION

• CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) in 2017

• PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application) from Bharati Education and Software Technology Institute, India in 2012

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 17 January

Languages Known: English, Hindi & Malayalam

Nationality: Indian

Passport: L9706130

Permanent Address: Plamoottil, Pallickal (NM), Kayamkulam, Kerala, India- 690503 Temporary Address: Flat No 104, Q2, Solacia Society, Wagholi Pune, Maharashtra, India- 412207

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