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Christopher O Elekwa
#***** ********* ******* *****,
Houston, Texas, 77084.
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OBJECTIVE:
Self-motivated, Experienced and Dynamic AML, KYC, and FRAUD Analyst. Willingness to work hard to establish strategically organizational goals and capability to work consistently and diligently aiming for excellence, ability to work with people from varying backgrounds, carrying out duties in their proper forms with little or no supervision, to leverage my five years of financial regulation experience and analytical skills, ability to cope with pressure to impact excellent professional service through pro-active and creative delivery of solutions where acquired skills like, Suspicious Activity Report (SARs),Terrorist Financing, Fincen and BSA activities ideas and experience will be utilized towards continued growth and advancement.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Bank of Evergreen, Alabama, USA. 6/2019 PERSENT
Fraud, BSA/Due diligence Analyst
●Evaluate customers transaction to ensure transaction matches the stated propose of account.
●Complete and update the applicable sections of know your customer.
●Provides good working relationships with key business partners across lines of business.
●Preform continuous client one diligence and enhanced due diligence to evaluate client risk.
●Work in harmony with client, front desk officers and compliance teams, as well as perform research to obtain and verify client information.
●Ensuring proper identity documentation are requested during the on boarding process and verify customers information across internal and external site.
● Carry out duties in line with the timelines dictated by BAU and Refresh program.
●Have a strong understanding of financial crime regulation and policies (AML, Sanctions, Anti bribery, and corruption).
● Prepare regulatory reports, requests for information (RFI) Patriot Act 314(6) requests and (SARs) Suspicions Activity Reports.
●Performed negative media screening with lexis Nexis on new and existing customers.
Engle Bank, Massachusetts, USA. 12/2018 – 5/2019
AML / KYC Analyst
●Always ensured timely, efficient, and effective reporting of transactions considered as suspicions.
●On boarding new Customers into the banking data.
●Writes SARs and make recommendations to management against any suspicion’s alerts.
●Operating under the U-S Patriot Act, bank secrecy act, AML, Fincen, and OFAC Laws.
●Conduct all AML/KYS investigation and compliance reviews.
●Ensure customers are grouped in line on the financial policies (CIP, CDD, EDD).
●Compiled evidence and documentation in compliance with BSA/AML procedures and regulatory.
●Prepare all the alerts for potential suspicious activity.
●Conduct names /amount research based on reports available through the Accounting system.
●Conduct investigations on some accounts with question mark.
●Prepare no further action report (NFA) on account that be cleared of no suspicious activities.
●Ensure CDD is properly performed and EDD is applied to mitigate AML/TF.
●Ensured CTR exemption reviews are completed compliance with BSA/AML regulatory standards.
Diamond Bank PLC, PH 2, Aba Road Branch, Nigeria. 03/2011 09/2016.
Head of Operations / Fraud Analyst.
●Overseas all transactions reports and ensures that a high degree of accuracy is maintained by the bank.
●To ensure that procedures related to cash on hand, totals, armored car mockups faculty maintenance, and other subjects are handed properly.
●Participating in the planning, executing and reporting of compliance reviews and compliance and regulatory issue validation traits for a component of a prudent.
●Maintain updated knowledge of AML/KYC and other financial policies and procedures.
●Creates risk acceptance documentation to control the high-risk customer.
●Ensure that all compliance Mathers are given the highest attention.
●Performed a periodic file reviews, to make sure all customers are in good standing.
●Identifying compliance training resources and tools, software’s available centrally to support country and business compliance programs, training and research needs.
●Identifying industry best practices and share insight with the CT teams on a regular basis.
●Oversea cash transactions, cash reconciliations, account payment, account receivable and other accounting duties, according to company policies.
Education
●High School Diploma (U.S Equivalency)
●Certification in Computer Operation and Data Processing
●Bachelor’s degree (BSC) in Economics, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria.