Fraud Analyst Scrum Master

OLADIMEJI S. TAIWO

Randallstown, MD ***** 443-***-**** *********.*.*****@*****.***

Summary:

Dynamic Project Manager, BSA/AML/Fraud and Business Analyst with over 7 years of working experience in the business and financial industry. Reliable professional with in-depth knowledge of Project Management, Anti-Money Laundering, BSA, OFAC stripping, Negative news screening, High risk reviews, Know Your Customer (KYC), and Ongoing transaction monitoring. Successful at applying KYC guidelines to prevent funds from being used for fraudulent purposes. Excellent in Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project management, Report writing and SAR drafting.

Skills:

Banking regulations

Investigation expert

Time Management

Due Diligence

Report Writing

Analytical skills

Project management

Team Foundation Server

Waterfall and Agile project methodologies

LEAN

Six Sigma

ISO

Visio

Systematic Software

Microsoft Office, Excel, and Access

Visio Diagraming

Data Documentation

Information Verification

Work Ethics and Time Management

Scrum

Professional Experience:

First Citizens Bank, Annapolis, MD November 2019- Current AML/BSA/Fraud Analyst

Perform background checks, customer research, transactional analysis using software/ databases such as Lexis-Nexis, World-check.

Reviewed account transactions monthly, taking note of any suspicious activities.

Perform periodic KYC reviews on risk based schedule.

Escalate account if PEP found or Negative News Reports.

Performed Customer Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence for the purpose of assessing and mitigating the risk associated with onboarding new clients and maintaining existing client relationships.

Conducting investigations of fraud cases, documenting investigative findings, and determining whether the case should be escalated or referred for further review or action.

Analyzing transactional data and conducting internal and external research on subjects using a variety of research tools

Understanding and applying procedures, including procedural changes throughout the review process

Transaction monitoring of international and domestic wires, POS, ACH, and Monetary instruments.

Identified fraud patterns and anomalies through analysis of large quantities of data.

Conduct thorough customer and enhanced due diligence research using company’s resources and other information resources to determine whether AML risk exists.

Conducting quality review of work performed and documented by investigators and presenting feedback and findings

Suspicious Activity Reports; identify scenarios which merit a SAR to be filed. Draft or amend an existing SAR

Participate in special projects as required.

Transfurd Limited, Lagos, Nigeria. March 2017- September 2019 EDD Analyst

Perform periodic reviews and report on existing merchants to ensure compliance with payment Industry band rules.

Provide continuous feedback to cross functional teams to innovate on current products.

Help refine tools and practices to optimize manual reviews.

Utilize systems and data to resolve business issues efficiently.

Responsible for assigning, reviewing, and working of pre- approvals to the Analyst.

Ensure company wide adherence to all internal policies and procedures.

Demonstrate ability to learn rapidly and adapt quickly to new processes and technology.

Conduct investigation by utilizing bank's resources.

Documented research findings to support risk-based decision-making and resolution to escalated fraud incidents.

RCC Limited, Lagos, Nigeria. September 2015 – February 2017

Senior Project Manager

Plan and develop the project idea and processes

Help define project scope, goals and deliverables

Allocate project resources

Create and lead team throughout project lifecycle

Monitor project progress and set deadlines

Solve issues that arise along the way

Manage the budget and ensure that project stays within budget set

Ensure stakeholder satisfaction prior to project completion

Evaluate project performance

Directly manages and directs project team

Track deliverables

Lead quality assurance; implement and manage change when necessary to meet project outputs.

EDUCATION

Masters - Business Administration March 2022

University of South Carolina, Aiken, South Carolina

Project Management Certification June 2021

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Bachelor of Science – Technology, Applied Geology April 2014 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo state, Nigeria

TRAININGS/CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Certification (PMP) June 2021

Project Management Institute

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) January 2022

Scrum Alliance

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Pending

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

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