ROBERT GIBSON
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Billing Systems Analyst with experience in regulatory compliance, specializing in AML monitoring, client onboarding, due diligence, and regulatory documentation review. I have a proven ability to identify risks, improve operational efficiency, and support compliance initiatives within banking and financial services environments.
Skills /Areas of Expertise
Expertise in FINRA, SEC, FATCA, and Dodd-Frank Compliance
Audit Readiness and Internal Controls
Regulatory Compliance and Risk Assessment
Transaction Monitoring and Investigations
Sanctions and Watchlist Screening
Regulatory Documentation Review
Process Improvement and Operational Efficiency
Cross-Functional Stakeholder Collaboration
Technical Skills
Excel PivotTables, Power Query, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Tableau, and Power BI
KYC/AML Review tools and Actimize Essentials transaction monitoring systems
Regulatory documentation, reporting, and compliance support tools
Data analysis and workflow management platforms
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Unison Consulting, Inc. 02/2024-02/2026
Consulting firm that specializes in risk management, regulatory compliance, and financial technology.
Billing Systems Analyst
Scope of Work:
Managed project financial documentation, reconciliation, and reporting processes
Reviewed billing records and validated financial data accuracy
Coordinated with internal stakeholders regarding project financial status and documentation
Maintained detailed records in accordance with company procedures and reporting standards
Key Accomplishments
Reporting Accuracy & Controls
Improved financial reporting accuracy by an estimated 15%+ through detailed reconciliation and documentation review.
Identified 20+ discrepancies requiring correction and escalation prior to final reporting.
Project Delivery & Deadline Management
Managed 5–7 concurrent projects while meeting 95%+ of reporting deadlines.
Audit Readiness & Documentation Support
Supported audit readiness for 2+ review cycles through organized financial record maintenance, reducing audit preparation time by an estimated 20%.
Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services -
Service Delivery Center 09/2017-02/2024
Provided regulatory compliance support for banks, broker-dealers, and investment advisors.
SDC Regulatory Compliance Senior
Scope of Work:
Know Your Customer (KYC) reviews
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) monitoring
Transaction monitoring
Review suspicious transactions
Regulatory documentation validation
Consumer and banking compliance checks
Due diligence and investigative research
Key Accomplishments
Process Efficiency & Turnaround
Advised clients on regulatory requirements and upcoming changes, reducing KYC refresh review processing time by 25% and improving turnaround across high-volume review cycles.
Global Compliance & Risk Support
Applied global banking standards and internal control frameworks to update compliance manuals supporting teams across 3 regions: the U.S., LATAM, and EMEA.
Identified and escalated potential compliance risks to senior management, contributing to control design updates that improved issue resolution and reduced repeat findings.
Monitored client metrics, sampled documentation, and analyzed reporting patterns to strengthen risk management frameworks and improve issue identification by an estimated 15%+.
Stakeholder & Documentation Support
Partnered with stakeholders and auditors on regulatory documentation changes for global KYC refresh reviews tied to client risk triggers, supporting multiple review workstreams.
BMO Capital Markets 08/2015- 09/2017
Supported client onboarding for trading and investment banking operations. Managed the onboarding workflow from initial request through account activation and first trade execution.
KYC Onboarding Analyst
Scope of Work:
Verify company ownership and identities
Perform AML (Anti-Money Laundering) checks
Screen clients against sanctions/watchlists
Assess client risk levels
Coordinate with Legal, Credit, Compliance and Front Office teams
Ensure accounts meet FINRA, SEC, FATCA, Dodd-Frank, and other regulatory requirements
Assist clients to get approved to trade products like equities, swaps and fixed income instruments
Key Accomplishments
Speed-to-Revenue Metrics (Efficiency)
Reduced the average client onboarding time from 30 days to 18 days (40% improvement) by proactively managing documentation requirements for complex hedge fund clients.
Quality & Compliance Metrics
Achieved a 98% first-pass yield (Quality Assurance pass rate), significantly outperforming the team average of 85% and reducing document rework by 15%.
Stakeholder & Process Improvements
Onboarded and trained 3 new analysts, reducing time to full productivity from the standard 60 days to 40 days.
EDUCATION
Indiana University Bloomington
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business/Managerial Economics
Relevant Coursework: Financial Management, Business Law, Economics, Risk Management, Financial Markets, Business Statistics, Accounting, and Corporate Finance.
Academic focus included financial analysis, regulatory business environments, data interpretation, operational risk, and business process evaluation applicable to compliance, KYC onboarding, and regulatory operations within financial services environments.