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Chau Tran

Sydney,NSW
Chau Tran

Summary

Personable and dedicated team player with extensive experience in Superannuation and more recently, in Financial Crime.

Articulate, motivated and results-oriented with a demonstrated passion for building relationships, cultivating partnerships and growing businesses to establish a rapport with clients. Dedicated to customer loyalty and satisfaction with 16 years of experience. Consistently friendly and professional when handling diverse customer needs in high-volume administrative environments. Smoothly manages workflow and optimises team strengths to meet service quotas.

Recently gained experience in monitoring and analysing client relationships and business trends, assisting customers, branch staff and relationship managers to understand the AML/CTF obligations through proactive customer contact.

Overview

16
years of professional experience

Work History

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Sydney, NSW

Financial Crime Analyst
03.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Perform KYC analysis for new and existing customers to ensure that NAB meets all appropriate policies and regulatory obligations
  • Escalate issues to Leaders to ensure appropriate course of action is taken
  • Responsible for inbound and/or outbound calls to collect and/or query customer information
  • Work collaboratively with key stakeholders (e.g., Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions, Relationship Managers) on Customer Due Diligence requirements
  • Keep up to date on latest regulatory/procedural/policy changes and industry trends
  • Analysing customer profiles and activity through a mixture of automated and manual alerts
  • Responsible for drawing conclusions by appropriately documenting evidence and outcomes, in line with policies and procedures
  • Escalation and Investigation of activity that requires further investigation
  • Identified potential and existing threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Determined key trends using gathered intelligence.
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Understood and followed oral and written directions.
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.

Momenta
Sydney, NSW

Financial Crime Analyst
02.2022 - 03.2023

Job overview

  • Collecting, reviewing and processing intelligence information for senior personnel.
  • Determining key trends using gathered intelligence.
  • Gathering and disseminating raw intelligence for real-time analysis and decision-making.
  • Support various departments within the bank to complete the identification and verification of complex New to Bank customers.
  • Promoting high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Approaching customers and engaging in conversation through use of effective interpersonal and people skills.
  • Displaying strong telephone etiquette, effectively handling difficult calls.
  • Ensuring compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act) by assisting our customers to understand their AML/CTF obligations through proactive customer contact.

MLC
North Sydney, NSW

Customer Service Representative
10.2007 - 12.2021

Job overview

  • De-escalated problematic customer concerns, maintaining calm, friendly demeanor.
  • Reviewed customer account information to determine current issues and potential solutions.
  • Made outbound calls to obtain account information.
  • Reviewed account and service histories to identify trends and issues.
  • Created email templates for team to use for cohesive communication sent to clients and advisers
  • Worked with Analysts to develop customer service improvement initiatives.
  • Supported operational improvements and resolution of problems to deliver top-notch customer service.
  • Created and implemented process improvements to reduce workloads and bolster callback efficiency.
  • Exceeded company productivity standards on consistent basis.

The 5 to 9 Life
Sydney, NSW

Blogger
02.2012 - 06.2021

Job overview

  • Edited posts for clarity and grammar before publishing.
  • Collaborated with global content marketing teams and produced ideas for blog and content topics.
  • Created, wrote and formatted weekly newsletters for external users.
  • Gathered data for news stories from variety of different sources and assimilated truth from fiction.
  • Worked in Wordpress to produce and submit work.
  • Conducted research to obtain factual information and authentic detail using newspaper accounts, diaries and interviews.
  • Varied language and tone of messages based on product and medium.
  • Managed social media platforms with combined total of approximately 9,000 followers.

MLC
North Sydney, NSW

2IC Manager
01.2016 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Trained employees on additional job positions to maintain coverage of roles.
  • Greeted and encouraged feedback from customers to implement administrative changes.
  • Collaborated with staff to maximise customer satisfaction, streamline procedures and improve bottom-line customer service and NPS scores.
  • Delegated daily tasks to team members to optimise group productivity.
  • Mentored staff to enhance skills and achieve daily targets, using hands-on and motivational leadership.
  • Directed and led employees, supervising activities to drive productivity and efficiency.

Education

Northern Sydney TAFE
St Leonards

Diploma from Communications And Media (Credit)
2011

University Overview

Skills

  • Data evaluation
  • Adaptive team player
  • Clerical support
  • Quality assurance controls
  • System implementation
  • Customer relations
  • Superannuation regulations knowledge
  • Process optimisation
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Highly detail-oriented
  • Inbound and Outbound Calling
  • Quality control
  • Affirmative action
  • Written and verbal communication
  • Reliable & trustworthy
  • Critical thinking
  • Due diligence
  • AML/CTF Act regulatory compliance
  • Maintaining Records
  • Customer Service

Timeline

Financial Crime Analyst
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
03.2023 - Current
Financial Crime Analyst
Momenta
02.2022 - 03.2023
2IC Manager
MLC
01.2016 - 01.2017
Blogger
The 5 to 9 Life
02.2012 - 06.2021
Customer Service Representative
MLC
10.2007 - 12.2021
Northern Sydney TAFE
Diploma from Communications And Media (Credit)
Chau Tran