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Rowdy James Eliah Friend

Camperdown

Summary

I am highly motivated and very organised as demonstrated by an accomplished academic record and my experience in customer service and managing processes in a retail employment context. I am an avid learner, capable of building and adapting my skill set to solve problems, manage work processes and achieve outcomes in meeting business requirements.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

AML/CTF Financial Crime Analyst

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
09.2024 - Current

Duties include:

. Identifying and investigating suspicious transactions

. Providing clear-concise reports to AUSTRAC and senior Analysts.

. Transaction monitoring and risk detection

. Data analysis and reporting

. Regulatory compliance and documentation

. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement

Key Skills:

. Experience working with financial crime detection systems and transaction monitoring platforms.

. Proficiency in data analysis, with the ability to interpret large data sets and identify patterns

. Familiarity with risk management frameworks such as KYC, ECDD, AML

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

. Ability to work in a fast paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively

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Consumer lending specialist

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
01.2023 - 09.2024
  • Duties include:
  • Assisting in communications with internal and external stakeholders
  • Completing financial health checks to assess customers financial needs and identify changes
  • Support customers with enquiries and process applications for credit products
  • Liaising between departments such as products and credit assessment teams
  • Identifying customers facing hardship and working together to achieve positive outcomes.
  • Key Skills:
  • Use of different dispute resolution methods when dealing with complaints
  • Working within industry guidelines set by ASIC and APRA to ensure responsible lending practices are upheld.
  • Knowledge of business and retail lending
  • Delivering excellent customer service through the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships
  • Implemented risk mitigation strategies during loan evaluation processes, safeguarding the institution''s interests and minimizing potential losses.

Casual Polling Assistant (Including After Hour Count)

Australian Electoral Commission
05.2019
  • Duties included:
  • Checking off electoral roll and issued ballot papers to voters
  • Guarding ballot boxes, organised and managed the queue of voters and identified voters that required assistance
  • Assisting in counting and re-counting votes after polls closed, including first preference and senate papers and reporting to officer in charge, sent off final vote counts and finalised numbers
  • Key Skills:
  • Strengthened skills in attention to detail, both in the final vote count and as an electoral roll assistant, in a high pressure and demanding environment
  • Further developed skills in meticulous data collection, requiring accuracy and precision.

Educator and Administration

Whoosh Care
01.2022
  • Duties Include:
  • Conducting tutorials with staff and parents on how to use and navigate company software
  • Creation of risk minimisation plans
  • Working within a team to ensure child safety and managing client requests
  • Program
  • Key skills:
  • Ability to communicate key company concepts
  • Use of excel for curriculum planning including excursion and creating food menus

Concession Brand Representative

Playbill Pty Ltd
03.2018
  • Duties included:
  • Working in a team environment to produce effective and professional customer service in line with business needs and budget requirements
  • Managing customer orders and stock transfers via Australia Post & Toll, from head office, & to various store slocations
  • Quantifying and managing stock numbers
  • Key Skills:
  • Gained multiple skills in managing and delivering effective communication, and rapport with varied clientele to meet business needs and satisfy customer concerns, producing mutually beneficial outcomes
  • Developed skills in accuracy and efficiency store wide ensuring an organised inventory

Supervisor

Macquarie Ice Arena
02.2017
  • Duties include:
  • Staff Management
  • Overseeing numeric tasks including banking, petty cash totals, ‘cash- ups’ and calculation of total sales using excel
  • Upgraded skills in statistics and in the use of excel, under time restrictions with distinct goals.
  • Key Skills:
  • Balancing varied tasks as required by both internal and external stakeholders
  • Attention to detail and ability to ensure multiple tasks are completed within timeframes

Education

Bachelor of Business - Economics

University of Technology Sydney

Diploma of Building Design - Development Applications, Construction Certificates

TAFE Ultimo
11.2019

Timeline

AML/CTF Financial Crime Analyst

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
09.2024 - Current

Consumer lending specialist

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
01.2023 - 09.2024

Educator and Administration

Whoosh Care
01.2022

Casual Polling Assistant (Including After Hour Count)

Australian Electoral Commission
05.2019

Concession Brand Representative

Playbill Pty Ltd
03.2018

Supervisor

Macquarie Ice Arena
02.2017

Diploma of Building Design - Development Applications, Construction Certificates

TAFE Ultimo

Bachelor of Business - Economics

University of Technology Sydney
Rowdy James Eliah Friend