Driven professional seeking new challenges and opportunities to achieve higher goals. Possess a comprehensive understanding of Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) and Sanctions legal and regulatory requirements, with a strong track record of conducting Enhanced Due Diligence.
With 9.5 years of experience as an Analyst, including 2+ years as a Process Executive and 3.5 years as an AML Analyst, I have successfully managed operations, led transitions, and provided crucial management reporting. My expertise lies in Business Analysis, stakeholder management, and developing comprehensive business requirement specifications.
I have a keen business acumen, excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong analytical capability, complemented by effective people-management skills. My willingness to embrace technology, collaborative teamwork, and a results-oriented mindset make me a valuable asset to any organization.
I excel in resource management and time optimization, consistently open to new ideas and self-motivated to drive success. My skills include meticulous tracking, effective follow-ups, and adept handling of process-related issues. I utilize specialized tools, techniques, and procedures to identify, understand, and resolve complex job-related problems.
Furthermore, I provide valuable insights to top management, enabling them to gain a deeper understanding of business dynamics. I am accountable for my individual results and understand their impact on the team and related activities.
My experience encompasses end-to-end setup of reporting processes, involving a thorough understanding of customer needs, designing, developing, and executing simple, medium, and complex reports.
In summary, my multifaceted skill set, experience, and dedication to achieving excellence make me a highly capable and adaptable professional ready to contribute to the success of your organization.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AML Analyst
CommonWealth Bank
06.2022 - Current
Acting Point of Reference (POR): Served as the primary point of reference for team members, providing guidance and support in day-to-day operations, ensuring seamless workflow, and resolving issues promptly.
HRC ECDD SOP/UG Optimization for RACO: Led efforts to optimize HRC ECDD SOP/UG processes for the RACO team, resulting in increased efficiency and productivity.
Transitioned SMR and SMR Part C Process in India: Successfully managed the transition of SMR and SMR Part C processes in India, overseeing a team of 90 FTEs, ensuring a smooth and error-free transition.
QA Arbitration for HRC ECDD RACO India: Conducted Quality Assurance arbitration for HRC ECDD RACO India, ensuring adherence to quality standards and process improvements.
Training and Development: Played a crucial role in training and onboarding new team members, facilitating their integration into the team and ensuring their proficiency in role-specific tasks.
Financial Risk Management: Collaborated with stakeholders to proactively identify, manage, and mitigate financial risks within the business, contributing to financial stability and growth.
Stayed Informed on Emerging Issues: Maintained up-to-date knowledge on emerging industry trends and issues, actively sharing insights and information with the team to enhance decision-making processes.
Building Effective Working Relationships: Contributed to a high standard of service by establishing and nurturing effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
AML Analyst
CommonWealth Bank
07.2019 - 02.2022
Point of Reference (POR) : Acted as the Point of Reference from August 2021 to February 2022, providing expert guidance and support to team members to ensure smooth operations and effective problem resolution.
Key Member of Transition Team to GCC (India) : Played a pivotal role in the transition team, facilitating the seamless transition of processes to the Global Capability Center (GCC) in India.
Training and Development : Assumed responsibility for training new team members, ensuring their successful integration into the team and equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge.
Senior Analyst for FCIU Project : Performed senior analyst tasks for the Financial Crime Investigation Unit (FCIU) project, contributing to its success.
Stream Management (S49 & SIV) : Efficiently managed the S49 and SIV streams, ensuring daily allocation and maintaining a 2-day Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Financial Risk Management : Collaborated with stakeholders to proactively identify, manage, and mitigate financial risks within the business, ensuring its financial stability.
Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (ECDD) : Operated within delegated authorities to conduct Enhanced Customer Due Diligence for alerts raised, ensuring compliance with AML/CTF and sanctions regulations.
Standard Operations Procedures (SOP) : Executed tasks using techniques documented in the Standard Operations Procedures (SOP), ensuring adherence to established protocols.
AML/CTF and Sanctions Expertise : Demonstrated a strong understanding of Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) and sanctions legal and regulatory requirements, applying this knowledge to internal compliance policies.
Suspicion Matter Reports (SMR) : Performed Enhanced Customer Due Diligence on Section 49 Alerts of the AML/CTF Act received from Law Enforcement Agencies (e.g., AFP & ACIC) and submitted Suspicion Matter Reports as necessary.
Business Process Understanding : Exhibited a clear understanding of end-to-end business processes relevant to the area of expertise.
Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing : Maintained an up-to-date focus on emerging industry issues and shared acquired knowledge with the team, contributing to informed decision-making.
Effective Relationship Building : Contributed to a high standard of service by establishing and nurturing effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
MIS Analyst
ANZ Banking Group Limited
04.2018 - 05.2019
Strategic Reporting Analyst - ANZ Wealth (National Sales Strategy) : Produced a variety of weekly and monthly reports for ANZ Wealth (National Sales Strategy), providing critical insights and data-driven inferences that informed strategic planning and decision-making.
Workload Management : Effectively managed daily tasks, including handling escalations and ensuring smooth Business as Usual (BAU) operations to meet performance goals.
Ad Hoc Data Analysis : Conducted ad hoc data collection, analysis, and reporting as needed, addressing specific business questions and requirements.
Dashboard Creation: Proficiently generated standard and complex dashboards as well as regular reports using Excel and PowerPoint, delivering key performance metrics to stakeholders.
Documentation Preparation : Prepared documents for Application User guides and Procedure guides, ensuring comprehensive and user-friendly resources for team members and end-users.
Data Interpretation and Extraction : Demonstrated hands-on experience in interpreting and extracting data from QlikView and Salesforce, leveraging these tools to provide valuable insights to support decision-making processes.
Business Analyst
ANZ Banking Group Limited
09.2014 - 01.2018
Managed Project (Client Transaction Insights) which provides Trade & Supply chain transaction details for Institutional Banking
Successfully completed Swift reporting in New Platform
Handling various activities of the project like information gathering, analyzing the information gathered, documenting the functional or business requirements
To document the business process by identifying the requirements
Co-ordination with Build Team and Business client; User acceptance testing
Financial: Ensure that assigned support analysis activities are conducted, within agreed cost parameters ensures that the outputs and benefits are clear
As required, assist with activities in implementing the change and embedding BAU transition
Customer: Work efficiently with the customer to elicit work request requirements that are fit for purpose, recommending appropriate stakeholders to be involved with elicitation activities
Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and communicate requirements dearly and concisely
Process: Display knowledge of business analysis processes, demonstrate ability to document and communicate requirements effectively and provide input for the improvement of business analysis processes and performance
Support the analysis of project and program risks and issues, adhere to change control processes and requirements traceability throughout the life of the project or program in accordance with established effective document management
Risk/compliance/behaviours: Alignment and adherence with the ANZ Group governance policies, processes and standards and with external regulatory requirements.
Transition Lead
ANZ Banking Group Limited
10.2012 - 08.2014
Contribute majorly in transitioning the reports to team and train other team members in performing the reports
Provide reporting capability globally
Design, develop and provide scheduled reports to operational area to identify how the area has performed across a range of key operational metrics relating to cost, capability, customer, control
Customer Service Management- Providing the service reviews of particular customers including Accounts details & signatory authority details, Transactive and web link usage details in Ppt presentation for the requested period as per the SLA's
Work closely with the internal & external Customers/Stakeholders on ad-hoc work and understand the business requirements and build Metrics to their requirements
Expertise in handling huge amount of Quantitative data using Excel tools such as Pivot Tables, Filter Keys, Vlookup functions, Offset, IF logics etc
Preparation of Risk Reports to analyze Causations of Losses and Potential Losses to mitigate Risk involved in the Operation Processes
Identify Automation Opportunities and Automation through the use of VBA.
Reporting Analyst
ANZ Banking Group Limited
09.2009 - 10.2012
Provides various daily, weekly and monthly reports for the ANZ executive level management thereby providing inference which helps in strategic planning
Preparation of Service Review Presentation Packs for front end customers
Maintenance of SharePoint Sites and provide accesses to the required staff
Ad Hoc data collection, analysis and reporting as required
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Data/ Field Formatting, Data Storage, and report Generation.) Generate standard and complex Dashboards & regular reports using Excel and PowerPoint.
Education
MBA - International Banking & Finance
Karnataka State Open University (KSOU – Mysore University)
Bangalore, India
Bachelor of Arts - Commerce
Bangalore University
Bangalore, India
Skills
Transaction Monitoring
Regulatory Requirements
Anti Money Laundering (AML)
Customer Transactions
Financial Crimes Investigations
System Improvements
MS-Word
MS-Excel
MS-Power Point
VBA
SQL
Certification
Six Hats of Thinking
E-mail Etiquettes
Business Analysis
Extracurricular Accolades
Awarded the best & consistent performer
Awarded as “TEAM TOPPER” many times
Declaration
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Hobbies
Cricket
Reading Books
Watching Movies
Timeline
AML Analyst
CommonWealth Bank
06.2022 - Current
AML Analyst
CommonWealth Bank
07.2019 - 02.2022
MIS Analyst
ANZ Banking Group Limited
04.2018 - 05.2019
Business Analyst
ANZ Banking Group Limited
09.2014 - 01.2018
Transition Lead
ANZ Banking Group Limited
10.2012 - 08.2014
Reporting Analyst
ANZ Banking Group Limited
09.2009 - 10.2012
MBA - International Banking & Finance
Karnataka State Open University (KSOU – Mysore University)