Compliance Executive (Manager)
LALIRA DMCC (QIWI plc - subsidiary in Dubai)
Total years of experience :21 years, 8 Months
Group Compliance Manager responsible for QIWI’s international subsidiaries (UAE, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Kazakhstan etc.). GFCC & Core Compliance.
• Ensure compliance with the applicable Regulatory requirements in various jurisdictions, with the special attention to UAE Regulation;
• Development and actualization of Policies and Procedures (AML/Sanctions/KYC, Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest, Anti-bribery and corruption, crypto related manuals);
• Risk Assessment methodology development and implementation;
• Acting as a point of escalation for complicated KYC and other Compliance related questions;
• Participation in new products’ contractual development;
• Sanctions programs execution (OFAC, EU, UN, Local lists);
• Decision making on issues escalated by Business;
• Compliance comprehensive assessment for new crypto projects (Uzbekistan, UAE, Salvador);
• Responding Hot Line addressed issues;
• Stress testing performance (sanctions flags);
• Training materials development;
• Reporting to CEO/BOD.
Being responsible for all AML compliance matters in the bank including KYC advisory, AML transaction monitoring, obligatory reporting, embargoes and sanctions (US, EU, Russian), regulatory changes implementation with bank-wide coverage of products and business lines. Managing a team.
• Development and implementation of policies and procedures designed to achieve and ensure compliance with firm and regulatory Financial Crime and Sanctions requirements (KYC, AML, Sanctions, Anti-Corruption);
• Implementation of Financial Crime and Sanctions Compliance Testing and Financial Crime Training program with focus on local AML/CFT requirements;
• Execute of local AML/CFT training program, including development and updating of training materials, maintaining training records, follow-up completion etc.;
• Execute and document properly designed AML/Sanctions technical improvements and compliance tests;
• Monitor operations / transactions for the purposes of Russian regulatory requirements and perform information gathering, control and analysis of operations / transactions;
• Perform mandatory control and suspicious activity reporting to the local FIU;
• Review client’s risk assessment as part of KYC on-boarding and KYC renewal processes;
• Perform global and local sanctions screening:
• Provide metrics and also data for quality assurance for Financial Crime / Sanctions to relevant regional teams;
• Manage GFCC related projects driven by regulatory changes or internal enhancements;
• Testing of standard AML functionality upon technical updates of the banking systems;
• Work with global and regional GFCC management;
• Identify, investigate potential rule breaches, coordinating corrective action with other control functions as necessary/required;
• Support global and regional Financial Crime/ Sanctions projects related to Moscow office;
• Sanctions approval for account opening and transactions
• Quality Assurance / Quality Testing (QA/QT);
• ABC (anti bribery & corruption standards implementation in accordance with the best in class practices and Russian Federal Law).
• Development and implementation of AML and KYC policies and procedures;
• Monitor operations / transactions for the purposes of Russian regulatory requirements and perform information gathering, control and analysis of operations / transactions;
• Perform mandatory control and suspicious activity reporting to the local FIU;
• Perform KYC of clients under local regulations;
• Perform local sanctions screening:
• Testing of standard AML functionality upon technical updates of the banking systems;
• g materials, maintaining training records, follow-up completion etc.
•Management of team of 8 people
•Opening/closure and maintenance of accounts for private clients and corporations;
•Reporting to TAX Authority;
•AML monitoring and reporting to head office;
•Development and implementation of Operational policies and procedures;
•Overseeing cash discipline;
•Reporting to head office
• Management of team of 8 people
• Reporting to TAX Authority;
• Opening/closure and maintenance of accounts for private clients and corporations;
• AML monitoring and reporting to head office;
• Reporting to head office
• Opening and maintenance of accounts for private clients and corporations;
• L/C, L/G issuance and acceptance.