Omer Gabouga

♦Working as Senior AML Compliance Officer - Client On Boarding ( CDD, EDD) & Surveillance :
• Responsible perform CDD/EDD of new clients being on boarded and assess the risk. (Corresponding Banks, Services/Partnership clients)
• Source documentation from various approved registries and regulators. Solicit additional documentation requests from the client directly to support renewal or remediation efforts.
• Includes coordinating with various departments on sourcing the right information for questionnaires required by various financial/non-financial institutions.
• Identifying and monitoring suspicious activities, trend, and behavior across product lines.
• Assist in periodic reviews, event driven reviews or remediation projects
• Coordinate with other areas as needed, country compliance/ Back office/business development managers, particularly for high risk clients.
• Validate accuracy of data in KYC platforms and ensure regulatory adherence of a document package - Physically file all necessary sealed and signed KYC documents as per the requirement


♦ Working as Branch Compliance Officer since 2010 till March 2016:
• Responsible for the execution and implementation of the regulations issued by the Central Bank of the UAE and UAE exchange in- house anti-money laundering policy & procedures.
• Responsible for monitoring day-to-day transactions of the branch for any unusual/structured/suspicious/ blacklisted ones and report to the Head- AML Compliance (UAE) at the Head Office.
• Educate the staff in my branch on “Know Your Customer” procedures.
• Perform more extensive, due diligence for higher risk amounts/customers and include proactive monitoring for suspicious activities.
• Receiving instructions from the Head - AML Compliance (UAE) and report to him on all matters regarding AML Compliance.

• Responsible for the safe keeping of the relevant documents of my Branch.
• Responsible for the archiving of all related files and when required to retrieve files from the archives for preceding five years.
• Submitting required records for examination and assessment by the compliance Officer (Head office) upon enquiry.

♦ Working as Service Supervisor at branch level since 2009:
• Responsible about leading the branch operation and supervising the front line staff.
• Daily opening and closing activities ( reports, cash verification and enquiries)
• Dealing with customers related enquiries and complain in order to provide the best service and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Monitoring all cash and funding activities inside the branch.
• Monitoring FC market and the demand to provide the currency on time to customers.
• Ensuring that the maximum efforts to be done in order to achieve the targets sit by the company.





♦ Working as Teller ( 2007 till 2009):
• Dealing with customers and cash for remittance transactions.
• Dealing in Forex market and sell/buy foreign currency from and to customers.
• Handling cash and prepare the major funding to our main branch on daily basis.