MANAGER
Commercial Bank of Dubai
Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months
Day to day management of the transaction monitoring unit including
alert management, case creation and suspicious transaction reporting
• Establish and maintain close working relationships with industry
experts, regulators and law enforcement officials to understand current
expectations
• Ensure up-to-date knowledge of regulatory developments; quickly
communicate necessary process changes if required
• Review the processes and procedures related to the financial crime
prevention unit and recommend the modifications and enhancement
required, and ensure that the changes are communicated to the
relevant stake holders
• Identify and assess AML typologies in detail, and inform the relevant
departments on the impacts; also design and implement measures to
tackle the same
• Perform annual review of the transaction monitoring system and
ensure that rules and thresholds are appropriate for the customer
segments
• Bank wide financial crime risk assessment in coordination with
Sanction Manager, Head of Compliance, and Chief Compliance Officer
• Design and implement financial crime related training program to all
levels (both face to face and no face to face)
• Ensure timely rectification of the gaps identified by internal, external,
and regulatory audits and examinations
• Manage enquiries and subpoenas from law enforcement agencies
• Handle Ad Hoch investigations and report the findings
• Perform AML CFT review at the time of new product or service
proposal, and suggest any measures required to mitigate potential
AML CFT risk
• Implemented the new transaction monitoring system for Bank,
including the designing of workflows and transaction monitoring
scenarios
Managed AML compliance program for the Group, which included Wall
Street Exchange and Remittances in UAE and Hong Kong, and Instant
Cash World Wide FZE.
• Supervised the transaction monitoring, Customer Onboarding, and
Regulatory Compliance units.
Managed the AML, Payment Screening, Due Diligence and Regulatory
compliance function for Indian Sub Continent region (India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bhutan)
MLRO and Compliance Officer of UAE Exchange Centre
• Reported to Board of Director and Regional Compliance Head and
served as a member of the country Executive Committee and
Governance Risk and Compliance committee
• Successfully completed 2 regulatory examination, external audit from big
four auditor and ISO re-certification
• Prepared and implemented action plans in-order to monitor the
examination/audit observations, coordinated with the relevant
departments until the observations are completely closed
Managed the AML CFT, Regulatory and Risk unit of Travelex Oman
operations
• Reported to Regional Compliance Head and Board of Directors
• Successfully completed three regulatory examinations
Performed all the responsibilities set by the Central Bank of UAE Anti
Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Prevention
regulations
• Updated the organisation on Anti Money Laundering and Counter
Terrorist financing information
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courses: Certified Risk and Compliance Management Professional | Risk and Compliance 10/2013 IARCP, USA Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist |