Sanjith Somanathan, KYC ANALYST- CIBG

Sanjith Somanathan

KYC ANALYST- CIBG

Mashreq Bank

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing & Finance
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

KYC ANALYST- CIBG at Mashreq Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2019

KYC renewals for Corporate Banking & Large corporate accounts
Risk analysis based on the risk matrix
Transaction monitoring and risk reporting
Performing Customer due diligence (CDD)
Enhanced due diligence (EDD) for high risk customer
Conduct independent research to gather and record data from internal systems, commercial databases, and the Internet
Conduct investigations based on global standards, policies, tools, and procedures to ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements
Escalate high-risk accounts with missing records to the relevant internal unit

Operation Officer at Noor Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2014 to October 2018

Transaction management (Managers Cheque, Demand Draft, Cash, Cheque, Wire Transfer) up to delegated limits in accordance with approved SOPs & SLAs
KYC & compliance coordination
Daily reconciliation of payments & deposits with the branch operation report generated end of day
Assist in identification of potential AML issues and reporting to the concerned department
Promote services and products of the bank to help achieve business goals (cross selling)
Cash Forecast and coordinate with central bank as per requirement.
Daily cash reporting for the branch operation manager and operations head

Operations Officer at Al Ansari Exchange
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2010 to September 2014

Supervising branch operation and cash management
Selling and buying of foreign currencies and issuing of drafts.
Monitor daily ongoing FX market currency rate and decide the buying and selling rate for each currency to attract new customers /retain existing customers ensuring maximum profitability.
Formulate business strategy according to the market conditions, market changes or available market information
Managing large amount of wire transfers, bill payments in an error free manner within TAT
Obtain KYC documents & initial screening of transactions to abide AML policies
Follow up to make sure all documentation for new accounts meet the know your customer (KYC) requirements

Sales Manager at ING
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2007 to October 2009

Recruiting and training of insurance agents
Daily reporting of day to day operational functions
Developing of sales plans and strategies
Develop and maintain customer database
Involved in identifying, analyzing, reporting and tracking company products to customers with queries.
Communicated with other departments and external departments in the resolution of queries on exchange data and historical data as needed.
Perform any other administrative tasks as agreed between the Managing Directors and Financial Planning Manager.
Develop management information for monitoring trends.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing & Finance
  • at acharya institute of technology
  • September 2007
Bachelor's degree, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • at calicut university
  • May 2004

Specialties & Skills

Multi task handling
Banking Operations & Operational Risk Management
Microsoft Office Internet
Banking Operations Customer Service Management
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert
Anti money laundering and compliance policies
cash management
Product launch and promotion
Transaction Banking
Data entry & back office processing
Compliance & internal control
Insurance policies and procedures

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert

Training and Certifications

AML LEVEL 2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020
AML LEVEL 1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019

Hobbies

  • Reading, Driving, Playing football