Remittance Operations and Compliance Officer
UNITED ARAB EMITATES
Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months
Operations Officer ( Payment process, Operational Risk & Compliance, Back Office specialist) at Wall Street Exchange Center L.L.C
Since June/2007
Key Roles & Responsibilities:-
• Well experience Pro cash payments system, Payment process can do correct and accurate,
• Very familiar & good knowledge with banking account number (IBAN), Swift code, ABA, BSB, BLZ, Sort code, Etc..
• Expert knowledge on AML/CDD Procedures,
• Processing payments in accordance with the company's and Bank’s KCY, OFAC and AML policies.
• Releasing block payments from FINSCAN system which provide the most advanced sanctions list and PEP compliance solutions
• Approving vouchers and verifying the payment orders base on our banking requirements
• Daily planning and forecasting the funding position to buy foreign currencies & funding the Nostro account
• Process payment inward and outward remittance for corporate customers and Vostro account.
• Preparing Weekly and monthly internal reports for managerial and archival purposes.
• Training of new staff members.
• Ensuring junior staff understand company policies and procedures as well as various concepts of banking industry.
• Exercising risk assessment for new customers through all necessary procedures and checking customers’ supporting documents and understanding financial sources.
• Verifying/Reviewing junior staffs' remittances and corporate transactions
to ensure the company and banks policies are adhered.
AWARDS & SKILLS
• STP award from various international banks over many years, for swift payments (Standard-Chartered NY, Deutsche bank NY)
• Hands on experience on various Banking soft-wares such as, AS-400, Syteline
• Expert knowledge in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft office tools.
• Capable of working independently.
PARTICIPATED TRAINING PROGRAMS
Participated in the programme on ” Financial Intelligence for banking and Financial Institutions”
Participated one day anti money laundering training, presented by Mr John Horan (MICT Ltd, UK)
Participated due diligence & compliance training program on AML regulations of Central bank of the UAE
Certified Managment Accountant - U.S.A (In Process)
• Bachelor of Science (Eng) at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (1997 – 2002) Fully funded by government of Sri Lanka scholarship, based on the A'Level performance. • Charted Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Successfully completed 5 subjects (in 2000) (Economic Environment, Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Operational Cost Accounting and Management Science) • Passed G. C. E. (A/L) Mathematics – J/ Manipay Hindu College, Sri Lanka (1995) • Passed G,C.E (O/L) - J/Manipay Hindu College, Sri Lanka (1991)
• Charted Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Successfully completed 5 subjects (in 2000) (Economic Environment, Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Operational Cost Accounting and Management Science)
