Shafi Shaik, KYC Specialist

Shafi Shaik

KYC Specialist

UBS

Location
India - Hyderabad
Education
Master's degree, Master of Computer Applications
Experience
11 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 9 Months

KYC Specialist at UBS
  • India - Hyderabad
  • My current job since October 2019

End to End Corporate Global core KYC - Periodic Reviews

Compliance Officer at Hamdan Exchange LLC
  • Oman - Muscat
  • April 2018 to June 2019

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor the implementation and proper execution of regulations issued by the supervisory and regulatory authorities - The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) and the National Centre for Financial Information (NCFI).
• Act as a contact point of the company for CBO and NCFI-FIU. Coordinate with them in AML and related issues.
• Oversee the investigation and filing of STR (Suspicion Transaction Report) for suspicious transactions and report the same to regulatory authority whenever necessary.
• Maintain oversight on Transaction Monitoring process and STR’s from across 25 branches of Hamdan Exchange.
• Develop AML Compliance procedures and examine AML strategies and objectives on a regular basis and ensure it is aligned with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations.
• Oversee and arrange for independent reviews/audits of country specific AML compliance program on a periodic basis to ensure monitoring, proper implementation and execution of regulations, policies and procedures.
• Expert in working with Client’s Information across five Money product agent partners such as Western Union, Instant Cash, Xpress Money, Trans-fast and EzRemit in terms of remittances, transactions etc.
• Expert in working with transactions in terms of Telegraphic Transfer’s (TT) with many banks across multiple corridors such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, UAE, Philippines, Uganda, Morocco etc.; FOREX conversions such as USD, SAR, INR, QWD, BDT, LK, PKR, GBP, EURO etc.
• Conduct Money Product Internal/External Audits quarterly on behalf of Hamdan Exchange and as and when required and requested.
• Familiar with internal applications such as Casmex Operating Software and third party applications such as company registered websites, money products software’s, World Check, Google etc.
• Working closely with management, branch managers and staff to mitigate the risk of the Customer’s transactions and Assessing & keeping records of STR's updating accordingly

Business Analysis and Reporting Specialist at JP Morgan Chase & Co
  • India - Hyderabad
  • June 2016 to April 2018

Key Responsibilities:

• Expert in working with Client’s Information across various Line of Businesses (LOB’s) such as Commercial and Investment Banking (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), Consumer and Community Banking (CCB), Asset Management (AM) - Global Wealth Management (Regions - APAC, EMEA, LATAM, US) and Global Investment Management (GIM - Appway)
• Involved in END to END Holistic KYC Project in terms of HVD Creation, HVD Intake and Rejection, HVD Validation, HVD Alignment and throughout remediation and completion of the Holistic KYC Project
• Promoted as Quality Analyst in probation period due to my skills, productivity, quality and team initiatives
• Familiar with the KYC approved sources such as Customer Assist (CA), Client Central(CC), COLT CDD, RA KYC Portal, SKYC, CCB KYC Profile Viewer, PB Workstation, iPB Workstation, GSM, ECI Search System, CB KYC, CCB KYC System, GIM Appway etc.
• Trained on Several processes such as HOLSTIC KYC, HVD Making, KYC, CLS, and CDD etc.
• Familiar with third party applications such as World Check, Lexis Nexis Tool, Google etc.
• Working closely with other Compliance teams to mitigate the risk of the Clients and Assessing & keeping records of trigger events & validating Client’s profile accordingly

AML Investigation Executive at HSBC
  • India - Hyderabad
  • June 2013 to January 2016

Key Responsibilities:

• Expertise in working with Transaction Monitoring (Customer Activity Monitoring Program), Client/Name Screening System (Security Compliance Data Matching), KYC, Client Onboard(COB), Customer Due Diligence etc.
Efficiently worked with UK, Asia-Pacific and HBME Regions.
• Expertise in working with Sanctions, ML and AML Concepts.
• Successfully completed several projects from Middle East to Asia-Pacific Region Countries within the timelines and ensured to meet individual & group targets.
• As a Management Information (MI) analyst played a key role in preparation of daily, weekly and monthly reports.
• Verify and validating Client’s Legal documents and validating information related to Client & associated parties with Compliance approved sources.
• Familiar with the Compliance approved sources (Business Applications) such as World Check, NORKOM, CSM, BMM, Document Viewer, GPS/MPS, HUB, GWIS and Companies registries.
• Working closely with other Compliance teams to mitigate the risk of the Clients and Assessing & keeping records of trigger events & validating Client’s profile accordingly.

Quality Analyst at Google India Private Limited on Vendor (Rofous Software Pvt. Ltd)
  • India - Hyderabad
  • March 2010 to June 2011

Google Maps is a web mapping service application provided free for the user worldwide. It provides driving direction for users for traveling by foot, car, bike or public transport from source to destination for numerous countries around the world. It also acts as an urban business locator where you can search and find the required business location.

Key Responsibilities:

•To look after the quality of work done by the labelers, find errors, report errors and see that the errors are fixed correctly.
•Promoted as Quality Analyst in early period due to my skills, productivity, quality ad team initiatives
•Give feedback for the labeling team depending upon the maximum number of errors types found in order to improve the quality of maps.
•As a Management Information (MI) analyst played a key role in preparation of daily, weekly and monthly reports.

Education

Master's degree, Master of Computer Applications
  • at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology
  • April 2007

Computers

Bachelor's degree, Batchelor of Computer Applications
  • at St. Patrick’s Degree College affiliated to Osmania University
  • April 2004

Computers

Specialties & Skills

Sanctions
Terrorism
Compliance
Anti Money Laundering
ANALYSIS
QUALITY
MICROSOFT OFFICE
ASSET MANAGEMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
BANKING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Native Speaker
Urdu
Native Speaker
Telugu
Native Speaker

Memberships

Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF)
  • Member
  • August 2016
India Forensic Research Foundation (IFRF)
  • Member
  • April 2016
VSkills
  • Member
  • April 2016
Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
  • Member
  • September 2018

Training and Certifications

Certificate of Excellence in Global Standards (Training)
Training Institute:
HSBC
Date Attended:
July 2014
Duration:
72 hours
Certified AML- KYC Compliance Officer from Vskills (No:13503) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2016
Certified AML- KYC Compliance from Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF - No:510269417) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2016
Certified Anti Money Laundering Expert (CAME) India Forensic Research Foundation (IFRF - No: IFO719) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2016

Hobbies

  • Watching Sports
  • Listening Music