Position: KYC Analyst | AML Analyst | Verification Specialist | Risk and Compliance Analyst | Fraud Analyst
Category: Other
Experience: 3 years | English: upper

Regarding my expertise, here are some of my accomplishments at my last place of work:

- I mentored the new team members and provided complete theoretical and practical learning from the first day of employment.
- I prepared training materials on specific topics (e.g., about counterfeit documents) and conducted training for the team based on them.
- Assisted from the verification side with the launch of the product on new territory (identification of potential technical problems related to verification, liaised with the Compliance Team regarding requirements for the KYC process in this specific region, and assisted TL with setting up internal processes for the verification team).
- Q4 2022 I was named Star of the Quarter within the Risk & Compliance department for my work and impact in reducing the backlog.
I have more than 2 years of experience in the KYC/AML field within one fintech company. Additionally, I have experience in different positions, and some of them are partly related to KYC (checking a set of documents from B2B customers, compliance in government procurement).

Below you can find my working history in the last company:

Sanctions and AML Analyst 
08.2022 - Present
Processing Adverse Media, PEP, and Sanctions alerts.
Conducting EDD checks for confirmed PEPs.
Escalating cases with any identified suspicious activity to the senior manager and performing risk-based exit/closure due to violation of T&C according to the company procedures.
Training of Financial Crime Analysts about Adverse Media and PEP screening as part of Cross learning initiative.
Assisting team leader with other ad-hoc tasks. 
Also, I was trained to perform transaction monitoring reviews (anti-fraud alerts).

KYC Analyst 
10.2021 - 08.2022 
Assisting Sanctions Team with  PEP and Adverse Media screening.
Responding to customers’ inquiries regarding KYC procedures. 
Assisting with the launch of Wirex services in the USA from the verification side (processing new US customers, liaising with US Compliance regarding verification requirements, identifying bugs that can affect the verification process).
Escalating cases with any identified suspicious activity to the relevant department and compiling internal Suspicious Activity Reports if necessary. 
Mentoring the new team members, providing full theoretical and practical learning from the first day of employment. 
Consulting relevant teams with KYC-related processes.
Identification and reporting of incidents affecting the verification process. 
Preparation of training materials on specific topics and conducting training for the team based on them.
Assisting team leader and team members with other ad-hoc tasks. 

Verification Specialist 
10.2020 - 09.2021 
Conducting СDD checks for new and existing customers following the company and legal requirements. 
Checking completeness and accuracy of information provided by the customer. 
Identifying fraudulent documents and compiling SARs. 
Creating tickets for refunds for closed accounts.
Assisting customers with verification issues via the ticketing system. 
Mentoring the new team members.
Communicating with Support and Compliance teams in order to resolve the issues during the verification process. 
Identification and reporting of incidents affecting the verification process