Antonia Kotsou

Experience

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  Lady Bugs - Private Institute

  May 2010 - Jul 2010

  Administration Support

  • Performed other administerial tasks ranging from establishment’s supervision to tuition payment book keeping.• Responsible for filing records.• Established remarkable customer service skills.

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  Société Générale

  Apr 2013 - Sept 2013

  Bank Employee Intern

  • Completed project assignments mainly on Know Your Customer (KYC) Toolkit.• Acquired responsibility of communication with clientele.• Thrived excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.• Accomplished strong interpersonal skills by building trust with co-workers and managers.

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  Rodeler Ltd

  Mar 2014 - Sept 2015

  Administrative Compliance Officer

  • Performed Anti-Money Laundering policies (i.e. Know Your Customer and World Check) for all new and existing clients.• Reported suspicious transactions with the relevant documentation to the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer. • Assisted the Chief Compliance Officer with generating and drafting the Monthly Prevention Statement reports.• Developed and submitted the XML File to CySEC and updated the Company’s Organisational Structure.

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  Rodeler Limited

  Sept 2015 - Aug 2017

  Marketing Compliance Officer

  • Reviewed and approved all marketing materials and communications to be published.• Monitored marketing materials to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory guidelines.• Oversee the company’s affiliate websites, reported Non-Compliant to relevant laws and regulations issues with respect to advertising material and information to all Clients.• Provided training and guidelines to all employees, which have been involved in marketing compliance-related tasks.

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  FxPro

  Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

  Operations Officer

  • Processed of applications for the opening of new client’s accounts. • Validated the documentation provided and performed KYC procedures for potential and existing clients according to the Company’s policies and procedures.• Recorded clients’ information and documents in the Company’s record systems and dealt with their requests and inquires via email.• Performed internal checks for existing clients in order to identify and manage any potential risk.

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  Roblino Limited

  Oct 2018 - Mar 2019

  Back Office Officer

  • Conducted accurate and in a timely manner due diligence and KYC reviews for potential clients.• Monitored regularly existing clients’ accounts to ensure validity of KYC documentation and facilitated their collection with Relationship managers and clients.• Provided general assistance to the Head of Back Office and liaise with other departments to ensure smoothness of the process and prompt responses to AML requests.

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  Island Oil (Holdings) LTD

  Apr 2019 - now

  • Conduct active sanctions and compliance checks on companies, vessels and their management/UBOs.• Being the point of contact related to KYC documents requested by third parties, maintain relevant records and performing reviews on a risk-based approach.• Regularly communicate with company’s suppliers to provide them with required documents to obtain a credit line. • Responsible to apply and monitor credit insurance applications after closely consulting with Chief Financial Officer • Followed-up with company’s debtors for their payment schedule, performed reliable cashflow projections and calculated incurred financial charges in cases of late remittances. • Closely elaborating with various banks related to incoming funds, provide relevant documentation and processing release procedure.• Liaised with company’s lawyers and prepare all documents required for the final stage of a vessel arrestment. • Prepared daily the vessel report related to problematic debtors by showing the vessel position and relevant outstanding amount. • Created and updated customers and suppliers in Danaos Software once credit approval is granted.• Established and implemented adequate record keeping procedures for internal and external audits.

  • Compliance & KYC Officer

    Dec 2020 - now

  • Credit Control Officer

    Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Credit Administrator

    Apr 2019 - Dec 2019