Akash Ramesh

Experience

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  Wells Fargo India Solutions Private Ltd

  Apr 2016 - Dec 2019

  Financial crimes specialist

  1.Performing Quality Assurance for on-boarded customers profile.2.Validating BO Certification and identifying suspicious activity3.Identify the data tampering one the document and taking independent decision4.Validating authenticity of the documents and assisting the risk of the profile based on the level of therisk associated with the customer profile.5.conducting thorough investigations to determine the true owners of a company, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, analyzing complex ownership structures, collaborating with internal teams and regulatory authorities, and maintaining accurate records of findings. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures is the important skill for the role. Show less

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  Standard Chartered

  Dec 2019 - Sept 2022

  Involved more in-depth analysis of flagged transactions and customer data, conducting thorough investigations, making determinations on potential matches against sanctions lists, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, providing guidance to L1 analysts, contributing to process improvements, and ensuring compliance with sanctions regulations. Strong analytical skills, experience with sanctions screening tools, knowledge of global sanctions regimes, and the ability to mentor junior analysts are key aspects of this role. Show less

  • Specialist

    Oct 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Senior Analyst

    Dec 2019 - Sept 2022
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  Société Générale

  Sept 2022 - now

  Expert

  A sanctions screening mainly involves using various tools and databases to identify individuals, entities, or transactions that might be subject to economic sanctions, trade restrictions, or other regulatory measures. Mainly my responsibilities are:Investigative analysis of transactions involving various types of risks to ensurecompliance with the international regulations in force and the Group Policy on Sanctions and Embargoes.• Raising RFI questionnaire for cases as required to clear the risks and making final decision on alerts.• Notification of the decisions made to stakeholders.• Ensure performance/deliverables are in accordance with the global sanction’s standards.• Interface with advisory for clarifications and additional opinions.• Adhere to processes and procedures.• Establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders.• Escalating issues of Asset Freeze to higher committee , regulators.• Knowledge of SWIFT and SEPA messages.• Knowledge of various regulations regarding financial sanctions and embargoes. Show less