Harsha Chinthaka - AAMLP, ICA, DIT, CCRS

Experience

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  HSBC

  Nov 2010 - now

  Lead & mange ASP HK, China, India regional Sanctions CoE teams with excellent leadership. Strong stakeholder management skills, Problem resolving attitude with support on skills development for peoples. Managing L3 Sanctions screening controls for ASP region. SME in GTRF sanctions matters / Expert in Export Controls (EAR) / Analyzing immerging risk for GTRF business from sanctions aspects. Provide subject matter expertise on complex sanctions investigations within FCCSME for Transformation projects from sanctions CoE such as location optimization migration & GTRF Transformation. (Successfully implement CN CoE for Alert adjudication as split location. Setting up and building BAU CoE including identifying right skill sets (recruitments)Leading oversite and governance framework for in-country Sanctions CoE. Act as technical assistant for emerging sanctions issues (SSI/BIS/SSC/ CTRP) within the region. Share SME knowledge on Sanctions Policy and Governance with Regional Screening, Global sanctions center of excellence, in-country COE to up skill in GTRF product knowledge thereby improving overall decision-making.Member of ASP regional List Management governance framework.Supporting Head of ASP Screening to build an inclusive team culture resulting in the improvement of work life balance supporting the bank’s Human Strategy.Vast experience in dealing with internal audits and external Skilled Person audits by leveraging my experience to enable relevant parties to prepare effectively.Continuously support the Head of ASP Screening & Global Coe leads to identify gaps in Sanctions procedures and ensure bank’s sanctions risk is effectively managing.Business continuity and succession planingConducting training on GTRF products/ complex case sharing / best practices and quality analysis assessment. Led quality improvements for various CoE teams. Principal point of contact within SCOE for Regional Sanctions advisory, Global Trade FCC, ASP Trade FCC, Country FCC. Show less • Lead for Asia Pacific International Trade Sanctions Screening Team with excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills • Member of ASP List management governance frameworkSME / Trainer for sanctions alerts adjudication.• Led quality improvements and turnaround time. • Share SME knowledgeon Sanctions Policy and Governance with Regional Screening, Global sanctions center of excellence, in-country COE to up skill in GTRF product knowledge thereby improving overall decision-making.• Supporting the management to build an inclusive team culture.• Experience in dealing with Audit teams• Identify gaps in Sanctions procedures and ensure corrective action taken effectively and efficiently. • Business continuity/succession planning.• Providesubject matter expertise on complex sanctions investigations. Show less # Conducted Quality Assurance controls on Trade, Customer Name and Payment screening cases. # Provided trainings and QA feedback to adjudicators in SCOE and ASP region to ensure the correct decision making and ensuring the highest standards are met.# Was in charge of training and conducted GTRF training within the region in order to uplift knowledge. # Contributed in clearing QA backlog during the initiation stage of the QA team.# Main point of contact from ASP regional QA team for all other sites that required assistance and subject matter expertise. Show less Supported the Onshore Security Fraud and Risk teams (Hong Kong and India) in Financial Crime Investigations using varies systems.a) Line of investigation :- Uncovered U-Turn fund transfers / Social links and networks / Counterparty concentration, Business email compromiseb) Monitor customer account activities and conducted in depth KYCC on all related parties.c) Member in the business email compromise (BSC) investigation forum. (Network mapping and identifying of mule accounts.) d) Identifying of mal practices with Trade documents that leads to trade fraud.e) Prepared detailed case reports / investigation report for case escalations. Show less

  • Lead - ASP Sanctions Screening CoE - Senior manager Financial Crime Detection

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Sanctions Screening Manager – Lead ASP GTRF sanctions screening L3 team

    Jun 2018 - Sept 2021

  • Assistant Manager – ASP FCC Sanctions Quality Assurance

    Dec 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Assistant Manager, DETICA Trade-Net Investigations

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  • Executive Trade and Supply Chain

    Nov 2010 - Dec 2013