Mevan K.

Experience

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  Time Life International - Pioneerhouse

  Nov 2006 - Jun 2007

  Sales Associate

  Works as a sales associate selling education products to potential customers. This was done across the island.

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  Rivira Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd

  Sept 2007 - May 2008

  Sales Coordinator

  Employed as a salesperson who is in charge of canvassing advertisements for the new paper.

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  GUI Technologies

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2011

  Junior Technician

  I was responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing the hardware & software components of the customer's assets.

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  HSBC

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2017

  Financial Crime Compliance - HBEU Region• Investigate Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) & liaise with UK’s National Crime Agency to fulfil both internal & external reporting requirements vis-à-vis Money Laundering on behalf of HSBC’s entire UK operations• Apart from Identified & escalating fraudulent, erroneous, & irregular client requests, I also delved into incomplete Know-Your-Customer (KYC) fulfilments in accordance with established policy & procedures• Researched news sources, websites, and other online media to gather information on HSBC clients with potential terrorist links, money-laundering allegations etc.• Provided guidance & training to staff within the branch network as well as existing & new recruits on principles & procedures of identifying, monitoring, & reporting suspicious & potential money-laundering transactions• Won numerous ‘Star Performer’ awards and appreciations throughout my tenure at both Level 1 & level 2• Actively engaged in a system enhancement initiative AMS (Alert Management Support)—conducting trainings on transaction monitoring investigation for Level 1 & Level 2 teams in Colombo, Sri Lanka Show less Financial Crime Compliance - HBEU Region• Reviewed all generated alerts & escalated anomalous activities to Level 2 in line with regulatory requirements• Worked closely with Line Managers to ensure that issues are effectively investigated & resolved• Liaised with compliance on new business initiatives to ensure veracity with established policy & procedures• Undertook extensive background research & analysis to gather information pertaining to flagged transactions• Identified fraudulent, erroneous, & irregular client requests and escalated them through appropriate channels• Successfully & consistently completed all assigned tasks independently & within stipulated timelines Show less

  • Investigator | Transaction Monitoring Level 2

    Nov 2013 - Jun 2017

  • Investigator | Transaction Monitoring Level 1

    Jan 2012 - Nov 2013
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  Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing-SLIM

  Oct 2018 - Sept 2023

  Key Responsibilities• To identify infrastructure goals and project delivery, defining activities necessary to meet project goals and objectives.• Liaise with the Executive Committee, CEO, senior managers, stakeholders, project teams and team leaders to review project status, make recommendations, and resolve problems.• Provide direction, guidance, and oversight to project team members.• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques, reporting on project performance and training staff on the new products. • Managing & maintaining SLIM ERP, LMS, EMS, Judging Platforms, O365 admin portal. HRIS Admin Portal, SLIM website, Credly, IPG’s of portals and domain registrations.• Managing & maintaining SLIM social media admin portals which includes Facebook, Instagram, You tube and Twitter.• Responsible for implementing policies and procedures to minimize or manage enterprise risk. (Appointed as the Chief Risk Officer in November 2022).• Managing various event management teams which do virtual / physical and hybrid events. • Data migration, accuracy, and staff training.Key Achievements • SLIM Strategic Level 01 - Gold Award Winner – 2022• SLIM Strategic Level 01 - Silver Award – 2021• SLIM Idea challenge winner (2018) Show less OutlineServe as a liaison between the student body and the school management to address inquiries, concerns and process requests. Highly communicative, perform administrative, clerical duties, help the faculty in designing programs and educational activities. Conduct students' counseling to identify their difficulties and struggles with the courses.Key Responsibilities• Smooth Coordination of all educational products under purview. • Maintain student retention of 85% for a course. • Reduce complains (Lecture hours within the budget, on time coverage of syllabus, minimize class cancellations, on time procurement, evaluations, etc…) of students and stakeholders.• Implement quality improvement mechanism.• Contribute to educational events, activities and organizing industrial visits (Course wise). • Achieve revenue target per intake.Key Achievements • Introducing plagiarism detection software for Post Graduate Diploma Level courses (“Plagscan”). • Introducing and implementing of an E library for students (which includes Pearson E- Library integration). • Action Learning Marketing (ALM) – An experience sharing forum which brought in entrepreneurs, business lawyers, CEO and Director level professional individuals to share their knowledge with students. Show less

  • Assistant Manager – Digital Infrastructure and Operations

    Oct 2019 - Sept 2023

  • Senior Executive – SLIM Business School

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2019