Marina Mejer

Experience

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  Millennium Leasing

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2013

  Doradca Leasingowy
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  Vistex

  Nov 2013 - Jun 2015

  Account Associate
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  PwC |Financial Crime Team|Centre of Excellence

  Jun 2015 - Oct 2017

  - US based (January 2017 - April 2017): - SAR preparation - Preparation of training materials - Adhering to client specific needs- Quality Assurance Analyst supervising investigation of alerted transactions;- Analyst in area of transaction monitoring investigation and detection of suspicious client activities. Analysis from requests to completion using data derived from various systems and databases like Norkom and Actimize. Gained experience includes:•Analysis of customers’ transactions in order to reveal money laundering and terrorist financing, with comprehensive reviews related to high-risk transactions;•KYC investigations with accurate documentation of transaction activities for various regulatory and operational reporting;•Complex review of the customer documentation; analyzing the documents and data possessed to determine which are sensitive or otherwise relevant to the case;•Escalation of issues to management and other functional areas as appropriate regarding unusual activity and abnormal transactions;•Screening against sanctions and negative news to assess a possible money laundering risk;•Screening against sanctions and negative news using various tools like World - Check, LexisNexis, Accuity or Google;- Acting as a trainer: gathering, and preparing training materials for new joiners, and conducting training sessions itself – AML/KYC specific. Identifying training, and development needs within the organization, providing train-the-trainer sessions for supporting trainers, and supporting SME on the project;- Completing an extensive training covering wide area of AML such as: KYC, Transaction Monitoring, FATCA, as well as Project Management. Show less - Undertaking a review of Politically Exposed Person (PEP) alerts: review of low and medium risk clients’ representatives, controllers and beneficial owners in accordance with the Bank’s internal procedures, screening via an international watch-list, review and assessment of screening outcomes, escalating, when required;- Participating in Transaction Monitoring project- Checking and evaluating other Analyst’s work (3 sites: Poland, United States, and India) in terms of policies that are in force and quality- Screening against sanctions, and negative news to assess a possible money laundering risks- Conducting EDD investigations in support of policies and procedures- Reporting unusual client activities, which might relate to sanctioned entities/individuals, ML or TF- Conducting searches, gathering data, and recording evidence from internal systems, public domain, commercial databases (e.g. Accuity, LexisNexis, Factiva), and enquiry with business or compliance contacts within the organization- Completing an extensive training at PwC covering wide area of AML such as: KYC, Transaction Monitoring, FATCA, as well as Project Management Show less

  • Analyst

    Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Junior Analyst

    Jun 2015 - Oct 2016
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  Thomson Reuters

  Nov 2017 - Aug 2019

  KYC/AML Quality Control Specialist

  - Control the quality and potential risks to the Operations business process against the Policy (and agreed Procedures), from inception to conclusion, while recognizing the need for continuous improvement and iterative processing.- Team coaching, essential to the delivery of quality assured outcomes.- Manage the delivery of timely and accurate KYC records in line with policy and processes and client expectations.- Meeting quality targets and controlling business process output quality e.g. contributing to quality reviews and detailing recommendations- Analyzing and categorizing root causes with options for remediation- Working with the detail to solve complex process and activity challenges Show less

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  State Street

  Sept 2019 - now

  - Client Manager - being a SPOC (Single Point Of Contact) for one of the biggest Client for State Street- Being the 1st point of escalation for the Client- Maintaining relationship with the Client- Coordinating Client transition from other Global Custodian- Harmonizing/Managing the work for different jurisdictions/regions- Coordinating Projects for the Client - Delegating work within the Team- Ensuring proper communication between and internal teams throughout the processing stages- Monitoring market changes and updates sharing- Providing regular reporting to Client and internal Stakeholders- Supervising Action Plan and Projects maintained for the Client- Harmonizing and process establishment within the team Show less

  • Client Operations Manager

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Client Service Expert, Senior Associate

    Sept 2019 - Sept 2021