Experience

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  Chase

  Apr 2011 - Sept 2015

  Licensed personal banker

  Maintained long-lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, resolving customer issues, engaging them to understand their financial needs by offering services and products. Opened new accounts and assisted with Teller transactions as needed. Complied with all policies, procedures and regulatory banking requirements.

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  Millennium trust company

  Sept 2015 - now

  Leading Financial Crimes Strategy & Risk Mitigation:I lead a team dedicated to identifying, investigating, and preventing financial crimes, including fraud, money laundering, and high-risk activities. By implementing scalable AML frameworks, fraud detection systems, and proactive compliance strategies, I help the organization mitigate risks and maintain regulatory excellence.Ethics & Compliance Training: Building a Culture of Integrity:I believe compliance is more than just meeting regulatory standards—it’s about fostering a culture of ethics and accountability. I develop and deliver company-wide AML, financial crime, and ethics training, ensuring employees at all levels can recognize and prevent risks before they escalate.Driving Operational Efficiency & Strategic Enhancements:* Spearheaded process improvements that reduced red flag review SLAs by 74% within 6 months of promotion to this role, increasing response time and operational efficiency.* Partner with cross-functional teams, fraud investigators, and senior leadership to optimize compliance processes and align risk strategies with business objectives.* Lead enterprise-wide risk assessments, ensuring controls are in place to prevent financial crime and regulatory violations.Regulatory Compliance & Audit Readiness:* Oversee high-risk investigations, suspicious activity reporting (SARs), and regulatory filings, ensuring full compliance with BSA, AML, OFAC, and USA PATRIOT Act requirements.* Prepare the organization for regulatory audits, ensuring seamless responses to inquiries and proactive remediation of any identified risks.Data-Driven Compliance & Leadership Influence:* Leverage data analytics to track financial crime trends, identify vulnerabilities, and report key insights to executive leadership.* Present quarterly compliance risk reports to senior leadership and the Board of Directors, influencing strategic compliance decisions and risk priorities. Show less 🔹 AML Investigations & Financial Crime Risk Mitigation* Led complex AML and financial crime investigations, analyzing transactional activity, identifying suspicious behavior, and escalating high-risk cases for further review.* Conducted enhanced due diligence (EDD) and risk assessments on high-risk clients and transactions to ensure compliance with BSA, AML, and OFAC regulations.* Reviewed red flags, fraud alerts, and unusual activity to detect potential money laundering, terrorist financing, and financial crime risks, and filed Suspicious Activity reports (SARs) when appropriate.🔹 Regulatory Compliance & Audit Readiness* Advised on regulatory reporting requirements, supporting Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filings and ensuring timely and accurate reporting to regulatory bodies.* Assisted in preparing the business for BSA/AML regulatory audits, addressing findings, implementing remediation efforts, and strengthening internal controls.* Developed and refined internal compliance policies and procedures to align with evolving regulatory expectations.🔹 Enterprise-Wide Compliance Training & Policy Development* Designed, launched, and facilitated company-wide compliance training programs covering AML, fraud prevention, code of conduct & ethics, anti-harassment & discrimination, and cybersecurity.* Developed engaging, scenario-based training content that strengthened employee awareness and proactive risk mitigation across all levels of the organization.* Partnered with senior leadership and HR to ensure that compliance training was not just a regulatory requirement but a key driver of corporate integrity and ethical culture.🔹 Collaboration & Risk Strategy* Partnered with fraud teams, legal, and senior management to enhance fraud prevention controls and implement proactive compliance solutions.* Supported the design and execution of compliance risk assessments, identifying gaps and recommending strategic improvements. Show less Client Services Specialist providing assistance to clients with retirement plans that have been terminated, missing or automatically rolled over by plan sponsors. Responsible for educating clients with tools to manage their accounts that comply with IRS regulations and the Department of Labor. Highly familiar with transacting with other financial custodians in the industry to facilitate taxable distributions, transfer of assets, liquidation of funds and rollovers. Specialty focused on Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs). Show less

  • Compliance Manager, Financial Crimes

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Senior AML Compliance Analyst

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2023

  • Compliance Analyst

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Client Services

    Sept 2015 - Aug 2017
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  Inspira financial

  Jan 2023 - now

  Compliance manager, financial crimes

  Formerly known as Millennium Trust Company