Ilyas Kasadi

Support an AML investigation team as an Individual Contributor, conduct preliminary investigations on AML alerts for suspicious transaction activity and conclude the alert with proper comments, justification, and customer profile. Conduct detailed investigations & Holistic review of flagged transactions, high-risk transactions identifying potential money laundering and financial crime risks Provide training and mentorship to team members, fostering professional development and enhancing overall team performance Review and take appropriate action against accounts through ongoing PEP/Sanction screening, Negative news, liaising with Compliance when necessary. Preparation of Fraud & Business Misuse Report, if any & refer to the respective team for further investigation. Identify patterns and trends that may indicate suspicious activities, such as money laundering, fraud, or terrorist financing

Supported a US-based client in financial data analysis. Utilized SQL and Power BI query to analyze large datasets. Cleaning and formatting of raw data in Power Bi Query Editor leaned, transformed, and visualized data to generate actionable insights for stakeholders

Supports AML investigation requirements for the UK region, Worked on L1 & L2 cases in AML (Anti Money Laundering) Responsible for actively monitoring Customers Account's Transaction history for various types of transactions such as Wire transfers, Cash activities to identify any potential money laundering activities Conduct in-depth analysis of high-risk transactions using advanced data analytics tools to detect unusual patterns and trends Conduct investigations using customer profiles, internal systems, and approved sources Worked with Compliance and Risk management team to address and resolve issues. Ensured that regulatory, legal, bank and audit requirements are met Create and review the RFI response received. Highlighting & escalating suspicious transactions to MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting officer) and regulator in accordance with reporting policy and local regulation respective

Process daily invoices, that is, to match them to their supporting authorizations and receiving records Review all payments due and to submit the payment requests to the Manager for review and approval prior to the actual preparation of cheques. Ensure all the received invoices are authorized for payment as per the related supporting documents are correct as well as complete. Ensure that all suppliers’ accounts are fully reconciled periodically Prepare weekly & monthly reports on MS-Excel (V-lookup, Pivot Table, Data Validation)

Worked as an AML Executive in Compliance Camp (Customer Account Monitoring Program) Investigate, review and monitor suspicious customer’s account transaction activities and make recommendations for further review or closure. Perform AML functions on an on-going basis, including detection/reporting of suspicious transactions and activities Investigate alerts generated by monitoring systems and document findings thoroughly. Review of KYC information (i.e. customer’s profile, source of income, enhanced due diligence) and related account documentation and raised RFI, if further information required

Maintain Bank of America client’s accounts in order to make payments on day-to-day basis Verification of payments being made to other banks, clients. Analyse and research individual accounts history before any transactions Processing of checks, Deposit & Withdrawal Slips Identify and share new ideas with the team, which helped improve the team performance Update the Management & Risk Team when a suspicious transaction is found. Generate weekly & monthly team performance report