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Revolut

05/2024 – 10/2024

Vice President, Risk and Advisory Sanctions

Oversee the implementation of new products and controls to ensure effective mitigation of sanctions risks

• Support the design and development of financial crime controls by translating regulatory requirements into actionable controls
• Identify and report potential gaps in sanctions controls design, offering effective solutions to senior management
• Evaluate effectiveness of controls over new product implementation based on global and local requirements
• Liaise with a wide range of first and second line of defence stakeholders to evaluate sanctions risks and implement effective controls to mitigate them
• Lead the Group Sanctions Management Forum committee as deputy chair

MUFG

03/2022 – 11/2023

Vice President, Global Financial Crime Department Operations

Support the first and second lines of defence across three regions with the outsourcing and offshoring of financial crime processes

• Created the regional outsourcing and offshoring KYC procedures, through implementing industry best practices across the bank and averting regulatory breaches
• Led an EMEA wide review of the financial crime MI and reporting activities to ensure transparent and timely communication of control coverage and effectiveness to senior management
• Provided expertise on internal policies and regulatory requirements to multiple stakeholders across the bank

08/2021 – 02/2022

Interim Director, Global Conformance Monitoring

Develop a global monitoring program to determine suitable activities and metrics to monitor the status of the financial crime controls against risks and requirements

• Liaised with various stakeholders to determine meaningful key risk and performance indicators representing the effectiveness of financial crime controls
• Led a team and achieved internally set timelines and targets for the creation of the monitoring program
• Created a monitoring methodology to establish and deliver the program across the bank
• Presented the program and its progress to different levels of senior management, ensuring alignment of expectations

10/2020 – 07/2021

Vice President, Global Conformance Quality Assurance

Develop a global monitoring program to determine suitable activities and metrics to monitor the status of the financial crime controls against risks and requirements

• Created the Quality Assurance controls design and assured its correct adoption across multiple regions
• Worked with different levels of stakeholders to deliver a globally aligned and consistent program in line with commitments made to senior management
• Led the implementation of the controls operating across multiple countries’ first line of defence, identified control weaknesses and ensured issues were correctly remediated

HSBC

02/2018 – 09/2020

Senior Manager, Compliance Assurance Professional Practices

Develop and enhance the compliance Assurance program in line with regulatory standards

• Provided advice and expertise to regional teams for the planning, execution and reporting of compliance testing reviews to ensure delivery of high quality reports to Senior Management
• Enhanced compliance testing methodologies and standards in line with group and industry best practices, avoiding occurrences of non-compliance with existing regulations
• Built understanding and ensured the correct adoption of the sampling methodology

09/2016 – 01/2018

Senior Manager, Compliance Monitoring and Testing, Periodic Activity Testing

Design and implement the financial crime periodic activity testing program, with oversight of its effectiveness and coverage, ensuring strong global governance, management, and execution

• Created guides, procedures, and minimum standards for testing ensuring both design and operational effectiveness coverage
• Supported the regional assurance teams in the creation of the annual testing plan, ensuring appropriate coverage of financial crime controls

Amex

05/2014 – 08/2016

Compliance Analyst, Monitoring and Testing Program

Create and implement the international financial crime monitoring and testing program and its governance

• Designed and implemented a testing process, ensuring reviews of controls were conducted effectively
• Assisted with the interaction with the Federal Reserve Board and internal audit

03/2013 – 04/2014

03/2011 – 02/2013

Project Analyst, Fraud Department

Project Analyst, Capacity Planning

Capacity planning, performance monitoring, data analysis, models development, achievement of performance targets

• Streamlined processes and assured respect of the operational procedures across EMEA
• Created effective MI enabling the management to compare different metrics across markets

07/2010 – 02/2011

Content Expert, KYC

Content expert, updating American Express corporate KYC database in compliance with the Italian anti-money laundering legislation

• Lead the design, testing and implementation of an IT system to evaluate the risk of organised crime infiltration in public tenders
• Managed projects across different areas, including money laundering and corruption

Transcrime

02/2006 – 12/2009

Project Manager, Researcher, Analyst

Researcher and project manager in multiple criminology projects at local, national and European level

• Lead the design, testing and implementation of an IT system to evaluate the risk of organised crime infiltration in public tenders
• Managed projects across different areas, including money laundering and corruption