Hi! My Name is Manuel and I am a
Compliance and Financial Crime Expert
about me
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A skilled compliance professional with a Master’s Degree in Law and Criminology, ICA diploma in anti-money laundering, and significant experience in banking and compliance. Through an extensive career, possesses a strong knowledge of anti-money laundering and sanctions requirements, risks and controls, and deep expertise in monitoring and testing financial crime processes. Professionally, adopts an analytical approach to problem solving, is confident working under pressure, and has excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Prioritises life-long learning and future oriented knowledge, has recently achieved a distinction in the MSc Crime Science at UCL with a dissertation on the use of machine learning models to mitigate the risk of cryptocurrency money laundering.
13
Years of experience
Financial Crime
Strong knowledge of AML and sanctions requirements, controls and processes
Risk Monitoring
Identify key metrics to monitor risks and performance of financial crime controls
Data Analysis
Analyse complex data sets to make data-driven decisions through analytical models
Reporting
Create and refine MI to deliver accurate and consistent reporting across the business
Work Experience
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
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
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
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
HSBC
02/2018 – 09/2020
Senior Manager, Compliance Assurance Professional Practices
Develop and enhance the compliance Assurance program in line with regulatory standards
09/2016 – 01/2018
Senior Manager, Compliance 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
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
Education
A skilled compliance professional with a Master’s Degree in Law and Criminology, ICA diploma in anti-money laundering, prioritises life-long learning and future oriented knowledge, has recently achieved the MSc Crime Science at UCL with a dissertation on the use of machine learning models to mitigate the risk of cryptocurrency money laundering.
MSc in Crime Science
University College London
MSc and Bachelor in Law
Università degli Studi di Trento
Diploma in Anti Money Laundering
ICA
Certificate in Data Analytics
Imperial College Business
Tech Skills
A curious mind, eager to learn new programs and software, self learning and continously working on new projects. Into sustainable technology, created his own private home-lab with several self-hosted services.
“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge”
– Nicolaus Copernicus –