Athish Narayanan RS

Lead Analyst

• Job Details:Perform system-generated and manual AML alert reviews, conducting thorough and time-sensitive analysis of suspicious financial activity across multiple jurisdictions and countries. Assess customer profiles and transaction data to ensure compliance with KYC and acceptable use policy (AUP) guidelines, identifying patterns indicative of money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud. Document findings in a narrative style format within case management systems (UCM, SAS), ensuring that all findings are detailed and aligned with regulatory standards. Collaborate with project managers to prepare updates on complex cases, including escalating issues as needed and ensuring consistency with internal compliance practices. Detect red flags for financial crime activities such as international wire transfers, corresponding banking activities, and high-risk transaction activity. Submit suspicious activity reports (SARs) in accordance with US reporting requirements, ensuring timely and accurate filings. Conducted real-time and post-transaction payment screening for international wires and high-risk transactions, ensuring compliance with global sanctions regulations. Utilized sanction screening systems (e.g., Fircosoft, LexisNexis) to identify potential matches against OFAC, EU, UN, and other regulatory watchlists. Reviewed and dispositioned alerts related to blocked or rejected transactions due to sanction list hits, escalating true positives and documenting findings appropriately.

Lead Associate

• Job Details:Managed manual and system-generated alerts for suspicious financial activity, ensuring detailed analysis of potential money laundering and fraud cases. Conducted enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews on high-risk clients and transactions, ensuring compliance with regulatory and KYC requirements. Reviewed international wire transfers, corresponding banking, and cash/check activity to detect unusual patterns that could indicate illicit activity. Requested for the RFI information to the onshore team, to gather additional information with regards to ultimate source of fund, nature of the transaction, relationship with the parties involved in the transactions, etc. Assisted in preparing detailed reports and updates for senior management, focusing on trends, issues, and necessary compliance actions. Supported the review and filing of SARs, ensuring they met the required standards for compliance with US regulations.

AML Senior Analyst