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Joseph Azmy

Compliance Professional

Madinaty, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Compliance ManagerFull Time

    Qnb Alahli

    Feb 2022 - Present -3 yrs, 4 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:Responsible for conducting impact analysis on new regulatory and internal requirements and implementing solutions by working closely with business departments. ▪ Identify and capture business opportunities from the changing regulatory landscape. ▪ Maintain updated policies and procedures to demonstrate compliance with regulations and internal policies by supporting different business departments. ▪ Review busines process, identify issues and work with business in implementing effective and efficient controls ▪ Design and manage compliance programs, including but not limited to Anti-Money Laundering, Anti- Bribery & Corruption, Market Conduct, Data privacy, and Investment Compliance. ▪ Review compliance materials for new/ revamped products and business initiatives. ▪ Conduct market conduct investigation and trend analysis. ▪ Participate in projects including but not limited to new products, business initiatives and partnerships.
  • Deputy ManagerFull Time

    Egyptian Arab Land Bank

    Apr 2017 - Jan 2022 -4 yrs, 9 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Monitoring the implementation of policies and procedures of compliance program throughout the organization and ensuring its efficiency in identifying, preventing, and correcting non-compliance with applicable rules and regulation. ▪ Regularly updating the Head of Compliance regarding compliance and regulatory developments. ▪ Collaborating with the team members in the design, implementation, and management of an AML Program in all areas of compliance requirements. ▪ Ensuring that the compliance program meets the requirements of international laws and regulations. ▪ Monitoring on-going compliance related projects of the branches that are related to regulatory requirements to ensure its proper implementation ▪ Participating in uniquely structured projects to assure compliance and to compile information for in- depth study and analysis ▪ Developing and enhancing standardized reporting mechanism to adequately assess the compliance risk and monitor its progress. ▪ Supporting international locations in keeping abreast of key regulatory developments and compliance trends and changes. ▪ Ensuring gap analysis remedial actions for international branches is performed by relevant compliance teams on changes necessary to meet new regulatory requirements. ▪ Implementing Compliance Policy, adhering to the bank's agreed processes and procedures and achieving a satisfactory audit report. ▪ Developing and maintaining good relations with regulatory authorities, by fostering good relations and providing timely and accurate information if and when required. ▪ Assisting line management in their responsibility for complying with regulation, including the provision of advice on compliance and anti-money laundering issues. ▪ Managing team of direct reports activities, performance, and goal development ▪ Managing, rectifying, and reporting, as appropriate, material breaches of regulations, recommending improved controls and reporting, as required.
  • Anti Money Laundry & FATCA Section HeadFull Time

    Al Ahli Bank Of Kuwait ( Abk Egypt )

    Jan 2015 - Mar 2017 -2 yrs, 2 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:AML area • Managing team specialized in AML/CFT efforts by monitoring customer daily transactions to avoid any suspicious transactions that could lead to fines/ penal actions and to ensure that the bank is not exposed to financial, regulatory and reputational risk related to Money laundry and Sanctions. • Act as the money laundering reporting officer in terms of account opening (AO) and Client Due Diligence (CDD) practices to ensure that detailed and prompt investigation of all AML/Sanctions incidents and cases for the reporting of suspicious activity process. • Liaise with regulatory bodies on a continuous basis to resolve the queries and respond to issues raised by them relating to the bank’s AML/ CFT efforts. • Perform gap analysis of systems and controls with leading practices and regulatory requirements, and recommend areas of improvement at a strategic level. • Establish, enhance procedures, policy the AML/CFT Framework to meet the regulatory standard and FATF recommendations. • Prepare the quarterly risk-based reporting on the major AML/CFT requirements. • Work with senior business in new product approval work streams, to raise AML issues and to address any monitoring enhancements that are triggered by new products or changing business models. • Develop and execute face-to-face AML/KYC training for staff in various business units. • Response to the AML Questionnaires of the corresponding Banks, as well as reviews the received one from the corresponding Banks & Tele Cash Companies. • Conduct compliance visit to departments and branches to ensure that published policy & procedures are applied. FATCA area • Assist the RO with all aspects of FATCA. • Act as an official “Point of Contact”, to receive from the IRS FATCA- related information. • Monitors and analyzes development of reporting requirements (FATCA). • Participate in reviewing policies, procedures and processes sufficient to comply with the FATCA rules.
  • Compliance OfficerFull Time

    Piraeus bank - Egypt

    Nov 2008 - Dec 2014 -6 yrs, 1 month

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• POC in the FATCA implementation project and KYC remediation. • Develops initiates, maintains, and revises policies and procedures for the general operation of the Compliance Program and its related activities to prevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct. • Collaborates with other departments (e.g., Risk Management, Internal Audit, Employee Services, etc.) to direct compliance issues to appropriate existing channels for investigation and resolution. Consults with the corporate attorney as needed to resolve difficult legal compliance issues. • Responds to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and Standards of Conduct by evaluating or recommending the initiation of investigative procedures. • Ensures that Know Your Client Policy is apply successfully. • Developments of AML reports to facilitate the monitoring process. • Ensures the Anti-Money Laundry procedures are implement by the bank according to local and international laws and regulations. • Ensures the presence of an effective monitoring system, to help concerned staff in analyzing the accounts’ transactions pattern. • Monitors the AML reports, Tele-cash, unusual activities, hidden accounts. • Prepares required reports to regulators or Head Office in a timely manner. • Reviewing and updating the AML Compliance Program as necessary due to changes in laws or regulations. • Works with the Human Resources Department and others as appropriate to develop an effective compliance-training program, including appropriate introductory training for new employees as well as ongoing training for all employees and managers. • Reviews those Suspicious Activity transactions to determine if any transaction is actually related to money laundering and report the suspicious ones to the local regulator. • Visiting all PBE departments and branches to ensure that: Monitors, and as necessary, coordinates compliance activities of other departments to remain abreast of the status of all compliance activities and to identify trends. The branches achieve the requirements of AML law and regulations. • Response to various requests of Public Authorities (Central Bank of Egypt, Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit.) concerning customers’ personal data • Response to various inquiries of Public Authorities (Central Bank of Egypt and Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit.) concerning freezing of customer accounts.
  • Education

    • MBA in Banking

      Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Science

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2014 - 2 yr

    • BSc in Accounting

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2005 - 5 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      Oruba Language School

      Jan 1999 

    Skills

    • Compliance
    • anti money laundry
    • KYC
    • Due Dilligence
    • English
    • Corporate Governance
    • Regulations

    Training & Certifications

    • Diploma in Compliance

      Arab Acaademy·2012
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