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Lina Sameh Abd-Allah

Team Manager, CDD KYC at HSBC Global Service Centre

Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Team Manager, CDD KYCFull Time

    HSBC Global Service Centre

    Jan 2015 - Present -10 yrs, 5 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Meeting the needs and expectations of Retail and Corporate banking customers by ensuring that customers' escalations and complaints are handled in a timely and appropriate manner. • Ensuring overall quality profiles worked on by KYC team and addressing quality issues to meet the established performance standards and ensuring zero operational /reputational losses. • Interpreting regulatory/ policy changes and communicating their implications to the team. Ability to establish gap closing plan arising out of the same and incorporate the impact within the laid down procedures. • Ensure adherence to AML (Anti-money laundering), Sanctions and AB&C Policies in accordance with the core principles of HSBC's Financial Crime Risk Appetite and ensure timely escalations of any suspicious activity. • Providing timely and effective feedback on performance to the team on job objectives and mentoring team members to achieve the expected performance standards.
  • Team Manager – Egypt Contact Centre & Premier Wealth Management customersFull Time

    HSBC, Global Service Centre

    Mar 2013 - Dec 2014 -1 yr, 9 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Responsible for the effectiveness of agents' performance in terms of calls quality, productivity and fulfilled customer needs. • Handling escalated customer complaints or suspected fraud cases when required. • Leading, coaching, motivating and developing a sizable team of agents in an inbound contact centre environment. • Holding interviews for the new eligible candidates & referring Operations decision to HR team to complete the hiring & onboarding process.
  • Team Manager - Middle East Commercial Banking and Corporate Cards team - Payments & Cash Management helpdeskFull Time

    HSBC, Global Service Centre

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2013 -1 yr, 8 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Ensuring daily cash management enquiries for wire transfers, ACH, checks, commercial cards, statements, online banking and other core cash management services are appropriately resolved by the team. • Providing technical leadership and support technical excellence by searching out external best practice, monitoring technical and professional developments, sharing knowledge and encouraging others to do the same in the best interests of the bank and its customers. • Reporting suspicious fraud cases, major incidents and customer feedback to respective internal counterparts timely and properly and ensuring the team are escalating the same when required. • Establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with the key stakeholders.
  • Customer Service Executive, Telemarketing & MEFCO (Car loans)Full Time

    HSBC, Global Service Centre

    Feb 2010 - May 2011 -1 yr, 3 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Handling customer inquiries and feedbacks in a timely manner to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction. • Achieving individual performance expectations and development. • Ensuring documentation and administrative work relating to each customer call concerning existing Car loan enquiries and new application requests are completed in an accurate and prompt manner. • Listening to customers, understanding their needs and offering relevant products, services and solutions through engagement and needs analysis.
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in Faculty of Arts

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2009 - 4 yr

    • BA in English Language & Literature

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2009 - 4 yr

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Fluent
    • French

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