Greg Mccann Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Belfast, United Kingdom

Belfast, United Kingdom

As head of Ulster Bank’s financial crime first line of defence (FLOD) team for Anti money laundering (AML) Sanctions, Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) Sanctions and Anti Bribery and Corruption (ABC). I was responsible for:Oversight the Ulster Bank’s P&BB business compliance with RBS group Financial Crime and AML policiesEnsuring that P&BB have robust AML/CTF /SANCTION monitoring processes in placeHeading up thematic reviews in the businessProviding oversight on emerging external threats, issues, regulatory changes, upstream riskAnnually review and the bank’s transaction monitoring trigger processEnsuring the P&BB business have a compliant records management processOversight of the management of Ulster Bank’s PEP review process for retail and business bankingEnsuring the P&BB have functioning suspicious activity reporting(SAR) process and a robust compliant high risk customer onboarding processAdvising on risk based approaches to AML/CTF/ABCAssisting with the annual IMLRO report for Ulster Bank BoardFrom 2015 to 2017 appointed the Anti Bribery and Corruption(ABC) officer for the bank. My role involved oversight and sign off on ABC policy impacts and ABC risk assessment in the bank

Belfast, United Kingdom

As senior project manager within the corporate banking division, I was charged with the delivery key regulatory change projects within the operations of business banking and retail division.I led the team within corporate bank which was charged with the setting up of Business Direct within UB corporate division. Established Jan 2011 in response to changing customer behaviour and to reduce costs.This major change initiative involved the migration of 60,000 accounts and 100 staff resulted in a 40% FTE reduction and the development of a new telephony and digital infrastructure. This was a major change in the operational model of Ulster Bank - moving from branch based management to a centralised hubAt the end of the project I was appointed manager of the Belfast hub. I managed a multi-disciplinary team of 50 staff, managing the business accounts of 40,000 customers working.Key duties:Project change lead on the role out of AML/CTF/Sanctions framework for Ulster Bank retail and business bankingProject lead on BCOBs work role out for corporate bankingOffshoring process initiative to Poland and RBS India

Belfast, United Kingdom

Ulster Bank, North East region - Area Manager2001 - 2008As Area Manager for Ulster Bank’s North East region I led a team of business managers in the North-East region. Responsible for income growth on fee and margin and cross sales targets for the NE area. The North East was the top performing area from 2003-2006. Responsible for the controls and risk in my area

Derry/Londonderry

Invest NI, Derry/Londonderry - Client Executive1990 - 2001Invest NI is Northern Ireland’s regional economic development agency, responsible for delivering local government’s local economic policy. I was responsible for delivering local economic development strategies working with key partners in five local council areas and local economic development agencies. I delivered key business development programmes for SMEs on Cost Reduction, Marketing Awareness, and Exporting. I also led a number of trade missions for local SMEs into European Markets in; the Netherlands (engineering initiative), Spain / Germany (food export initiatives), France/ Northern Italy (clothing and textile initiatives).

Derry/Londonderry

Desmond’s Textiles, Derry/Londonderry -1990 - 2001I was responsible for supply chain management of several garment ranges from nine Desmond’s factories into Marks and Spencer. My main responsibilities were overseeing the JIT Manufacturing Process and Total Quality Control Initiative.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Diploma, Diploma Aml, Merit

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