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Jersey City, New Jersey

• Offer compliance and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) support for tristate area small businesses. Key projects and responsibilities include:
• Advised local boutique financial services law firms on transactional matters involving potential AML, sanctions, or fraud issues; advised on potential AML issue involving real estate purchases in the Middle East.
• Assisted senior associate at boutique securities law firm regarding enhancing M&A (Merger & Acquisition) due diligence reports by leveraging proven AML transaction monitoring techniques; developed due diligence.
• Compiled financial statements for small cosmetics business
• Developed efficient billable hour time tracking tool using Excel that included Macros and V-lookups
• Participate in professional working groups that consists of real estate, insurance, and AML professionals to discuss emerging risks and trends in respective areas

• Conducted focused reviews of foreign correspondent banking clients (FCBs, MSBs, Central Banks, Development Banks, etc.) including the analysis of unusual activity, high-risk geographies, and customer due diligence/Know.
• Conducted AML research over available bank systems, the Internet, and databases consistent with internal policy
• Identification of unusual patterns that require further action and recommendations
• Led in the development, testing, training, and implementation of new or enhanced processes
• Performed trend analysis of complex internal transactions, including outlier activity (transaction volumes and values, top originators and beneficiaries)
• Prepared Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) based on the identification of unusual patterns from the results of internal investigations, due diligence, and negative news

Jersey City, New Jersey

Auditing

Relevant class work and grade include: Financial Statement Analysis (A-), Internal Auditing (A-), and Introduction to Forensic Accounting.

Bachelors, Accounting