Oluwakemi Okegbenro Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Va, Us

United States

• Manage the reporting of high-risk activity/complex cases by investigators, ensuring compliance with policies, standards, and guidelines in filing SARs in a timely manner to appropriate regulatory authorities• Assessing the risk involved in conducting business with clients by ensuring proper due diligence, raising the necessary flags when required, and escalating the same to the Line of Business heads on daily calls• Evaluating potential auto-high triggers (i.e., PEPs, Sanctions, RAI, prohibited products) ultimately recommending a remediation plan or termination of relationships• Conducting regulatory onboarding and KYC reviews for clients by ensuring their adherence to the current regulatory standards outlined in the Bank's KYC Policy and Procedures• Maintain accurate trending and tracking of investigative case files and performance metrics• Assigning risk rating to new and existing clients, conducting AML background checks, and escalating material negative/sanctions news findings to respective teams for further review and investigation

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Reviewed, investigated and analysed high risk client accounts to detect and prevent money laundering, fraud and terrorist financing.• Conducted risk analysis and classifications and send for approval or client outreach.• Prepared detailed investigative reports (e.g. SAR/NSARs) that clearly describe transaction details, analysis of data, and investigation findings with supporting documentation. • Reviewed, investigated, and analysed high risk client accounts to detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, and terrorist financing• Updated client profiles and identifying risks for those populations (conducting full KYC reviews)• Enhanced Due Diligence on customer profiles that have been identified as needing additional review• Interacted with other unit with RFI in regard to missing information.• Conducted negative media searches with World-check.• Worked collaboratively with the BSA Operations Manager on implementation of the Bank’s BSA Program and procedures for complying with regulations

Lagos, Nigeria

• Provide AML Subject Matter Expertise and assistance to lines of business and senior management on projects concerning Financial Crimes Risk Management, conducting, and managing the review of complex financial crimes policies, procedures, risk assessment• Supported KYC Advisory Program through expert advice, adjustments to the processes, procedures• Review and management of assigned alerts from AML/ATF Automated Monitoring System Alerts, UTRs and Referrals as well as requests from law enforcement and other partners. • Monitoring and identifying emerging risk factors and trends that may impact AML, High Risk exposure• Maintain accurate and complete records of investigations, case materials including rationale for determining unusual/suspicious activity, maintaining client relationships and/or divesting clients for unacceptable risk levels/activity• Conducting regulatory onboarding and KYC reviews for clients by ensuring their adherence to the current regulatory standards outlined in the Bank's KYC Policy and Procedures.

Lagos, Nigeria

• Initiated and monitored client onboarding including account opening and asset transfer; handle client inquiries related to the on-boarding process; KYC refresh and ongoing requests, digital engagement, and fulfillment.• Planned, documented, evaluated, and maintained a robust AML/ATF quality assurance program• Provided senior management with consistent, consolidated, annotated reporting on AML regulatory reporting• Identified unacceptable AML risks and escalating appropriately to the QA Manager or QA Senior Manager, Regulatory Reporting• Identified, tracked, and communicated system improvement opportunities and analytic defects, and participate in the implementation process• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions• Supported and continuously improved the on-going initiatives in respect to AML regulatory reporting by providing ad hoc reporting, monitoring efficiency/effectiveness of reporting, soliciting feedback, and critically assessing procedures• Advance personal knowledge of sales techniques and utilize the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system and other resources to foster relationship building conversations with customers and ensure a consistent approach to new customer onboarding and expanding existing relationships.• Developed and maintained a sound knowledge and understanding of the Bank's AML/ATF policies and procedures

Master’S Degree (Verified International Academic Qualification), Risk Management., Credit

Bachelor'S Degree (Verified International Educational Qualification)), Physics Electronics