Manage relationships with various lines of business globally to ensure compliance with OFAC sanctions.Leads a weekly forum with key stakeholders to review sanctions concerns and grants risk based exception as appropriate.Manages OFAC exceptions via a SharePoint site providing monthly metrics and reporting.Experience with responding to regulatory MRAs and internal audit findings; developed a process to monitor completion of required sanctions training in response to an audit finding.Ability to work in a collaborative environment with domestic and international business partners to identify, monitor and bring to resolution open sanction concerns.

Researched and made decisions on escalated wires regarding potential OFAC violations using Bridger and other sanctions systems.Performed monthly testing of new accounts to ensure Compliance with the Customer Identification Program (CIP) US Patriot Act.Monthly testing of bank wide filters scoring thresh holds used to detect possible sanctions violations; made recommendations based on findings.Prepared and submitted monthly block and reject reports to OFAC.

Led teams on complex projects, presentations and Senior management initiatives.Participated in the successful conversion of Great Western Bank and Dime Savings to Washington Mutual.

Managed a staff of 30-85 responsible for reconciling and maintaining a complete and accurate ATM cash and deposit general ledgers (i.e journal entries, account reconciliation, month-end reporting, financial statements and management reports).ATM dispute resolution in accordance with Regulation EAssisted in coordination of deposit branch mergers and acquisitions.