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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

- Oversee all aspects of the compliance program for a publicly traded company in the ready-mix concrete, cement, paving, and aggregates industry, with a market cap of $6.63 billion.- Lead compliance change management efforts following the $3.2 billion merger of Summit Materials and Argos North America, providing weekly updates to the program management office.- Managed a DOJ-mandated antitrust compliance risk assessment, implementing corrective actions that balanced regulatory requirements with business needs, successfully fulfilling a multi-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement.- Launched and managed the company’s transparency hotline, enhancing reporting and compliance culture through targeted communication strategies.- Developed and delivered annual compliance training, including in-person antitrust sessions at multiple site locations across the company’s geographic footprint.- Streamlined compliance processes by creating automated workflows using Microsoft 365 tools, increasing efficiency and reducing manual tasks.- Managed the production of compliance training modules and videos, coordinating with internal and external teams to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.

Atlanta, Ga

Financial Crimes and Reputation Risk Business Execution Consultant • Perform enhanced due diligence reviews on new and existing merchants identified as heightened risk for financial crimes and/or reputation risk• Led mid-scale business initiative to streamline high risk merchant screening by designing and implementing centralized SharePoint portal/workflow for EDDC and Reputation Risk referrals requiring due diligenceConsumer Lending Financial Crimes Product Risk Lead• Managed and drafted Consumer Lending risk assessment of two priorities identified within the NDAA 2020 AML Act including human trafficking/smuggling and cybercrime/virtual currency. Deliverable personally reviewed and lauded by Nick Piccininni, acting Executive BSA/AML Officer of Wells Fargo.• Responsible for creating financial crimes product risk program for Consumer Lending front line of defense, including but not limited to the drafting and implementation of program policy and procedures• Act as primary financial crimes subject matter expert for product and service risk assessments within the Consumer Lending, formerly Treasury Management and Payment Services• Evaluate adequacy of existing financial crimes product control environment and propose recommendations to ensure identified risk is sufficiently mitigated• Initiate, design, and conduct a product/service focused risk and control mapping exercise against majorfinancial crimes related requirements, maturing the program’s risk management effectiveness• Prepare executive level BSA/AML/OFAC reporting for Consumer Lending Financial Crimes leadership• Serve as line of business liaison for multiple enterprise-wide financial crimes data quality issues, requiring cross-business partnership and expeditious familiarity with several data flows and systems• Owned issue management lifecycle for financial crimes data quality issues, including root cause analysis, corrective action planning, implementation, and sustainability

Greater Atlanta Area

Our team’s tasks include the onboarding of new merchants, financial transaction monitoring, outreach to regulators and banks, and many ad-hoc special projects. The fast-paced nature of the cryptocurrency industry challenges this role to be dynamic, requiring independent thinking and prioritization. As a compliance team, we work hard to ensure business operations run uninterrupted while aligning with our internal risk framework and external regulatory guidelines.Responsibilities:- Perform KYC reviews on all new clients during on-boarding and periodically on existing clients - Developed client risk rating methodology and model in order to identify highest risk clients per industry type, geographic location, product/service, and transaction volume- Drafted the company's CDD/KYC policy for US Card program expansion - Prepare Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reports on higher risk clients- Liaison between Compliance and Product Development teams to ensure product design incorporates necessary compliance related business requirements- Triage and resolve compliance related Customer Success issues- Executing and updating the company's transaction monitoring program- Manage intake and completion of subpoena requests from various law enforcement agencies - Leverage blockchain transaction monitoring tool Chainalysis to determine source of funds - Solution potential hits from Sanctions/PEP/Adverse Media screening

Greater Atlanta Area

propósito #22 on 2018 Yelp’s Top 50 Places to Eat in AtlantaProject Management:- Leveraged previous consulting skills, methodologies, and tools to create and implement business plan to launch company - Defined key activities within define, plan, design, execute, and analyze phases of project life-cycle, setting and completing target milestone dates using Microsoft Project- Successfully met target six month time-frame from inception to project launch General Leadership Responsibilities:- Identifying and recruiting talented individuals to join team, aligned incentives to achieve their maximum potential - Managed day-to-day operations of business and actively owned each area of the business including accounting, marketing, event planning, staff scheduling, inventory management, cooking and maintaining 5 star product quality, customer service and guest relations. - Implemented a continuous improvement framework in order to frequently evaluate current state efficiency and identify opportunities to reduce waste in processes - Created job aids and training manuals to ensure operational consistency

Atlanta, Ga

North Highland is a global consulting firm that has changed the model of how a consultancy serves its clients. We hire only experienced consultants who live and work where our clients live and work, leveraging our global network of service area expertise. We also guarantee our work. As a result, we achieve exceptional results for some of the most recognizable names in the world.We help business, government and non-profit clients define strategies, streamline operations, empower people, integrate suppliers, leverage technology and maximize customer interaction. Our innovative approach sustains successful, long-term relationships by helping clients achieve their business objectives again and again.Major project roles include:Serving as an analyst on an AML KYC program for a top three US bank, managing cross project issues, risks, and dependencies to present a holistic view of the Bank’s progress on initiatives derived from regulatory driven action items and deadlines. Executed operational excellence process review for top US insurance broker to discover opportunities that reduce cost, mitigate risk, and increase revenue within newly adopted target operating model. o Identified potential process defects leveraging lean thinking tools and methodologies.o Performed data analysis and cost of poor quality review to measure the volume and occurrence of problem statements.o Completed failure modes and effects analysis to identify potential process defects, root causes, ability to detect, likelihood, and related impact. o Recommended innovative solutions including use of robotics, revised role clarity, and process re-design expected to realize the company $12.1 million in annual savings.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Work in dynamic, team-oriented environments to define internal business process issues, compile information and analyze data in order to present solutions to our clients. Develop an understanding of business processes, building technical skills in various risk areas, and assist our clients review, document, evaluate and test controls. -Major Projects: Managed workstream that assisted a top US bank-holding company in defining, evaluating, and enhancing the key components of a comprehensive OFAC/sanctions compliance program.Assisted in the development of a BSA/AML/OFAC risk assessment methodology for a top US bank-holding company. Lead client interviews with various lines of business within the client to define and evaluate current state Know Your Customer (KYC) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) controls and procedures.Gained regulatory risk exposure while conducting a lookback review for a client's Equal Credit Opportunity Act Regulation B compliance. Assisted with the development of checksheets/procedures utilized to conduct data validation testing. Conducted transaction-level remediation, as well as executed numerous quality control procedures designed to monitor the work performed by client personnel.Solely performed fieldwork and testing during a Regulation B-Fair Lending Compliance audit for a national leader in private education loans. Assessed the effectiveness of key controls by conducting transaction level accuracy and completeness testing identifying and escalating any potential weaknesses or gaps.Contributed efforts towards an enterprise-wide consumer remediation process review of a top-10 US Bank. Responsible for evaluating how consumer remediation projects were performed relative to any existing policies and procedures, and/or leading practices and regulatory agency guidelines. Conduct client interviews to discover and evaluate current state processes. Provided recommendations to enhance the consumer remediation process.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Researched and assembled a database of top performing mutual funds utilizing Morningstar stock screeners • Created template portfolios and model charts given client’s level of risk preference • Participated in mutual fund wholesale meetings and interacted with representatives• Exhibited detailed oriented work while compiling quarterly reports for clients • Revised confidential client information and clarified inconsistencies to comply with Federal regulations

Stockbridge, Georgia

• Initiated and supervised up to 10 projects weekly while serving as a primary contact for customers • Measured and calculated estimates for potential customers• Led advertising and sales campaigns to compete with increasing market competition