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Leicester, Gb

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Pay iO is a Fintech startup providing services in foreign currency exchange, transfers and private banking to the UK & EU based businesses. My Key Responsibilities are:- Performing thorough Customer Due Diligence (CDD) assessments to identify and mitigate potential risks associated with new and existing customers.- Conducting detailed reviews of customer profiles, financial information, and supporting documents to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.- Utilizing a variety of research techniques and tools to gather information on customers, including open-source intelligence, public records, and internal databases.- Collaborating with internal stakeholders, such as Compliance, Legal, and Risk Management teams, to address and resolve issues related to customer due diligence.- Staying up-to-date on regulatory changes, industry best practices, and emerging trends in customer due diligence to enhance processes and ensure compliance.- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of customer due diligence activities, ensuring adherence to data protection and privacy regulations.- Assisting in the development and implementation of CDD policies, procedures, and training programs to enhance the overall effectiveness of the due diligence function.- Providing guidance and support to colleagues and teams regarding customer due diligence requirements and processes.

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Reporting to the Director and Strategic Teams, working as a team of 14, I was responsible for conducting the research and development of construction related assessments and project requirements. Presenting findings to clients and stakeholders with the quotations, negotiations and consultations. Further implementing the agreed solutions.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

An industry-leading real estate services company with a global brand operating in 69 countries serving clients in the world’s most important markets. Reporting to the Project Manager and worked with a team of 7. I was responsible for analyzing and recommending development solutions to clients who required consultancy services for their real estate projects, within the MENA regions (UAE, Egypt and Oman). This involved:• Conducting primary and secondary research on the Middle East property markets.• Determining a creative and effective way to gather missing information.• Conducting secondary / desktop based research from reliable sources as required.• Conducting necessary field or desk based research (on supply and demand analysis, macro and real estate country economics from reliable sources) by site visits, structuring relevant questionnaires, building strong relationships within the industry as and when required.• Compile gathered data into a standard research report and publications using an appropriate and creative methodology.• Assisting in developing ideas and recommendations based on information gathered to design and organize a project involving quantitative and / or qualitative methods, as required by the brief.• Contributing information (as and when required) to the Colliers database.• Conduct site visits; gather information on competitive landscape and demographics to help make recommendations for Highest and Best Use (HBU) of assets. • Maintaining a database with Dubai’s real estate monthly transaction history.• Exceeded KPI measurements, on quantity and quality of reports, which enhanced attention to detail skills, working under pressure and to tight deadlines. Ability to write creative and accurate reports were a KPI, and further developed ‘ability to think out of a box’ and creativity.

Colombo

Reporting to the Director, and being a part of a 3 Consultant team, I was responsible for advising Clients as per their needs and requirements. Also brought 3 new clients into the business who in turn brought in significant revenue for the Company. This involved:Reporting to the Director, and as a part of a 3 Consultant team, I was responsible for advising Clients as per their needs and requirements. Also brought 3 new clients into the Company who in turn brought in significant revenue for the Company.Key Responsibilities:• Explore business opportunities and their feasibility in accordance to Client budgets and investment return targets.• Advisory on growth/ priority industries, and introduction to industry specialists and facilitate business partnerships on behalf of Clients.• Assist Clients with market intelligence in various growth markets and identifying and presenting opportunities for investment. Main industry focus included: real estate, F&B, travel and tourism.• Provide assistance and facilitation of establishing businesses in accordance with local laws and regulations - as per the registrar of companies.• Assist Clients in presenting business opportunities to relevant parties (including financing entities), coordinating with third parties for developing feasibility studies/ business plans and other investment documents.• Extending assistance in obtaining of Bank Finance, where necessary

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Responsible for a team of 30, as a Financial Crime Compliance Executive, I was involved in:• Leading the department as a team leader, where my responsibilities were:o Allocating duties on priority basis and coordinating the work flow, to ensure deadlines are met.o Training/ mentoring other junior colleagueso Attend monthly meetings and conference calls as related to business queries• Undertaking reviews to identify possible patterns of money laundering in individual and corporate accounts within the working region.• Ensure compliance with applicable internal policies, procedures and external regulations.• Review and analyze transactional activities for suspicious/ unusual patterns of activities utilizing various internal systems and external data sources.• Review, Collect & transmit supporting details to a report upon conclusion of review.• Responsible for achieving daily / monthly targets of the team, these were aggressive (40 accounts per day) and pushed the team consistently. Was responsible to ensure that the team remained motivated.• Ensuring adequate due diligence on new existing customers is available.• Contacting the relevant business areas for further information on customers KYC / KYB and transactions information• Contribute to the fulfillment of the department and the Data processing goals

Level 06 Diploma In, Business Management, Pass

Level 5 Diploma In, Business Management, Pass

Level 4 Diploma In, Business Management, Pass

Diploma In Information Technology, Pass

Certificate In Graphics Specialist, Pass

High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

Activities and Societies: Interact Club of the British School in Colombo Basketball Team Swimming Athletics

Programming In Visual Basic, Pass