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Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

- Leading a team of 12 Compliance (MLRO) officers, overseeing both senior and junior professionals conducting investigations regarding potentially suspicious activity that may indicate money laundering or terrorism financing red flags during the transactional analysis (including STR/SAR filed with the local FIU);- Ensure compliance with local Laws by maintaining adequate and up to date policies, principles and procedures within the entity;- Active involvement in the continuous support and consolidation of the team, improving the level of expertise by facilitating the knowledge sharing, calibration between all colleagues and also with the relevant stakeholders (local/global teams);- Conducting AML risk assessments;- Support and monitor the evolution of various projects in place, which are impacting the daily business activity;- Review the transaction monitoring process and implement new controls aiming to improve and build upon the effectiveness and efficiency of the AML framework;- Focused on simplification and continuous improvement of the processes;

Bucharest, Romania

Coordinated the implementation of EU Directive (DAC6) and developed the internal policy, which implied involving stakeholders from all areas within the bank;Providing advisory on DAC6 related aspects from a Compliance perspective and involved in the development of new process flows;

Bucharest, Romania

-Coordinated the implementation and developed the internal policy "Procedure for Compliance Risk Assessment" having strong knowledge in the following areas: international sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML), combat terrorist financing (CTF), anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), customer tax integrity (CTI) and cross-border tax arrangements (DAC6);-Formulating professional opinions and providing advice (MLRO role) on client due diligence files and conducting compliance monitoring activities (KCTs) and risk assessments within FEC and FATCA/CRS area;-Providing advice and training for the team concerning the interpretation and application of applicable laws and regulations from FEC and FATCA/CRS area;-Reviewing and providing comments on the internal procedures and working instructions;-Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure the bank operates in compliance with the regulatory requirements;-Maintaining expertise and in-depth subject knowledge and understanding of good practice and procedures of the KYC Framework, Romanian legal system, NBR, Tax Code and international rules and regulations;

Bucharest, Romania

-Providing professional opinions in the field of income tax, social security, immigration and global mobility;-Contributed to successful projects having as main topics: areas of individual income tax and social security regime (salary related income, freelancing activities, investment income, rental, etc.) applicable for Romanian and foreign individuals, for local and non-resident entities or for any stakeholder party when paying and/or receiving income to/from an individual;-Coordinated internal projects in order to improve the team efficiency;

Bucharest, Romania

-Investigation of complex cases in order to combat tax evasion and money laundering for all types of entities (including large companies);-Main topics analyzed during the investigations: VAT, direct taxes, cross border transactions, import/ export operations, fraud and e-commerce operations;-Developed and implemented internal policies and strategies;-In close cooperation with the other national institutions, such as the Prosecutor’s office or the Police department have carried out specific audits;

Bucharest, Romania

Contributed to the design and development of clients and servers database applications, development of web applications in PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript;Coordinated the planning and implementing of dynamic and online electronic commerce applications;Maintained and updated HTML/CSS templates on a regular basis;

Diploma De Master, Relatii Economice Internationale

Certificate, External Policy And Diplomacy

Diploma De Licenta, Relatii Economice Internationale