William Schlameuss Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

ARC Risk and Compliance is a consulting company that specializes in anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and the technology that supports your AML compliance program. For us, this specialization includes BSA, OFAC, KYC/CDD and FinCEN 314(a). We are “The AML Specialists”.Our consulting services include model validations, risk assessments, tuning and false positive exercises, and remediation projects.As a compliance expert, I am proficient at knowing, implementing, and regulating companies so that they comply with the law. To do this, I am responsible for auditing organizational compliance, resolve compliance issues, and stay up to date with regulatory changes. Fulfilling these responsibilities require me to have industry expertise, a deep knowledge of the regulations, and skills in interviewing, investigating, and auditing. Being a successful compliance expert means that I am analytical, detail oriented, knowledgeable, and have strong interpersonal skills.

Single person regulatory compliance consulting firm with experience in 3010 Supervisory Reviews for Broker-Dealers and Business Continuity Planning

Responsible for the development, implementation and execution of the annual compliance program for DZ North America, with emphasis on the anti-money laundering regime, regulatory relationships and adherence to applicable German requirements. Included the Broker-Dealer subsidiary. Responsibilities also include branch security, both data and premises:- Designed and implemented a comprehensive annual compliance program, including compliance testing reviews, OFAC screening, and anti-money laundering and regulatory training.- Designed and implemented an annual self-assessment for money laundering and regulatory compliance risk. - Managed the Y2K project for North American operations, achieving ‘Satisfactory’ ratings (the highest rating possible) in each regulatory review of the project- Chaired the Risk Management Committee, making it a part of the management landscape after several years of inconsistency and negative regulatory comments.- Managed the Business Continuity Plan, utilizing a business process impact risk analysis at the department level, designing tests around the critical functions.- Managed the corporate legal relationships and processed non-transactional legal matters.

Responsible for all aspects of EDP/IT (EDP operations, local system development, implementation of Head Office IT objectives) for DZ North America; also managed Internal Services functions: - Managed the development of a multi-platform environment that included the progression from an IBM System/3 to a System/34 to an AS/400, adding DEC VAX’s and Alphas, Sun Sparcs and OS/2 and NT Server in a LAN environment, which supported client/server applications.- Managed the development and implementation of local in-house systems and the implementation of Head Office systems and external software, including a client/server core system, in the multi-platform environment described above.- Managed the development and implementation of a state-of-the-art USD dollar clearing system to facilitate the USD funds transfer of the German cooperative banking system, which produced annual revenues of $1,000,000.- Developed and implemented a Global Loan System in all foreign branches, including the Luxembourg subsidiary.- Played a major role, including responsibility for the entire technical infrastructure, in the build out of 609 Fifth Avenue and the move from 630 Fifth Avenue to that location.

Management Trainee and IT Profesional

Mba, Quantative Methods

Bba, Banking & Finance

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Aa, Liberal Arts