About

Financial Crime Risk & Compliance professional with 11+ years of specialized AML/KYC experience across wholesale banking and financial services. Currently a Case Manager in HSBC Wholesale Client Services, managing risk-based CDD reviews for commercial banking customers.

Experience3

1. H

   Case Manager – CDD ETB

   2023 — Present

   HSBC

   Manage end-to-end, risk-based CDD/KYC reviews for existing commercial banking customers, assessing business profile, ownership and control, counterparties, countries, funds flow, PEP exposure, sanctions and adverse information. Drive periodic reviews, trigger reviews, information requests, customer outreach and remediation through to case closure, coordinating with relevant business and control stakeholders.

   • Identified business, operational and financial-crime risk indicators.
   • Escalated cases to specialist and Global Standards teams with clear assessment rationale.
   • Supported quality checks, process monitoring, and weekly reporting.
2. AB

   Specialist (SME) – Financial Crime & Compliance

   2015 — Feb 2023

   AXA Business Services

   Supported financial-crime compliance processes covering KYC/due diligence, sanctions and PEP screening, payment screening, third-party due diligence, quality assurance and rule-based transaction monitoring. Reviewed quality outputs and recurring errors; prepared weekly and monthly reports and translated control observations into process-improvement actions.

   • Escalated potential true matches and risk concerns to AML Investigations.
   • Supported workload allocation, productivity monitoring, and training.
3. E–

   Analyst

   2008 — May 2015

   Equitable – Life and Asset Management

   Handled US account servicing, including beneficiary verification, payment checks and OFAC-related screening. Supported day-to-day coordination for a 12-member team through work allocation, team huddles, reporting, weekly QC checks, query handling, training and accreditation support.

   • Supported audit readiness, BCP and ISO audits.
   • Contributed to quality and error-reduction initiatives.

Education2

• SM

  MBA

  2022

  Sikkim Manipal University

  Finance

• NC

  Bachelor of Arts

  2022

  National College

Certifications3

• ICA Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering

• LOMA 281

• OCEG GRCP