Sr. AML Compliance Analyst

Santander Bank

Remote

Current - 2022

• Review and analyze security transactional activity for possible suspicious activity and document ongoing monitoring.
• Identify patterns of suspicious activity related to money laundering, terrorist financing or other related financial crimes.
• Research and verify clients against various database, LexisNexis, OFAC, World-Compliance and Internet searches.
• Verify data when processing incoming and outgoing wires to increase accuracy.
• Created and optimized diverse SQL queries to gather information from multiple tables for quantitative controls.

Compliance Supervisor

eBay

Austin, TX

2022 - 2020

• Improved teamwork by having different reports in MicroStrategy sent to analysts for work cases and maintaining a 98% SLA (Feb-Jun, 2022).
• Developed and implement processes and procedures applicable to the KYC team.
• Tracked project requirements and deliverables, maintained meeting minutes, and prepared reports.
• Prepared documentation for various projects including job aids, procedures, and process flows.
• Monitored and reviewed global (AU, EU, UK, US, etc.) customer KYC documents and made recommendations for further review and/or account closure.
• Created and optimized diverse SQL queries to gather customer KYC information from multiple databases.

Project Coordinator II

eBay

Austin, TX

2020 - 2019

• Partnered with compliance operations leads to build globally scalable solutions, optimizing new and existing processes.
• Assisted in developing and maintaining the Operational and QA process efficient workflow.
• Hired, trained, mentored and evaluated department staff globally.

Compliance Analyst

TransNetwork LLC

Houston, TX

2019 - 2016

• Reviewed and analyzed transactional activity for possible suspicious activity and documented ongoing monitoring; identified patterns of suspicious activity related to money laundering, terrorist financing or other related financial crimes.
• Filed SAR reports with FinCEN with strong attention to detail and in accordance with established guidelines and within regulatory deadlines.
• Maintained regulatory knowledge of federal and state compliance requirements including BSA, USA Patriot Act, and OFAC.
• Conducted onsite Due Diligence reviews on MSB processors to observe and review monitoring processes, internal controls, and employees training in Compliance.

Bank Teller/CSR

Banamex USA (Citigroup)

Houston, TX

2015 - 2011

• Received cash and checks for deposit and withdrawal. Collected credit card payments, processed remittances to Mexico, and verified wire transfer information was correct.
• Analyzed transactions and reviewed account alerts across checking and savings accounts for potential BSA/AML red flags. Prepared CTRs when needed.
• Served as the key point of contact for teller questions and troubleshooting in the absence of the branch manager. Trained new hires, identified and rectified balancing errors.

M.S., Data Analytics

Eastern University

St. Davids, PA

2024 - 2023

M.S., Finance & Economics

West Texas A&M

Canyon, TX

2018 - 2016

B.A., Economics

Rutgers University

Newark, NJ

2008 - 2006

A.A.S., Accounting

Raritan Valley Community College

North Branch, NJ

2005 - 2000

Certified Know Your Customer Associate (CKYCA)

ACAMS

N/A

2022

Google Data Analytics

Google

N/A

2022

Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)

ACAMS

N/A

2018