ANITHA SADASIVUNI

Project: Enterprise AML Transaction Monitoring & Financial Crime Compliance

• Conducted 40–60 AML investigations daily, reviewing transaction monitoring alerts and customer account activity to identify suspicious financial crime indicators, enhancing overall compliance efforts.
• Supported AML and Financial Crime Compliance initiatives by analyzing customer transaction behaviour to detect structuring, layering, unusual fund movements, mule account activity, and potential fraud risks.
• Applied KYC, Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and risk-based verification procedures while ensuring compliance with FINTRAC, PCMLTFA, and internal banking policies.
• Conducted customer authentication, account verification, and risk assessments while identifying potential identity theft, account compromise, and suspicious financial activity.
• Documented investigation findings and maintained audit-ready case records to support compliance reporting, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.
• Collaborated with Compliance, Fraud Prevention, Risk Management, Operations, and Legal teams to investigate escalated cases, effectively resolving complex financial crime scenarios.
• Utilized internal banking platforms, CRM applications, and digital support tools to analyze customer information, support compliance investigations, and deliver secure banking solutions.
• Consistently met quality, productivity, and SLA targets while managing a high-volume investigative workload in a fast-paced banking environment.

Project: Retail Banking AML & KYC Compliance

• Supported AML compliance operations by conducting KYC, CDD, EDD reviews, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and customer risk assessments in accordance with FINTRAC and PCMLTFA requirements.
• Performed customer due diligence reviews by analyzing profiles, ownership structure, source of funds, expected activity, and risk ratings to identify financial crime risks and enhance compliance.
• Investigated AML alerts and transaction activity to detect suspicious patterns, including unusual account behaviour, structuring, rapid movement of funds, and potential money laundering indicators.
• Conducted sanctions screening and PEP identification, performed adverse media reviews, and prepared STRs, LCTRs, and regulatory documentation while ensuring audit-ready records.
• Completed QA/QC reviews of AML investigations and compliance documentation to ensure accuracy, regulatory adherence, and internal policy compliance.
• Collaborated with compliance, fraud, risk, and operations teams to investigate escalated cases and resolve documentation gaps, strengthening overall financial crime risk mitigation efforts.

Project: 4G/5G Network Monitoring, Risk & Compliance Operations

• Monitored 4G/5G network performance, alarms, and system events to identify anomalies, investigate incidents, and facilitate timely resolution of network issues.
• Analyzed network logs, system data, and configuration parameters for root cause analysis and troubleshooting of service-impacting issues.
• Applied strong analytical and investigative skills from previous Nokia 4G/5G network operations experience, including monitoring system alerts, analyzing logs, performing root cause analysis, and resolving complex technical issues.
• Managed network integration, configuration validation, software upgrades, and system deployments using NetAct, Web Element Manager, and JAMURA.
• Conducted system testing, validation, and quality assurance checks to ensure adherence to operational standards and deployment requirements.
• Maintained detailed technical and operational documentation, validated system configurations, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to support compliance with defined standards and improve operational processes.