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Kiran Abhi Raj

Calgary,AB

Summary

Certified Scrum Master with over 7 years of experience in Banking, Project Management, Investigations, Operations, and Business Development. Recognized for strong leadership and exceptional communication skills, contributing to successful project outcomes and team efficiency. Proven ability to adapt to diverse business environments while consistently pursuing professional growth and knowledge acquisition.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Fraud Analyst / Financial Crimes Investigator

Bank of Montreal
09.2023 - Current
  • Stays abreast of financial crimes risk trends, important regulations and compliance standards
  • Monitors and analyzes various information provided through detection systems, tools, reports, or manually to evaluate, investigate and determine required actions
  • Supports the collection of evidence and information to be used for multiple purposes including incident reports/filings, loss prevention, litigation and criminal prosecution, management information and statistics, and process improvements
  • Documents actions and information found throughout the investigation to develop and maintain account/case files in ERE and One Note
  • Applying different investigative techniques for finding cheque frauds, account takeovers, scams, kiting, phishing and money laundering for all cases worked on
  • Develops and maintains an understanding of the financial crime management processes, frameworks and techniques to avoid any loss to both clients and the bank
  • Gathers and formats data into regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards to conduct through investigation on each client accounts
  • Strong understanding of various investigating tools and resources such TG, Trips, Customer Connect, WebIR, BIC and branch locators
  • De-market clients who have been consistently involved in fraudulent transactions to avoid loss to the bank
  • Provides notification, information and instructions to internal and external stakeholders such as Interac, Branch, clients etc
  • Related to incidents as necessary to both investigate and research on ways to mitigate further risk or loss
  • Completes diverse tasks by following all standards and documenting all cases worked on ERE to provide a detailed report on various types of financial fraud trends that has been occurring in client accounts and providing feedback to avoid future risks

Business Consultant / Senior Test Specialist

IBM Canada
02.2022 - 07.2023

PMA - US GBS Client

  • Prepare billing and forecasting reports for the project using IPPF, ILC, and MS Excel on a weekly basis.
  • Review and filter all Change Order documents to avoid duplicate files, and ensure updates on new files in Box folders..
  • Communicate with the team on a weekly basis to ensure progress, and also keep updated on new requirements to be fulfilled.
  • Complete specialty and essential training for knowledge development that contributes to higher efficiency.
  • Keeping track of progress in each quarter allows for more room for improvement and reduces failures.

PMO - US GBS Client

  • Reviewing ServiceNow Licensing for IBM and Kyndryl for employees.
  • Preparation of SLA reports and charts for the client..
  • Hosting meetings with the team for review and completion of assigned tasks.
  • Complete and review e-learnings for improving knowledge and work efficiency.
  • Communicate with team on a weekly basis to ensure progress and also keep updated on new requirements for the project.
  • Using MS Excel to organize company data and budget reports into detailed pivot tables.

Senior Test Specialist

  • Execute and review test cases and analyze results.
  • Working closely with developers and leaders to develop effective strategies and test plans for expected results.
  • Evaluate and assess the product code according to client specifications..
  • Create logs and tickets in Jira to document bug tracking during the testing phase, and report to development teams for improvement.
  • Perform smoke and regression testing for active bug tracking before and after the release.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

Senior Customer Care Advisor- Small Business

The Bank of Nova Scotia
05.2020 - 02.2022
  • Develop and maintain professional relationships with customers and ensure customer satisfaction for their Day to Day and Small Business Banking
  • Maintain comprehensive knowledge on CEBA Government loan and provide assistance to all Small business customers when required
  • Coordinate with clients and acquire all information and resolve issue effectively
  • Provide professional assistance to all clients issues and ensure confidentiality of all client information
  • Maintain knowledge and interpret all policies and procedures of bank and ensure compliance with all ethics and conducts
  • Maintain comprehensive knowledge of all services and products and update all request on development needs
  • Provide efficient sales and services to customers and monitor sales for all referral objectives
  • Assist sales team to generate business through cross selling and effective marketing
  • Analyze all customer requirements and recommend solutions to meet same and prepare effective financial plans to suit individual customers
  • Maintain relationship with assigned customers and ensure effective implementation of all services and products and update legal disclosures and notifications

Project Lead

Insight Restoration Inc
03.2019 - 02.2020
  • First point of contact for cost evaluation and budget planning
  • Assisted in Risk analysis and Mitigation prior to project Initiation
  • Managed and researched escalated customer claims and complaints
  • Continuous monitoring of Key Performance Index of the company
  • Took continuous feedback from customer to ensure effectiveness of the team and better satisfaction and also ensuring quality of work
  • Helped in Recruitment processes and Training of new hires
  • Reporting and Documentation of customer claims and requirements

Senior Customer Associate- Sales

Allianz Technology
03.2017 - 04.2018
  • Company Overview: Client: Allianz Australia
  • A Subject Matter Expert in Allianz Home and Auto Insurance for our Australia counterparts
  • Helps in generating leads, identify potential leads and forward to concerned team
  • Assisting the Team Leader in monitoring calls and to ensure the Team Quality Target is met
  • Conducted ad hoc workshops to mentor & coach team to improve performance and also facilitated career development sessions based on team members aspirations in line with company policies thereby creating a culture of continuous improvement
  • Training new team members on CITRIX databases and Polisy software
  • Analyze, Understand and document business processes
  • Resolving queries on-floor and providing adequate floor support to help manage customer claims and expectations effectively
  • Mentored and managed quality assessment of team members sales and claims processing
  • Client: Allianz Australia

Assistant Manager

Hotel Thushara
04.2016 - 04.2017
  • Preparation, presentation and subsequent achievement of the Hotel's Annual Budget, Marketing & Sales Plan and Capital Budget
  • Overseeing and managing all departments and working closely with department heads on a daily basis to ensure hospitality and satisfaction to the customers
  • Assigns duties to HOD's and observers performance to ensure adherence to hotel policies and established operating procedures
  • Monitor all tasks of all personnel and workers, set goals and plans to promote and improve the service of their respective department
  • Recruitment of new hires according to company needs and help them on the on-boarding process
  • Continuous monitoring of feedbacks and suggestion from both employees and customer to improve service and also to introduce new ideas for the development of the business with more advanced strategies
  • Corporate client handling and take part in new client acquisition along with the sales team whenever required

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Quality Management

Lambton College
12-2019

Bachelor of Engineering Technology -

SRM University
05-2016

Skills

  • Contact Center Management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Fraud Investigation
  • Attention to Detail
  • Quality Management
  • Time management
  • Decision making skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Risk Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Forecasting
  • Budgeting
  • Critical thinking
  • Leadership

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Microsoft Office

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Fraud Analyst / Financial Crimes Investigator

Bank of Montreal
09.2023 - Current

Business Consultant / Senior Test Specialist

IBM Canada
02.2022 - 07.2023

Senior Customer Care Advisor- Small Business

The Bank of Nova Scotia
05.2020 - 02.2022

Project Lead

Insight Restoration Inc
03.2019 - 02.2020

Senior Customer Associate- Sales

Allianz Technology
03.2017 - 04.2018

Assistant Manager

Hotel Thushara
04.2016 - 04.2017

Post Graduate Diploma - Quality Management

Lambton College

Bachelor of Engineering Technology -

SRM University
Kiran Abhi Raj