Olatunde Fehintola Williams
Mississauga,ON
Summary
Thorough Senior Analyst with over a 10-year background in analyzing and implementing Anti-Money Laundering and compliance processes, and procedures.. Excellent planning, organizational and communication skills with a proven track record of problem solving in fast paced regulatory environments, and successfully assisting & leading teams to project completion ahead of schedule.. Self-reliant to perform analysis and make recommendations. Talented in data modeling and client management.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Analyst 1
AMLRightsource Limited
08.2023 - Current
- Review audit and monitoring reports related to client activities.
- Perform deep audits of customer transactions on accounts to assess compliance with Block's Terms of Service or Violation standards.
- Stay current with the latest changes to applicable regulatory standards and company procedures.
- Recommend SARs to support end-to-end review of risk-based decision-making and resolution to escalated suspicious transaction reports.
- Identify threats, vulnerabilities, and suspicious behavior patterns to recommend mitigation measures..
- Gather and run data using online search engines, TLO search queries, and other external search tools as well as SQL applications, and prepared financial reports for management review.
- Adhere to and comply with all applicable, federal and state laws, regulations, and guidance, including those related to Anti-Money Laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, etc.), as well as adhering to company policies and procedures and client requirements.
- Prepare reports of investigation in accordance with guidelines and instructions.
- Analyze large volumes of data gathered from investigation to develop leads and provide reports.
- Trace and identify illicit proceeds deposited into financial institutions by analyzing financial documents.
- Coordinated client compliance and due diligence requests to facilitate quality assurance and internal audits.
- Investigated, escalated, and conducted resolution of valuation discrepancies to ensure that the organization is accurately collateralized.
- Establish an environment that promotes respect for the individual employee and adheres to the policies and guidelines of the Bank
Senior Analyst 1 (Quality Control)
AMLRightsource Limited
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Transaction monitoring of assigned accounts to assess potential suspicious activities such as money laundering, fraud, etc.
- Identified data anomalies as they related to AML initiatives, AML/BSA regulations, and industry best practices for AML/BSA analysis
- Assisted other members of the Compliance Unit, data management efforts, and other company employees to maintain and implement the most effective means of meeting the company's AML and other transaction analysis and reporting requirements
- Worked effectively with multiple complex data sources and technical analytical tools/resources.
- Identified potential gaps and assisted with creating and providing required developmental training and advice to more than 10 junior analysts and also provided support on more complex cases
- Worked and contributed to a team-oriented and collaborative environment to improve the analytical and reporting processes
- Adhered to and complied with all applicable, federal, and state laws, regulations, and guidance, including those related to Anti-Money Laundering (i.e Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, etc.), as well as adhering to company policies and procedures and client requirements
- Performed other duties as assigned.
Taxpayer Service Agent
Canada Revenue Agency
01.2022 - 10.2022
- Gather information from taxpayers and research possible responses or solutions to accurately respond to their enquiries
- Provide explanations and/or clarifications to taxpayers over the telephone in response to enquiries concerning the filing and processing of Individual tax returns
- Explain various social programs administered by the CRA and make appropriate referrals
- Perform various calculations on taxpayer's accounts and inform the taxpayer of the findings
- Contact may be required with taxpayer representatives or with officials of other agencies.
Customer Service Associate
HGS Canada
01.2021 - 10.2021
- Managing incoming calls from customers by following the Company's First Impressions – greeting in a warm manner, acknowledge the customer and their reason for calling, authenticate the customer, resolve the issues; and leave Lasting Impressions
- Responding to customer queries on billing, price plan inclusion and changes, internet data usage and overage, hardware/phone upgrades, network and phone issues, one-time payment and other products and services; and always aim to address queries the first time the customer is calling about it
- Coping with possible stressful and challenging situations with customers by practicing self-control always
- Troubleshooting basic technical issues like phone hardware, network, voicemail, data, voice, text messaging, internet or access to the company's website
- Documenting customer's queries, information and resolution given accurately to ensure continuity of support in the future.
Sr Compliance Analyst & Sr AML Investigator
Keystone Bank Limited (Formerly Bank PHB)
08.2018 - 03.2021
- Hired to examine client data and assign appropriate risk scores to create accurate customer, and transactional activity profiles
- Assisted in due diligence review, planning, executing, and evaluating internal audits
- Responsible for reviewing compliance risk assessment across the lines of business to identify and assess high risks from securities, and banking regulations
- Worked as part of a team of AML investigators responsible for performing AML local and foreign currency clearing, AML credit card fraud, and terrorist financing investigations on correspondent banks
- Prepared clear and concise suspicious activity reports identified by data anomalies related to AML regulations, initiatives and Industry best practices
- Projects: Updated risk assessments across lines of business to reflect regulatory and business changes, as well as the impact of audit, and compliance testing
- Accomplishments: Reduced number of backlog cases by creating training modules to train new analysts on the bank's AML policies and procedures, including best practices when conducting research
- Final quality control specialist on private and wholesale banking background investigatory reports to ensure compliance with Global Due Diligence standards, while conducting periodic internal account and customer reviews to identify potential suspicious criminal activity.
AML Compliance Advisor
Keystone Bank Ltd (Former Bank PHB PLC)
04.2010 - 06.2018
- Report all qualifying transactions processed in line with existing Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) limits
- Interacted with relevant business unit and relationship managers regarding missing information
- Performed investigations in response to internal transaction monitoring system referrals or events detailing suspicious activity
- Analyzed transactional and customer records in compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act
- Identified patterns and trends consistent with activity such as money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud and flagged any suspicious activities detected
- Prepared suspicious activity reports
- Reviewed, investigated, and analyzed high risk client accounts to detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, and terrorist financing
- Worked effectively with complex data and analytical tools and resources
- Assessed customer level of risk to determine if potential legal, regulatory or reputational risks were posed to Keystone Bank and recommended exiting the relationships of those that posed as a high risk
- Performed in – depth investigations, retain case documentation, and provide analysis of findings
- Projects: Managed and escalated caseload of all low, medium, and high-risk complex KYC and AML information gathering and respond to all on boarding and remediation activities
- Reported all qualifying transactions processed in line with Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) limits to the right regulatory office and law enforcement office
- Maintained the highest level of confidentiality with all customer's information obtained
- Accomplishments: Represented the Bank in a manner that maintains and expands positive relations with all customers, potential customers, and co-workers
- Completed AML products and services investigations ahead of schedule, and to the overwhelming satisfaction of regulators
- Increased investigator case output by 15% by developing a best practice guide designed to reduce false positives and identity trends that allow for a quicker case disposition.
Education
CAMS -
ACAMS
United States2024
AML Foundation Certificate -
ACAMS
Online01.2021
B.Ed – Guidance & Counseling -
University of Ibadan
Oyo State, Nigeria01.2004
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Time Management and Problem Solving
- Transaction Analysis
- Analytical and organizational Skills
- Ability to Multi – Task, work Independently and as part of a team
- Client Relationship Management
- Data Analysis
- Tech-Savvy
- Client management
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Analyst 1
AMLRightsource Limited
08.2023 - Current
Senior Analyst 1 (Quality Control)
AMLRightsource Limited
10.2022 - 04.2023
Taxpayer Service Agent
Canada Revenue Agency
01.2022 - 10.2022
Customer Service Associate
HGS Canada
01.2021 - 10.2021
Sr Compliance Analyst & Sr AML Investigator
Keystone Bank Limited (Formerly Bank PHB)
08.2018 - 03.2021
AML Compliance Advisor
Keystone Bank Ltd (Former Bank PHB PLC)
04.2010 - 06.2018
CAMS -
ACAMS
AML Foundation Certificate -
ACAMS
B.Ed – Guidance & Counseling -
University of Ibadan
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