About me
A skilled compliance professional, with significant experience in creating, enhancing, and implementing global financial crime frameworks. Strong knowledge of financial crime requirements, risks and controls following a Master’s Degree in Law and Criminology, ICA diploma in anti-money laundering, and extensive years of a professional career in banking and compliance. Hold a data analytics and machine learning certificate, adopting an analytical approach to problem solving and optimisation. Confident working under pressure with tight deadlines, have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Fluent in English and Italian.
Main Skills
Risk Monitoring
Identify key metrics to monitor risks and performance in financial crime controls
Assurance and Testing Program Design
Create, implement and enhance Assurance and Testing programs
Control Testing
Perform end to end testing of financial crime controls and processes
Stakeholder Management
Liaise, influence and collaborate with stakeholders at different levels
Data Analysis
Identify risks and trends through data analysis
Management Information
Create and refine existing MI to effectively report risks and potential issues
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Work Experience
MUFG, London
Vice President, Global Financial Crime Department Operations | 03/2022 – 11/2023
Support of the first and second lines of defence across three regions with the outsourcing and offshoring of financial crime processes
- Created the regional outsourcing and offshoring procedures, streamlining processes and averting regulatory breaches by driving best practices
- Identified and reported potential risks and gaps in the controls outsourced, offering effective solutions to senior management and preventively remediate issues
- Advised the financial crime outsourcing initiative, ensuring full compliance with key regulations and policies
- Lead an EMEA wide project to assess the MI and reporting oversight of controls and regulatory requirements
- Provided expertise on internal policies and regulatory requirements to multiple stakeholders across the bank
Interim Director, Global Conformance Monitoring | 08/2021 – 02/2022
Design of a global monitoring program to determine suitable activities and metrics to monitor the status of the financial crime controls against risks and requirements
- Analysed and interpreted data sets to create dashboards representing trends and performances, conveying complex information clearly to senior management, and enabling them to make informed strategic decisions
- Collaborated with various stakeholders to determine meaningful key risk and performance indicators representing the effectiveness of financial crime controls
- Lead a team of two people and achieved internally set timeline and targets for the creation of the program
- Created a monitoring methodology to establish and deliver the program across the bank
- Presented the program and progress to different level of senior management, ensuring alignment of expectations
Vice President, Global Conformance Quality Assurance | 10/2020 – 07/2021
Design and implementation of the global compliance Quality Assurance program
- Created, developed, and delivered the Quality Assurance methodology across global and regional teams and ensured adherence to financial crime policies and requirements
- Collaborated with different levels of stakeholders and delivered a globally aligned and consistent approach to Quality Assurance
- Overseen the implementation of the methodology across multiple countries’ first line of defence, identified control weaknesses and ensured issues were correctly remediated
- Simplified and automated templates and processes through technical improvements, ensuring the effective use of resources and eliminated data reporting errors
HSBC, Edinburgh
Senior Manager, Compliance Assurance Professional Practices | 02/2018 – 09/2020
Development and continue enhancement of the compliance Assurance program in line with regulatory standards
- Enhanced Assurance procedures and sampling guidance in line with group and industry standards, avoiding occurrences of noncompliance with existing regulations
- Provided advice and expertise to the regional teams for the planning and implementation of compliance reviews to ensure delivery of high quality reports to Senior Management
- Liaised and collaborated with internal audit to ensure the effective management of risks and controls
Senior Manager, Compliance Monitoring and Testing, Periodic Activity Testing | 04/2017 – 01/2018
Manager, Compliance Monitoring and Testing, Periodic Activity Testing | 09/2016 – 03/2017
Design and implementation of the financial crime periodic activity testing program, with oversight of its effectiveness and coverage, ensuring strong global governance, management, and execution
- Created guides, procedures, and minimum standards for periodic testing, meeting internal requirements
- Supported the regional assurance teams in the creation of the annual testing plan, ensuring appropriate coverage of financial crime controls
- Guided regional colleagues to undertake conformance checks, providing feedback and tracking remedial actions
- Collaborated with different testing functions, shared common issues, and developed best practices resulting in a decrease of identified noncompliance situation
American Express, Brighton
Compliance Analyst, Monitoring and Testing Program | 05/2014 – 08/2016
Design, governance, implementation and oversight of the international compliance monitoring and testing program
- Created, enhanced and implemented a consistent testing process internationally, ensuring testing activities effectively mitigated identified risks
- Assisted with the interaction with the Federal Reserve Board and internal audit
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