Reliable business professional with experience in Foreign Trade, AML~CTF, Compliance and Financial analysis.
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
I also worked in Turkiye Halk Bankası Compliance Department as a Compliance Manager for 2 years and I am a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist /CAMS given by ACAMS and i received a lot of training from ACAMS and ICC ~I was also working as an internal trainer and training the other employees face to face( AML CTF trainings) and preparing training documents with my colleagues,
I started Turkiye Halk Bankası A.S. in 2010 as a Management trainee/ Assistant specialist and resigned as a Manager in Foreign Trade Department. In these 13 years I worked at both Corporate Branch and Head Office in Foreign Trade Department. I was working in Sanctions Department within the Foreign Operations Department. It was kind a second compliance department within Foreign Operations Department/
My responsibilities >
~Examining the transactions that involves high risk customers, sectors and countries according to the international legislations and bank policy.
~Giving opinion and instructions about these transactions, giving decisions to intermediate these transactions or not.
~Following international sanctions regulations, interpreting, reporting and supporting the other divisions and the employees as second line of defence.
~Taking part in meetings with clients which are local and international corporate companies and correspondent banks.
My responsibilities in Compliance Department
~Regarding the AML CTF scenarios we were investigating the transactions and customers who are caught by the system filters.
If needed we were submitting SARs /suspicious activity reports to the authority.
~Evaluating the potential clients in the onboarding phase. The clients includes individual , corporate clients and correspondent banks. We were preparing a report including risks and opinion about this client and share it with the related department.
~Complied with established internal controls and policies.
~Prepared internal and regulatory reports,
Worked in cooperation with treasury lawyers working in Ministry of Finance , supported them in court processes and preparation of files in the courtyard.
CAMS Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist
~ Cross Border Complexities:Investivating Transnational Crime Organizations Within a Global FI ACAMS , 2022
~Anti-Money Laundering Compliance-as-a-Career, ACAMS, 2021
~Sanctions Masterclass: Jurisdiction and Sanctions Regime: Rapid-Fire Update, ACAMS 2021
~AML Investigations and the effective use of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) , ACAMS 2021
~Improving AML Detection and Investigation with Machine Learning and Graph Algorithms,ACAMS 2021
~Cybercrime Deep Dive: How It Works, How to Fight It , ACAMS 2021
~MSB Focus: Fighting Financial Crime in the Wake of COVID ACAMS 2021~Pepping Up PEP Oversight, ACAMS 2021
~MSBs and High-Risk Businesses: Finding and Retaining Banking Services, ACAMS 2021
~The Latest on KYC/ CDD, Transaction Monitoring and Customer screening, ACAMS, 2021~
~The Second Line of Defense: What It Means and Making It Stronger, ACAMS, 2021~
~Virtual Assets and Currencies: Detailing the Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers~Here’s the Deal: Practical Strategies to Combat Trade-Based Money Laundering, ACAMS, 2021~
~Developing Risk-Based Strategies for Banking Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions, ACAMS, 2021~