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Paulina Skórko

Summary

Financial crime professional with five years of experience gained in reputable, international companies. My main focus areas are screening, sanctions, and AML. I have worked as analyst, quality control specialist and currently as risk officer. Eager for knowledge, with long term goal of becoming a subject matter expert.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

1st Line Financial Crime Business Risk & Control O

Danske Bank
08.2023 - Current
  • Support with closure of General Internal Audit and Compliance findings within financial crime first line of defense
  • Support with handling recorded risk events in the same area
  • Optimizing tracking and preparing MI for clearer work organization and oversight

Sanctions Act Quality Control and Oversight Specia

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
05.2022 - 04.2023
  • performing quality control checks over various sanctions related processes bank-wide: transaction screening, name screening, watchlist management and sanctions risk events investigations
  • identifying training needs, gaps in processes and procedures
  • updating policies and procedures, in line with observations made during quality check process

Sanctions Act Operations Specialist

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
09.2020 - 04.2022
  • sanctions internal watchlists records review and assessing the presence of the risks, in maker and checker role
  • team leader support in various teams' queries responses, reporting and procedure updates

Anti-Money Laundering Analyst

PwC Advisory
01.2020 - 08.2020
  • research, verification and analysis of documents in terms of AML and KYC requirements
  • assessing risk and mitigating factors accordingly to applicable policies
  • cooperation with variety of international teams in order to deliver most accurate data

Senior Screening & Monitoring Analyst

Refinitiv (previously Thomson Reuters)
08.2018 - 12.2019
  • quality assurance of screening & monitoring alerts disposition
  • supporting multiple teams and departments with screening and monitoring related issues
  • proposing and testing new corporate solutions
  • identifying processes inefficiencies, knowledge weak points and workload issues
  • participation in variety of projects related to development, optimization and innovation
  • team workload management

Screening & Monitoring Analyst

Thomson Reuters
09.2017 - 08.2018
  • name screening alerts disposition and delivering the results to Financial Institutions
  • providing necessary documentation for processes and projects

Education

Bachelor - Medical Biology- Molecular-biochemical Diagnostics

University of Gdańsk
Gdańsk
08.2017

Skills

  • Investigations
  • Analysis
  • Quality checking
  • Summarizing
  • Reporting
  • Procedure drafting

Certification

  • Certified Global Sanctions Specialist: ACAMS certification (2022)
  • Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering: ICA certification (2018)

Languages

Polish
Native language
English
Advanced
C1

Personality

  • Easy to work with
  • Responsible
  • Well-organized
  • Able to see details, and also a big picture
  • Continuous improvement mindset
  • Able to work independently, as well as part of the team
  • With a sense of humor

Legal clause

I hereby give consent for my personal data included in my application to be processed for the purposes of the recruitment process

Timeline

1st Line Financial Crime Business Risk & Control O

Danske Bank
08.2023 - Current

Sanctions Act Quality Control and Oversight Specia

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
05.2022 - 04.2023

Sanctions Act Operations Specialist

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
09.2020 - 04.2022

Anti-Money Laundering Analyst

PwC Advisory
01.2020 - 08.2020

Senior Screening & Monitoring Analyst

Refinitiv (previously Thomson Reuters)
08.2018 - 12.2019

Screening & Monitoring Analyst

Thomson Reuters
09.2017 - 08.2018

Bachelor - Medical Biology- Molecular-biochemical Diagnostics

University of Gdańsk
Paulina Skórko