Senior Financial Crime Compliance Professional

Oversaw the bank's AML/CFT/PF framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and internal policies. Reviewed unusual-activity escalations, supported SAR decision-making and filings, and approved SARs for accuracy, completeness, and timely submission.

Acted as a primary liaison with regulators, law-enforcement agencies, and the Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit. Conducted compliance monitoring and testing, contributed to annual financial crime risk assessments, managed customer exits, coordinated remediation, and reported financial crime risks to the MLRO and Head of Compliance.

Led the development and implementation of global transaction-monitoring standards, frameworks, policies, procedures, and governance arrangements. Oversaw monitoring systems, alert quality assurance, scenario tuning, threshold analysis, and effectiveness reviews.

Managed, trained, and mentored the FIU team while monitoring productivity, case quality, backlogs, and SAR timeliness. Served as the escalation point for complex cases and introduced self-assessment processes to identify and mitigate operational risks.

Supported AML and compliance operations for a Hong Kong-based Bitcoin wallet, cold-storage, and debit-card provider. Ensured consistent application of AML policies and controls across Asia and Europe.

Designed compliance procedures and investigation frameworks, supported product launches and monitoring-system enhancements, supervised fraud and Bitcoin-related monitoring, and conducted CDD, EDD, sanctions, and suspicious-activity investigations. Supported audits, regulatory examinations, law-enforcement requests, and compliance reporting.

Oversaw AML investigations and compliance reviews performed by FIU analysts for Türkiye and assigned EMEA countries. Conducted complex and escalated investigations and delivered risk-based assessments.

Identified control gaps, drove corrective-action plans, tracked remediation, and developed guidance to standardize investigative practices. Collaborated with business, AML Advisory, and Compliance stakeholders and escalated key findings to regional FIU leadership.

Held concurrent Quality Assurance Manager and Projects and Change Manager responsibilities within the AML Operations Virtual Hub. Led QA reviews of corporate and retail transaction-monitoring cases, developed QA controls and procedures, managed team performance, and delivered management information reporting.

Led change initiatives affecting the country hub, including migrations, new products, services, process integration, and continuous-improvement projects. Managed project plans, risks, issues, stakeholder communication, operational efficiency, and control effectiveness.

Developed and implemented AML/KYC policies and procedures for consumer and corporate banking products, ensuring alignment with local regulations and global standards. Performed AML investigations, reviewed alerts, prepared SARs, and approved high-risk exceptions and case closures.

Conducted branch compliance reviews, identified gaps, tracked remediation, advised business teams on new products, supported regional compliance projects, and assisted with RCSA testing, audits, regulatory interactions, reporting, and customer complaints.

Delivered sales and advisory services for deposits, foreign exchange, mutual funds, bonds, insurance, and other banking products. Supported cross-selling activity, lead generation, and high-quality service for retail and corporate customers.

Managed branch cash operations, unit cost activities, internal-control compliance, and operational efficiency. Served as a liaison with the Central Bank of Türkiye on branch cash and operational matters.

Processed deposits, withdrawals, payments, cash advances, foreign-currency transactions, wire transfers, EFTs, and cheque-clearing activities.

Ensured transaction accuracy, compliance with procedures, and timely operational reporting.

Supported the World Forest Congress Organization in Antalya.

Assisted with organizational and event-related activities during the internship.

Worked on the IPEC project coordinated with the International Labour Organization.

Provided internship support for project-related activities.

Supported reporting activities within the sales department.

Assisted the team with administrative and sales-reporting work.