Senior Director

November 2015 – Present (1 year)

Practice Development: Data Risk & Compliance, AML Analytics & Data Validation
Client Project work: Data Mining and Analysis, AML Technology Assessments, Regulatory driven-Lookbacks, Strategic Investigations, Database design, End to End Data Validations, AML Model Validation and Testing.

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Director

November 2012 – Present (4 years)

Client Project work: Data Mining and analysis, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) technology assessments, Regulatory driven-Lookbacks and Investigations, Database design, Tactical database development..

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Manager

February 2010 – October 2012 (2 years 9 months)

Conducted a Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program gap assessment and vendor evaluation for a South regional bank under regulatory scrutiny
– Performed forensic data preservation, historical data staging & reporting, and created ad-hoc analytical models for the estate of a bankrupt Investment Banking client.

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Senior Associate

August 2006 – January 2010 (3 years 6 months)

– Performed forensic data capture and systems analysis on critical applications’ data for the administrators of a global Investment Bank filing for bankruptcy in the United Kingdom
– Worked with PwC Japan to verify, validate, standardize, and enrich 60 million records worth of positions data for a regulatory filing requirement by a major Financial Services client
– Project lead and dimensional data architect in converting 5 years of historical financial data (distributable earnings, balance sheet, assets-under-management, expenses) for the Financial Planning & Analysis group at a public Hedge Fund/Private Equity client.
– Implemented data matching techniques to test for the existence of OFAC and High-Risk Geography keywords within raw wire remittance and transactional information on an international assignment for a major Asian bank.
– Served as the data architect and technical lead for suspicious transactional testing & profiling at a national South American banking client.
– Utilized data modeling and normalization techniques for the creation of a “single” customer view- consolidating data feeds from dozens of source systems, risk re-assess their entire U.S. customer-base, and develop an automated risk monitoring procedure for new and existing customers for a Fortune Global 100 client.
– Authored internal knowledge sharing documents/presentations pertaining to project experience in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering data analysis, Data Searching methodologies, and Hedge Fund audit support using Technology
– Managed full-time associates and led work-streams during enhanced audit reporting & support projects assisting external auditors within the PwC Alternative Investments Hedge Fund group.
– Member of proposal teams and co-author of engagement letters during various client & internal sales efforts.

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