Andrea Samaroo

About Andrea Samaroo

Detailed oriented Professional with extensive banking experience, proven leadership skills, strong motivational skills and team player who works well under deadline. Excellent relationship building and management skills, proficiency in directing and supervising people, projects, resources, budgets, and vendors. Known for driving down costs while increasing quality and efficiency through training and process improvements. Consistently achieving objectives and exceeding performance expectations. Expertise includes:• Training and Development• Problem Solving• Operations Management• Vendor Relationship Management • Business Process Improvement• Teambuilding• Communication Skills• Decision Making Skills

Experience

1. Siu Edd Operations Head, Cams, Fvp

   First Niagara Bank

   May 2012 — Present

   The SIU/EDD Operations Head is responsible for all aspects of the daily operations and management of the SIU and EDD investigative team. The SIU/EDD Head will manage a team of Analysts who will assist the bank in ensuring that BSA/AML EDD procedures and processes are adhered to through providing advice to and assisting business management and staff in on-boarding new clients (in particular, those deemed higher risk) and in the periodic refresh of know your customer documentation. The SIU/EDD Head is the organization\'s main focal point to ensure team results, and will be responsible for establishing short and long-term goals, developing training, operational, and business plans at the execution or tactical level, and developing team members for ever-increasing positions of responsibility within the unit\'s SIU/EDD. The SIU/EDD Head is the subject matter expert in AML investigative efforts, regulatory requirements at the operational level, and internal processes designed to optimize investigative performance. The SIU /EDD Head serves as primary liaison with the AML Compliance Solutions Team to optimize analyst performance and risk mitigation. The SIU/EDD Head is responsible for building liaisons with law enforcement agencies, inter-governmental bodies and other business units to ensure appropriate lines of communication within the department.

Education

• Florida Atlantic University

  Finance and Financial Management Services

  1994 — 1999

Skills

• Treasury Management
• Customer Service
• Fraud
• Training
• Policy
• Retail Banking
• Consumer Lending
• Banking
• Risk Management
• U.s. Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac)
• Know Your Customer (Kyc)
• Anti Money Laundering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Internal Audit
• Kyc
• Aml
• Procedure Development
• Financial Risk
• Financial Regulation
• USA Patriot Act
• Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Lines of Credit
• Ofac
• Analysis
• Bank Secrecy Act
• Process Improvement
• Credit
• Loans
• Management
• Commercial Banking
• Business Process Improvement
• Analytical Skills
• Problem Solving
• Finance
• Commercial Lending
• Strategic Planning
• Small Business Lending