Jignesh Shah

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JIGNESH SHAH

Finance professional with 9+ years of experience in Financial Industry with a knack for AML/CFT, Sanctions, Risk and Compliance. Proficient in Anti-Money Laundering, transaction monitoring, Financial crimes & Forensics, Fraud investigation, KYC remediation, Customer Due Diligence, Enhanced Due Diligence and Suspicious Activity Reporting. Masters in Finance with more than 7 years of experience in AML/ATF, Transactions Monitoring, AML Investigations, EDD, CDD, KYC, STR writing and filling and end-to-end investigations of high risk cases/Production Orders- Standard EDD investigation for the Production Orders generated from the Criminal Court/other law enforcing agencies on the high risk clients as per the procedures and processes including escalations, creation of a suspicious Transaction Report where warranted, De-market review recommendations and reporting- Strong understanding of transaction patterns; sensing the behavior of customer accounts by analyzing detailed information; summarizing analysis followed by concluding the recommended actions- Excellent knowledge over MS office (MS Excel - Pivot tables, VLookups, Macros), AML investigative Technology, AML tools such as - PEGA, World-Check, SalesForce, FinScan, Lexis-Nexis etc- Collect, synchronize and interpret data and skillful of thinking critically towards finding any suspicious elements leading to a precise Suspicious Transaction High quality Report writing for filling with Regulators- Experienced in handling Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) queries. Expertise in complex case investigations and preparing and filing of Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) with the Regulators- Well planned and skilled in time management with multi tasking abilities as well as able to determine the required risk mitigations considering the impact to the business line- Demonstrate analytical approach to problem solving over any critical/complex/high risk scenarios- Innovative and quick learner of evolving technology- Have sound knowledge over OFAC, FINTRAC and OSFI guidelines as well as PCMLTFA- Actively pursuing ACAMS (The Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist).