Kirubakar Srinivasan

About Kirubakar Srinivasan

Highly motivated and results-oriented professional with 18+ years of experience leading change and transformation initiatives in the financial services industry. Expertise in Risk & Financial Crime Compliance, specializing in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) – Transaction Monitoring, Predictive Analytics, and Machine Learning.Proven leadership skills in overseeing teams and managing AML models. Strong experience in client servicing, vendor management, and team management.Expertise in in-house model development including development of Ongoing Performance Monitoring (OPM). Strong expertise in data governance and data control implementation. Skilled in designing, deploying, and maintaining sustainable data quality and governance frameworks.Effectively communicate complex transaction monitoring models and functionalities to regulatorsduring regulatory meetings.Expert in translating complex regulatory requirements into clear and actionable business specifications for Compliance AML and banking services projects.Highly skilled professional with 14+ years of experience in AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and FCC (Financial Crime Compliance) space. Proven track record in leading AML transaction monitoring projects, including tuning and optimization for improved efficiency and effectiveness. Expertise in false alert reduction strategies and AML solution implementation.Proficient in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) with a strong understanding of concepts and strategies in Client Risk Rating (CRR), Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance, Trade Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF), Bribery, Sanctions & Embargos.Proven ability to develop and optimize Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls. Expertise in identifying risk typology gaps, rule/scenario selection, model development, and Model validation finding remediation tied to SR 11/7. Expertise in Transaction Monitoring Tuning and Optimization including the development of Entity Segmentation, Historical productivity analysis, Below The Line (BTL) Testing, Alert Risk Scoring, etc.Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in FCC Data Management, driving business adoption and strategic initiatives. Established a Center of Excellence for predictive and prescriptive analytics.Extensive experience in Transaction Monitoring (TM) model rollouts for Corporate and Correspondence Banking, Institutional & Investment banking, Asset Management, and WealthManagement lines of business.

Experience

1. Senior Director

   Santander US

   Aug 2024 — Present · US

Education

• University of Madras

  Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Computer Science

• Bharathiar University

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Etl
• Enterprise Architecture
• Informatica
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Mantas - Anti Money Laundering
• Shell Scripting
• Mantas
• Databases
• Soa
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Business Intelligence
• Data Warehousing
• Pl/Sql
• Software Project Management
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Unix
• Data Modeling