Adam MacIelinski
Exec Director, Financial Crime Prevention
- Role
- Head Financial Crimes Enhanced Due Diligence Group at UBS
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Adam MacIelinski
I excel at fixing stuff - leading large teams, streamlining and automating processes, and…
Experience
Head Financial Crimes Enhanced Due Diligence Group
Aug 2019 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Led Enhanced Due Diligence team of 70 US-based staff, 30 India-based staff, and 76 consultants, for the second line of defense.• Managed backlog-reduction activities for high-risk client periodic KYC reviews, leading to the closure of a Matters Requiring Immediate Attention (MRIA) for the Federal Reserve.• Built a variety of systems to automate existing processes, track caseloads, and reconcile key risk data points.• Designed and implemented a variety of performance metrics for Onboarding and Periodic Review cases, reviewed by senior leadership and sent to regulators.• Bifurcated the periodic review process and built/trained a team in India to handle part of the process, avoiding the need to hire ~30 more-costly on-shore analysts, saving ~$5 million.• Drove return rates for periodic reviews from 98% to ~3% over an ~18 month period, improving case quality, turnaround time, and reduced staff levels accordingly.• Designed and implemented a case triage process, allowing periodic reviews of certain clients to be bypassed, increasing the capacity of the team by ~50%.
Education
Pega
Fast Track, Process Commander
ACAMS
CAMS, Financial Crimes
2017 — 2019
University of Bath
BSc/MEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1987 — 1992
Xansa
certificate, Prince2 project management
Skills
- Financial Risk
- Strategy
- Derivatives
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Risk Management
- Team Management
- Capital Markets
- Operational Risk
- Business Analysis
- Fixed Income
- Business Transformation
- Operational Control
- Data Analysis
- Securities
- Project Delivery
- Program Management
- Management
- Offshoring
- IT Development
- Operational Risk Management
- Equities
- Emerging Markets
- Leadership
- Back Office
- Project Portfolio Management
- Governance
- Business Process Improvement
- Portfolio Management
- Project Management
- Designing Controls
- Outsourcing
- Compliance Management
- Stakeholder Management
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