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
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About Adam MacIelinski

I excel at fixing stuff - leading large teams, streamlining and automating processes, and…

Experience

  1. Head Financial Crimes Enhanced Due Diligence Group

    UBS

    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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