Pingali Sai Vikas Kumar

About Pingali Sai Vikas Kumar

Passion and diligence are two traits that I believe most reflect me as an individual. It is my belief that this is the key to being successful in any endeavour that one set’s their mind to. I love to generate new ideas and devise feasible solutions to broadly relevant problems. I enjoy embracing the lessons learned from failure, stand up and continue to grow. I am a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) with over 8 years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance and Regulatory Compliance. Curiosity, learning and integrity shape my profile and led to my illustrious professional growth. As a Lead- Risk & Compliance with IBM, Bangalore, India, I ensure Project Management Administrator (PMA) operations are more efficient and have been performing various duties like conducting investigations & research on identifying the client, monitoring transactions, finding the source & destination of the funds and determining the relationship between the Originator and Beneficiaries. I also carry out screening on restricted parties/ entities and collecting adverse/ negative news using tools & software. Some of my career highlights include: • Examining client\'s Business entity level structure of the AML operations and business functions • Executing AML gap analysis to include new & missing businesses for TM • Performing Customer Screening and Sanctions Screening function to combat illegal proceeds & other money laundering activities • Adherence to the rules & regulations of the organisation and complied with US regulatory policies like Patriot Act, FATF etc.

Experience

1. Lead- Risk & Compliance

   IBM

   Mar 2020 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Performing a mélange of duties like project service request management, delivery status reporting & financial reporting, and executing reporting & analysis to ensure Project Management Administrator (PMA) operations are smooth and efficient• Managing escalations in the absence of team members and reporting suspicious transactions• Handling money laundering & terrorist financing issues like policies, procedures, regulations, industry-standard methodology, criminal typologies, and establishing trends• Assessing unusual activity on Trade Transactions alerted and overseeing screening of adverse/ negative news using various tools & software• Collating information from sources including the internet, free/ subscription databases, and media that is directly or indirectly indicative of involvement in money laundering, terrorist financing or predicate offence• Adhering to rules & regulations of the organisation and complied with US regulatory policies like Patriot Act, FATF etc.• Executing due diligence on Medium & Low-Risk Customers, Individuals & Entities and summarising findings for business review experience• Mentoring and assisting new joiners about referrals/ queries and recommending process improvement ideas

Education

• Osmania University

  Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics and Statistics

  2009 — 2013