Pravina Sawant
Dubai
Summary
Experienced Professional with over 9 years of experience in managing operations within end to end Customer Lifecycle and associated due diligence and regulatory compliance into the Financial Sector. Pravina's key achievements include being a performer and being awarded multiple recognitions for her excellence and consistency at work. She is seeking a KYC and AML operations role at a leading bank or financial services firm, where she can bring risk management and operations management skills to support the organization's goal of ensuring operational excellence and regulatory compliance.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Operations Specialist
Marsh McLennan (Aptia/ Mercer/ JLT)
12.2017 - 07.2024
- Manage customer onboarding and member ID creation, ensuring KYC, Ongoing Due Diligence, and AML compliance while tracking investment transfers and redemptions across schemes
- Manage the entire customer lifecycle, from onboarding through ongoing monitoring, including thorough document verification, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), and comprehensive AML checks to ensure continuous compliance
- Conduct in-depth analysis of suspicious activities, prepare comprehensive reports, and file SARs to ensure strict adherence to AML regulations
- Performed monthly reconciliations of pension fund accounts with bank statements and investment statements, identifying and resolving discrepancies
- Maintain accurate customer databases, regularly updating records to support compliance and risk management
- Implement procedural updates to reflect regulatory changes, ensuring system compliance
- Handle client requests, complaints, and system alerts, providing investment quotations and retirement statements within compliance guidelines
- Review and update client records for tax compliance, ensuring accurate portfolio management
- Manage investment transfers, handling legal documents like wills, ensuring proper compliance
- Train new recruits on the end to end processes and documenting SOPs
- Successfully led UAT for technology-driven changes in systems and scheme configurations.
Associate
Syntel Pvt. Ltd
07.2015 - 11.2017
- Channelizing client funds as per designated portfolio allocation and conducting daily reconciliation
- Tracking portfolio performance at regular intervals and ensuring correctness and accuracy in portfolio operations
- Managing and processing various purchase/ redemption/ switch requests, and non-financial transactions received from clients on a day-to-day basis
- Creation of investment plans for investors based on various parameters like cash flows, demographic factors, risk appetite, goal tracking etc
- Maintaining procedural Updates and making amendments in the system
- Train new recruits to understand processes and BAU activities
- Documenting process notes for various BAU processes
- Received multiple spot awards.
Education
Bachelors in Financial Markets -
K. J. Somaiya College of Arts And Commerce
2014
Skills
- KYC and AML Compliance
- Financial Operations and Reconciliation
- Wealth Management and Asset Allocation
- Hands-on experience using various applications like Cashfac, Bizflow, Citirx, OPEN2, Classic etc
Certification
- The Global Association of KYC Specialists (Go-AKS) Globally Certified Anti Money Laundering Officer (G-CAMO), 2024
- Pension Management Institute - Pension Essentials and Leaver Calculations
Timeline
Senior Operations Specialist
Marsh McLennan (Aptia/ Mercer/ JLT)
12.2017 - 07.2024
Associate
Syntel Pvt. Ltd
07.2015 - 11.2017
Bachelors in Financial Markets -
K. J. Somaiya College of Arts And Commerce
- The Global Association of KYC Specialists (Go-AKS) Globally Certified Anti Money Laundering Officer (G-CAMO), 2024
- Pension Management Institute - Pension Essentials and Leaver Calculations
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