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Ann Barrett

Highlands Ranch,CO

Summary

Professional with over 15 years of financial services industry experience including retail banking, mortgage lending, money transfer services, with an area of expertise in Financial Crimes Risk Management. Specialties: Strong knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Banking Security Act (BSA) ž AML and Fraud Investigations ž Quality Assurance ž Risk Mitigation ž Regulatory Compliance ž Reporting and Analysis ž Data Analytics. Proficient in preparing required reports such as Suspicious Transactions and Activities Reports STRs/SARs with AML rules and regulations, and guidelines; transactions review to detect possible money laundering, layering, placement, structuring, terrorist financing, fraud and/or other illicit activity.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Crimes Risk Management - Risk Assessment

CHARLES SCHWAB
04.2021 - Current
  • Risk Management Analytics through data collection, processing, cleaning, validation, and analysis to measure and monitor firm’s exposure to risk associated with Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing (ML/TF), Economic Sanctions, Conduct, and Fraud, and other illegal activity.
  • Compiling data to help identify, measure, and predict risk based on vast amounts of data, enabling more accurate insights into where risk can be better managed.

Financial Crimes Risk Management Quality Assurance

CHARLES SCHWAB
01.2019 - Current
  • Conducts reviews of work performed by various business units across wider FCRM Organization to ensure that work complies with each unit's respective policies, procedures and available resources; to make recommendations to improve each unit’s policies, procedures and processes; and to help mitigate risk to the Firm.

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) AML Compliance

CITIGROUP
06.2018 - 03.2019
  • Responsible for performing AML Reviews/Investigations of account activity and recommending filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and/or relationship termination, as appropriate.

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Compliance Analyst III

MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL
10.2017 - 05.2018
  • Conducted advanced investigations where suspicious activity has been detected, including that generated from alert detection processes, subpoenas and warrants, negative media reports, as well as other sources.

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Investigator

WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
01.2010 - 01.2017
  • Analyzed data and investigated Western Union activity related to money transfers surfaced by monitoring reports or external referral sources that exhibit anomalous patterns requiring further explanation.

Risk Management Analyst

WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
01.2010 - 01.2017
  • Monitoring and ad-hoc analysis to test and evaluate effectiveness of internal controls in place to mitigate identified and other potential risks related to Western Union.

Reporting and Analytics – High Risk Loans

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010
  • Designed reports for monthly and quarterly metrics to key business leaders/Legal partners as well as other reporting requirements.

Master Servicing Servicer Balancer

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010
  • Ensured that reports and remittances from primary servicers were accurate and received within timeframes established in Servicing Agreement.

Investor Reporting Analyst

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary Of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010
  • Processed reporting cycle cutoff and all monthly reporting.

Master Servicing Contract Administration

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010
  • Managed portfolio of Aurora Loan Services problem assets and repurchase claims acting on behalf of Lehman Brothers.

Education

BBA - Business Administration

Texas Tech University
Lubbock
05.1996

Skills

  • MS Office 365
  • LexisNexis
  • Regulatory filings
  • Compliance
  • Data Analytics
  • Critical thinking
  • Self-Starter
  • Microsoft Excel
  • SQL
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Verbal and Written communication
  • Integrity with sensitive information

Certifications

  • IBM certified SQL Essentials
  • Certified Fraud Examiner – Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Colorado Chapter
  • Certified Financial Crimes Investigator (CFCI) certification - International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators

Timeline

Financial Crimes Risk Management - Risk Assessment

CHARLES SCHWAB
04.2021 - Current

Financial Crimes Risk Management Quality Assurance

CHARLES SCHWAB
01.2019 - Current

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) AML Compliance

CITIGROUP
06.2018 - 03.2019

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Compliance Analyst III

MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL
10.2017 - 05.2018

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Investigator

WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
01.2010 - 01.2017

Risk Management Analyst

WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
01.2010 - 01.2017

Reporting and Analytics – High Risk Loans

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010

Master Servicing Servicer Balancer

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010

Investor Reporting Analyst

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary Of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010

Master Servicing Contract Administration

AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC (subsidiary of Lehman Brothers)
01.2003 - 01.2010

BBA - Business Administration

Texas Tech University
Ann Barrett