Brittany Kaylor, CAMS

• Ensure compliance with all regulatory practices outlined by Compliance Department of Americas Division (CPAD), BSA/AML/OFAC and with bank policies and procedures
• Coordinate the compilation and timely submission of documentation and supporting evidence requested by internal/external auditors, regulators, and other departments
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the department and cross-functional teams
• Proactively recommend solutions to streamline operations, orchestrate procedural updates and revisions as needed, and manage the daily department workflow ensuring duties of staff are performed as expected and meet the highest quality standards
• Support filter and list management by assisting in projects aimed at updating, fine-tuning, and optimizing the sanctions filtering system to enhance overall compliance
• Effectively mitigate risk by performing thorough quality assurance (QA) checks on transaction/customer screening alerts generated during the sanctions screening process escalated by Level 1/Level 2 teams making sure all required documentation is included
• Conduct thorough due diligence on potential hits, identifying and promptly escalating confirmed matches to the Head of Sanctions, Senior Management, and the BSO Officer, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met. Additionally, if necessary, take appropriate actions to block funds to maintain compliance

• Risk Mitigation and Due Diligence: Safeguarded the bank from risks related to sanctioned entities or countries by conducting thorough due diligence on escalated correspondent banking transactions and ensured compliance with OFAC, EU regulations, and bank policy, coordinating with the Sanctions Advisory Team for further escalations as needed
• Leadership and Training: Managed late shifts, facilitated fortnightly team meetings, and provided ongoing staff development training specifically in sanctions alert handling, while also implementing quality assurance checks to ensure accuracy and consistency

• Review sanctions alerts escalated by Level 1/Level 2 teams, ensured appropriate escalation, conducted quality control checks, and verified that all necessary documentation is attached

• Conduct due diligence on correspondent banking transactions escalated for potential sanctions or policy violations, applied relevant regulations and bank policies, and supported the escalation process for complex cases
• Support the team by maintaining accurate documentation of transaction reviews and ensuring compliance records were up to date

• Conduct investigations into entities flagged by law enforcement and provided training to fellow investigators
• Serve as the Global Project Lead Investigator on multiple financial crime investigations, managing complex cases, leveraging link analysis and OSINT tools, such as open-source databases, LexisNexis, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Lloyd's List Intelligence, and World Check to identify gatekeepers, map networks of suspicious activity, and report findings

• Recognition Award Recipient

• Conduct in-depth investigations into relevant entities escalated by law enforcement, utilizing advanced OSINT tools and link analysis to identify suspicious activity patterns
• Deliver presentations on red flags and typologies related to money laundering to multiple teams, highlighting key risk indicators and supporting cross-departmental compliance efforts

• Review accounts for any unusual or suspicious activity by leverigins a range of reports and alerts generated by the bank's anti-money laundering system. Then process those alerts by determing whether to clear them for further investigation, based on an a thorough analysis of findings

• Conduct due diligence investigations into entities to identify potential money laundering activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and contributing to the organization's anti-money laundering efforts

• Conduct coprehensive quality assurance (QA) checks on the complex cases handled by the investigators assigned to my Global Project