Kwaku Ohene-Obeng
Risk
Grand Prairie,TX
Summary
Highly motivated professional with many years of experience in gathering, investigating and analyzing data in Financial services and Insurance industry. Committed to quality and excellence. Detail-oriented professional who consistently exhibits sound judgment when scrutinizing complex documents. Diverse background includes Research, Data entry, investigation fraud, auditing, compliance and pre-auditing. Enthusiastic Analyst eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel as a professional.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Fraud and Risk Analyst
Likewize
Southlake, TX
02.2022 - Current
- Reviewed reports and individual transactions which appeared suspicious to uncover possible fraudulent activity.
- Analyzed large amounts of data to find patterns of fraud and anomalies.
- Contacted customers directly to notify of fraudulent activity and minimize impacts.
- Collaborated with team members to discuss fraud trends and brainstorm methods to combat this type of crime.
- Helping to write new rules For HITS to catch fraud on new trends and minimize false positive.
- Using Tools like Google, Lexis Nexis, Vision 21, HITS to function.
- Reviewing and approving pending client requests to ensure proper authorizations and supporting documentation are in place and meet policy requirements.
- Identified potential areas of business vulnerability and risk to develop and implement corrective action plans.
CWM Analyst
Goldman Sachs
Irving, TX
06.2021 - 02.2022
- Collecting, arranging and inputting information into database system.
- Conducting research using third party data sources (Salesforce, Wealthscape and Lexis Nexis) to validate client's identity.
- Providing support and working on special projects as requested.
- Working across multiple systems and platforms.
- Compiling and quality checking data
- Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research.
- Validated results and performed quality assurance to assess accuracy of data.
- Applying business judgment to identify unusual or suspicious activities and escalate issues as appropriate.
Quality Control Specialist, Loan Documents
BNY Mellon
Dallas, TX
04.2019 - 06.2021
- Maintained compliance with safety and clean area procedures.
- Complete any required documentation for productivity measurement.
- Closely following all regulatory and internal procedures.
- Upheld complete confidentiality of all submitted information according to release guidelines.
- Sampled 90% of products for detailed analysis.
- Provided training to new team member that enhanced overall productivity.
- Content review and certification of FHA and FNMA responsibilities.
- Loan Document Processing.
- Working across multiple systems and platforms.
Fraud Analyst
Co-op financial services
Fort Worth, TX
04.2017 - 02.2020
- Contacted customers directly to notify of fraudulent activity and minimize impacts.
- Reviewing reports and individual transactions that appears suspicious to uncover possible fraudulent activities
- Collaborating with team members to discuss fraud trends and brainstorm methods to combat this type of crime
- Providing exemplary level of customer service to all individuals, including clients and company personnel
- Analyzing large amounts of data to find patterns of fraud and anomalies
- Increased customer satisfaction by resolving debit and credit card issues.
- Summarized all key information regarding investigation into detailed report for delivery to client.
Operations Process Analyst /Research Remediation Analyst
NTT DATA
Farmers Branch, TX
06.2017 - 03.2018
- Identify and resolve clients level issues to reduce likelihood and severity of financial loss to clients.
- Verified data integrity and accuracy from CIP form.
- Collecting and analyzing basic identity information following standard Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures from approved internal and external data sources.
- Analyzed client data, documentation and negative news in order to determine Client Risk Profile.
- Handle multiple priorities and deadlines concerning review of high risk clients
- Ensured that all documentation and data collection was complete or escalate to team lead where appropriate.
- Ensured identified risks or problems are clearly documented and interacts with appropriate parties for timely resolution.
- Researched and interpreted corporate documentation to determine business and ownership structure
Education
MBA - Economic Crime And Fraud Management
Utica College
Utica, NY12.2021
Graduate Certificate - Financial Crime And Compliance Operations
Utica University
Utica, NY08.2020
BBA - Finance and Real Estate
University of Texas
Arlington, Texas2014
Skills
- Compliance, banking laws and regulations
- Excellent written and oral communication abilities
- Highly knowledgeable of search engine tool like Lexis Nexis , Google and using government website like Sec
- Records organization and review
- Data interpretation
- SAR writing
- Information gathering
- Decision Making
- Report Writing
- Industry Trends
- Risk Level Determination
- Customer Transactions
- Procedure Reviewing
Certification
- CAMS — Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist
- CKYCA — Certified Know Your Customer Associate
- CGSS— Certified Global Sanction Specialist
Timeline
Fraud and Risk Analyst
Likewize
02.2022 - Current
CWM Analyst
Goldman Sachs
06.2021 - 02.2022
Quality Control Specialist, Loan Documents
BNY Mellon
04.2019 - 06.2021
Operations Process Analyst /Research Remediation Analyst
NTT DATA
06.2017 - 03.2018
Fraud Analyst
Co-op financial services
04.2017 - 02.2020
MBA - Economic Crime And Fraud Management
Utica College
Graduate Certificate - Financial Crime And Compliance Operations
Utica University
BBA - Finance and Real Estate
University of Texas
- CAMS — Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist
- CKYCA — Certified Know Your Customer Associate
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