Srinivas Vardhan

• Investigated and resolved OFAC and sanctions-related alerts across domestic and international transactions, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, reducing false positives, and improving screening accuracy using Fircosoft FMM, FML, and AML.
• Reviewed and processed flagged transactions in high-volume payment systems with strict adherence to quality and timeliness standards, navigating multiple banking platforms while maintaining data integrity and confidentiality.
• Conducted exception testing, root cause analysis, and reporting to identify operational risks, recommend mitigation measures, and enable informed decision-making for internal stakeholders.
• Partnered with cross-functional teams to implement process enhancements (including SWIFT and ISO 20022 payment standards), reducing alert review turnaround time, and ensuring compliance with evolving global regulations.
• Revised SOPs, OWLS, and LexisNexis KYC workflows, improving process efficiency, onboarding, and compliance readiness; provided training and procedural guidance to team members.
• Managed the end-to-end project lifecycle from requirements gathering to UAT and deployment, ensuring adherence to compliance and security standards.
• Maintained flexibility and adaptability in a 24/7 operations environment, applying strong attention to detail, critical thinking, and problem-solving to escalate potential sanctions risks and handle unexpected challenges.

Managed and streamlined the company's financials by demonstrating expert balance sheet management skills.

Automated bank statement data entry process using image recognition tools to create consolidated Excel files, resulting in a 30% increase in productivity.

Inflationary Trends Analysis: Conducted regression analysis to develop predictive models for future stock prices and dividend yields.

Examined historical data to understand behavioral theories, and summarized the benefits of long-term investments.