Veronica Rodriguez
San Gabriel
Summary
Dedicated professional with a passion for excelling in fast-paced environments, proven track record of exceeding expectations and delivering results. Eager to leverage skills and experience in a forward-thinking organization while committed to continuous learning and development. Experienced in strategic leadership and operational management, adept at driving team collaboration and achieving results through adaptive strategies and clear communication. Proficient in project management, financial analysis, and process optimization, known for reliability, flexibility, and a strong focus on delivering impactful outcomes.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AVP Senior Financial Crimes Specialist
Wells Fargo Bank
09.2018 - Current
- Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives within a functional area and contribute to large-scale planning. Investigate and report on complex financial crimes, policy violations, and high-risk situations. Conduct risk evaluation and modeling to inform financial crime strategies and recommendations.
- Assess the effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes, and internal controls through data and onsite reviews. Analyze findings to determine risk levels and recommend fraud prevention strategies. Conduct investigative research and root cause assessments related to complex financial crimes, policy violations, and suspicious activities with moderate to high risk.
- Conduct thorough analyses to identify patterns, trends, anomalies, and schemes in transactions and relationships across various businesses or products. Serve as a point of escalation for complex cases, resolve moderately complex issues, and lead a team to achieve deliverables.
- Collaborate with leadership to create strategies that reduce financial crime risk while maximizing profits. Provide team leadership, work with peers and mid-level managers to address issues, and lead projects or mentor junior staff.
- Developing and delivering training for issue detection, conducting investigations and risk management interactions, leading system enhancement proposals and user acceptance testing (UAT), and providing subject matter expert support for record retention during executions and monitoring controls
Senior Due Diligence Consultant
Wells Fargo Bank
02.2002 - 09.2018
- Conduct credit and background investigations across different business sectors, collaborating with business units and vendors for timely completion.
- Review bank customers and their related parties, assessing their suitability and analyzing transactions with moderate complexity and risk. Perform thorough research and background checks to identify and mitigate risks related to sanctions, financial crime, and reputation, while documenting all findings.
- Evaluate overall risk by analyzing due diligence data from multiple sources and screening customers, prospects, and transactions against regulatory reporting lists and regional sanctions watch lists.
- Evaluates risks to determine permissibility under sanctions, regulations, and/or BSA/AML regulations.
- Work with high-risk customers, such as casinos and payment processors, to assess their controls and activities. It includes providing guidance to the Lines of Business, escalating confirmed sanctions alerts and risks, and ensuring compliance with federal and state anti-money laundering laws, including the Bank Secrecy Act and bank policies.
- Independently manage a high volume of work and meet deadlines with minimal supervision, focusing on complex and high-risk investigations. Utilize analytic and critical thinking to handle diverse investigations under tight time constraints, while also providing support and guidance to less experienced investigators.
Education
Associate Degree - Business
Western International University
BS - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Skills
- Typing speed: 45 wpm
- Effective key control practices
- Skilled in Microsoft Office applications
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of [10] staff members.
- Documented and resolved reporting issues which led to the implementation of controls monitoring of high risk international customers at a corporate level.
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
- Collaborated with team of 5 in the development of system control within the corporate group database reporting application.
Certification
Wells Fargo AML Certification – 2022-09
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
AVP Senior Financial Crimes Specialist
Wells Fargo Bank
09.2018 - Current
Senior Due Diligence Consultant
Wells Fargo Bank
02.2002 - 09.2018
BS - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Associate Degree - Business
Western International University
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