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Samal Krishna

Summary

Highly motivated and goal-driven Financial Crime Analyst skilled in collecting, monitoring and analyzing information to make risk-based assessments and reports. Experienced in qualitative and quantitative analysis of financial transactional within Fraud and AML/CTF. I am continuously seeking to grow my knowledge. I am a keen learner before anything else and love to fill my brain with continuous knowledge and new skills. I am looking expand and utilise my skillset within the fraud space and business sector. I bring with me a deep understanding of card fraud typologies, AML requirements for businesses and fraud investigations.


Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Crimes Analyst

Westpac New Zealand
05.2021 - Current
  • Conducted preliminary investigations to confirm violations that occurred and obtained relevant documents from involved parties.
  • Conducted interviews with suspects and filed reports of findings.
  • Documented research findings to support risk-based decision-making and resolution to escalated fraud incidents.
  • Monitored financial transactions (card and IOLB payments) on day-to-day basis.
  • Dealing with customer who have been scammed. Making outbound calls and assisting customer with compassion during tough times.
  • Analyzing and reporting AML/CTF transaction alerts. These alerts are alerts generated based on financial transactions that have triggered a rule for unusual behavior in our system.
  • Investigated activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations, assessing legality of transactions and operations.
  • Keen attention to detail and analyses of financial information.
  • Card fraud subject matter expert. I have spent majority of my time with Westpac reporting, assessing and analyzing card fraud-based transactions. Within card fraud I have been involved in continuous improvement meetings and working as an expert to answer colleagues card fraud-based queries. Whilst being a leader within this team I have conducted training and coaching for junior members and stakeholders.
  • Proven track record of a high standard of work and good QA results.
  • Contribution to wider work life. I attended and completed my health and safety workshop, and am a qualified health and safety rep.

Keyholder

Merchant
10.2018 - 04.2021
  • Processed cash, credit, debit, and check payments.
  • Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs, and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
  • Trained and mentored new employees. This included recording and updating staff and store KPI's.
  • Opened and closed the store 2 days per week by counting registers, making deposits, and storing and filing all daily paperwork in compliance with company guidelines.
  • Learned the ability to interact with people from all walks of life and assist in finding them solutions, whether it was related to footwear or general life.
  • Met sales targets consistently, also achieved top targets set by the company of 120% sales targets, number of pairs sold and sales of accessories.

Crew Member

Macdonald's
09.2017 - 08.2018
  • Processed orders on POS system and accepted cash and charge payments.
  • Worked well with teammates and accepted coaching from management team.
  • Showed the ability to work and complete tasks to a high standard in a fast-paced environment.
  • Accurately operated cash register to process customer payments.
  • Juggled multiple tasks while keeping a calm attitude.

Bartender

Alexandra Park
09.2017 - 02.2018
  • Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
  • Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
  • Kept bar presentable and well-stocked to meet customer needs.
  • Followed alcohol awareness procedures for preventing excessive guest intoxication.
  • Handled simultaneous customer, team, and business needs while avoiding unnecessary delays or errors.
  • Adhered to laws regarding alcoholic beverage services and customer regulations.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with repeat customers, engaging in friendly conversation.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Commercial Law

University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ
05.2021

High School Diploma -

Mount Roskill Grammar School
Auckland, NZ
12.2016

Skills

  • Assessing And Analyzing Compliance Risk
  • Transaction Monitoring and Risk Assessment
  • Keen Attention To Detail
  • Prioritization And Organizational Skills
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Building Great Stakeholder Relationships
  • People Management/Training
  • Data Analysis
  • Microsoft Suite - Excel
  • Understanding stakeholder requirements
  • Sales and Growth
  • Process Implementation

Hobbies

I enjoy playing all sports and have played Lacrosse from 2012 till present. My pursuit of being a better me day in day out landed me the opportunity to represent New Zealand in lacrosse in 2016 and 2017 for the under 18 Australian tournament. It was an honour to play and represent your country. This experience taught me commitment, resilience and leadership not only to your teammates but your own game/life as well. 


I enjoy coaching and developing teams as well. I have coached both lacrosse and basketball and received student coach of the year in 2015 for taking the under 17 boys basketball team from 12th to 2nd place. The skills I have honed through this experience is team management, strategising and the ability to take on constructive criticism. I believe as a coach with the right mindset you are able to learn just as much from your team as they are from you. My biggest enjoyment coaching comes from the sense of community team sports gives you, the ability to speak to people from all walks of life and build deeper connections. 



 

References

References upon request. 

Timeline

Financial Crimes Analyst

Westpac New Zealand
05.2021 - Current

Keyholder

Merchant
10.2018 - 04.2021

Crew Member

Macdonald's
09.2017 - 08.2018

Bartender

Alexandra Park
09.2017 - 02.2018

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Commercial Law

University of Auckland

High School Diploma -

Mount Roskill Grammar School
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