Mohammad Shams

Quality Checker (QC):

- Conducting quality checks on KYC profiles done by the analysts before the final submission

- Ensuring full adherence to PwC's KYC policy for each KYC profile

- Providing full support for queries raised by analysts

Subject Matter Expert (SME):

- Assessing PEP,Adverse,and Sanctions escalations raised by analysts for entities and individuals

- Case studying for each escalation to ensure full adherence to PwC's KYC policy in terms of taking the right decision for each finding in the escalation

- Preparing comprehensive summaries with recommendations that matches the stakeholder's risk appetite to further escalate it to the regional AML SME.

- Represent the ME KYC team in global teams meetings and calls to further discuss KYC updates and best practices

Ongoing Monitoring (OM) Team Lead:

- Conducing systematic and scheduled ongoing monitoring for all active ME clients

- Shaping the workflow of the ongoing monitoring task in the team to ensure all new findings are captured and assessed correctly and in a timely manner

- Providing full support to OM analysts.

Other Tasks:

- Leading training and coaching sessions to New Joiners

- Conducting one to one meetings/calls with the analysts to address their issues,concerns,initiatives,and points of improvements and raising it to the team's senior management

- Assisting engagement teams with any KYC - related tasks and queries

- Reporting to senior management by creating Power Bi dashboards

- Automating Excel trackers used by the ME KYC team

- Continuous recommendations to senior management and stakeholders in relation to the KYC policy so it can be in line with global updates and best practices

KYC/AML Global Due Diligence Analyst ( 23/11/2021)

- Making sure that the policy is followed
- Applying the appropriate Due Diligence Level for each

Global QCa ( Quality checker /Assurance assistant) (10/03/2022) - ( 30/09/2022
- Ongoing monitoring for sanctions , Adverse , and PEP
- Making sure that the policy is followed
- Applying the appropriate Due Diligence Level for each
client/case
- Assessing the client's risk rating and providing a final risk
- Providing guidance and coaching for the new joiners
- Ensuring that the KYC cases done by other analysts are done appropriately and according to the Policy.
- Assess engagement teams with compliance tasks and KYC related tasks