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Alona Miroshnychenko

Gdynia

Summary

Experienced professional with fluency in English and Russian languages, along with proficiency in other CIS languages such as Ukrainian, seeking an opportunity to utilize language skills within a dynamic organization.
Possess strong critical thinking abilities, analytical skills, and an exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accurate and precise decision-making in any given situation.
Demonstrated outstanding organizational capabilities, capable of managing multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously, resulting in efficient and timely completion of projects.
Furthermore, have a solid experience in Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Financial Crime, providing a valuable advantage in the financial industry.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Compliance Associate

Amazon
07.2020 - Current
  • SPOC for departmental production data (~200 FTEs). Involved collating of data across multiple teams and delegation of subtasks to ensure timeliness of weekly reporting.
  • Act as department point of contact to stakeholders and other team members across multiple geographies.
  • Independently implemented a training plan to increase newhire productivity by 15% and reduce onboarding time by 25%.
  • Support consistent hiring and performance management practices; promote process improvement ideas and share best practices across the team.
  • Manage workload allocation, reporting and tracking using tools such as MS Excel, Access, SQL, and SharePoint.
  • Develop the on-going training plan to develop and enhance staff knowledge of business and high degree of compliance.
  • Provide the team with guidance, support and training as needed to maintain high quality standards and productivity.
  • Ensuring that the products available for sale have been tested in certified laboratories and they comply with the European and UK legal requirements, identifying and removing products from the website which violate Restricted Products policies and proactive fulfillment of Amazon's regulatory obligations for these products, overall quality 100%.
  • Amazon People Management Training Program – a HiPo leadership development program. Requires nomination from direct manager and consists of 3 round application program. Acceptance rate of approx. 10%.
  • Product Manager Trainee – Authorized delegate of global product manager for business-critical Amazon software. Directly coordinated headcount from across multiple countries to support fluctuations in bandwidth.

Junior AML Analyst

PwC
04.2019 - 06.2020
  • Investigate for illicit funds associated with money laundering and terrorist financing.
  • Researching, collecting, and analyzing client information to ensure compliance with regulatory policies, internal standards and identifying exceptions to escalate to relevant authority and following through to ensure appropriate actions are taken.
  • Analyzing client’s data, documentation, and negative news in order to determine a Client Risk Profile as established under the KYC Procedures.
  • Performing overall risk assessment of client due diligence files relating to financial crimes, country, and reputational risk. Ensuring the bank meets the requirements imposed by regulators.
  • Ensuring all transactions and contracts adhere to not merely high standards but comply to KYC guidelines and regulations.
  • Being up to date with anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing and FATCA regulations, policies, industry best practices and trends.
  • Researching reputable media, government, regulatory and law enforcement sources to build and maintain relevant data .
  • Identifying regulatory and financial risk such as money laundering, fraud, organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and corruption.

Intern Account Receivable

DNV GL
08.2018 - 02.2019
  • Participating in OTC transition in Hamburg - Germany.
  • Responsible for daily application of receipts to customer accounts by posting bank statements of 10 major company Legal Entities from Germany.
  • Additional responsibilities included bank accounts reconciliation, maintaining foreign currency bank accounts valuation, reconciling AR sub-ledger against General Ledger, issuing miscellaneous invoices and credit notes.
  • Issuing automated payment reminders to our external customers, working with Business Area finance colleagues to resolve old items, resolving daily finance queries, preparing desktop procedures and process maps.
  • Experience with SAP, Agresso and Oracle ERP Finance Systems.
  • Taking part in the monthly / quarterly / annual closing processes by analyzing account balances according to the account reconciliation procedures.

Education

Master of Science - International Business Management

WSB
Gdansk, Poland
2021

Master of Science - Finance and accounting

Sopocka Szkoła Wyższa
Sopot, Poland
06.2019

Master of Science - Finance Management In Business

State Tax University
Kyiv, Ukraine
06.2019

Bachelor of Science - Project Management

State Tax University
Kyiv, Ukraine
06.2017

Skills

  • Microsoft office
  • VBA
  • Oracle
  • Agresso
  • SAP
  • SQL
  • Power BI
  • Access
  • Sharepoint
  • Oracle ERP

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Russian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Ukrainian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Polish
Upper intermediate (B2)
German
Intermediate (B1)
Swedish
Elementary (A2)

Timeline

Senior Compliance Associate

Amazon
07.2020 - Current

Junior AML Analyst

PwC
04.2019 - 06.2020

Intern Account Receivable

DNV GL
08.2018 - 02.2019

Master of Science - International Business Management

WSB

Master of Science - Finance and accounting

Sopocka Szkoła Wyższa

Master of Science - Finance Management In Business

State Tax University

Bachelor of Science - Project Management

State Tax University

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