Grisel Arias Kaplan

Background

About Grisel Arias Kaplan

Chief Compliance and Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer Executive, managing and remediating programs for financial services companies. Extensive experience as a compliance subject matter expert in regulatory compliance and AML/OFAC. Effective leader who builds quality teams while creating efficient working environments. Solid analytical, technical, organizational, communication, and strong problem solving skills. Proven ability to create new departments, achieve removal of administrative law and formal agreements, design/author training seminars, mentor employees, consistently meets deadlines and reports to executive managements and the Board of Directors on the status of company compliance programs. Point person for compliance due diligence reviews in preparation for targeted mergers and acquisitions. Strong technical experience in managing transaction monitoring systems, OFAC interdiction screening systems, Customer Risk Rating systems, and BSA/OFAC Model Validation. Develops BSA/AML/OFAC strategies commensurate with bank size and risk profile. Adept at designing Compliance Audit Programs and Quality Control Programs. Decades of regulatory compliance experience in various size financial institutions. Excellent regulatory agency examination processing skills and a consensus builder with the federal/state regulatory agency stakeholders. Specialties: Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Risk Professional (CRP) and a member of ACAMS Connecticut Chapter. Voted Hispanic Business Magazine's Top 25 Elite Women, recognition as one of the most accomplished businesswoman for 2004. Voted Hispanic Business Magazine's Top 8 Elite Women, recognition as one of the most accomplished businesswoman for 1998. Fluent in Spanish.