Katalin Sarkardei

Background

About Katalin Sarkardei

I am an Anti-Fraud Operations Associate with years of experience working for many multinational investment banking companies. My experience includes first-level disposition of potential fraud transaction screening as well as all relevant KYC requirements: Risk, Compliance, Legal, Business, Operations, and Front Office. My employers have said that I am "a collaborative team-player with high emotional intelligence" and "a model employee with breadth and depth of knowledge across client data, particularly AML/KYC." They also stated I am "a self starter, reliable, observant and detail oriented" employee. I started my career as a consultant at Merrill Lynch where I was a member of the Global Markets and Investment Banking Group. Then I was hired as a Senior Analyst in the Reference Data Services Group also at Merrill Lynch, where I onboarded thousands of new clients and conducted enhanced due diligence research on high risk clients. I was an Assistant Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Global Market Client Reference Data Group where I provided insightful vision and guidance as a Subject Matter Expert for Client Relationship Management tools. At SMBC Bank, I was hired as a Fraud Prevention & Detection Analyst where I monitored potential fraudulent transactions. Currently, I am an Anti-Fraud Operation Associate reviewing and assessing potential risks on new products presented to the Bank- I monitored billions of dollars worth of ACH and wire transactions - I detected and prevented fraudulent transactions worth $200K+- I improved client hierarchy data by 90% using extensive research and analysis- I enhanced software platforms usability and user experience by 50% in partnership with the development team. I am fluent in Hungarian and have basic knowledge in Spanish. NICE Actimize | Integrated Fraud Management (IFM)| Anti-Fraud Monitoring | Anti-Money Laundering (AML)| Know your Customer (KYC)| FINRA/SEC/OCC Compliance | SANDO | Connected Risk | Reference Data | Politically Exposed Person (PEP)| Customer Due Diligence (CDD)| Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)| User Acceptance Testing (UAT)| Root-Cause Analysis | Client On-boarding | Data cleansing | SQL Developer