Sofia Smith

Background

About Sofia Smith

I am actively seeking permanent employment as an on-boarding analyst and have a background in the Bank Secrecy Act, AML Compliance laws and the Office of Foreign Asset Control regulations in the private sectors with a preference for investment firms. I have worked in the banking industry for 18 years and have had many roles. I started as a Bank Teller in 2001 at Citizens Bank and moved up steadily through the ranks to Bank Adjustments as a Missing Item Clerk then to the AML Department as an Anti-money Laundering Analyst in 2009 where I became accomplished in enhanced due diligence involving solely document collection, negative media screening and Sanctions screening. I moved to the Quality Control Department in 2011 where I was a Senior Analyst and an Officer of the bank and was nominated for an Excellence Award in 2011 and 2012. I departed in 2013. Since 2013 I have contracted for different banks in which I have been able to learn to use multiple KYC (know your customer) Data bases and improved my Excel and Word Skills. As of 2017 I was employed at Berkshire Bank as a BSA/AML Investigator and was responsible for performing annual enhanced due diligence and periodic transaction specific reviews of MSB (money service businesses) customers and PEPs (politically exposed persons). I also occasionally reviewed alerts using the BAM system. I departed in 2019. I passed The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) exam and received the Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation in May of 2014. I have kept up my certification by attending webinars offered by ACAMS. I am computer literate with an intermediate skills in Excel, Word, and Outlook and have used Access and PowerPoint. I am well versed in US banking laws and international compliance regulations like the EU Directives, EMIR regulations and Basel