Waseem Ahmed

Demonstrated history of working in Financial Services Industry with 10+ years of diverse professional experience into Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Global Financial Crimes Compliance, Quality Assurance, Ethics Office, Risk Management, Core Compliance, and Talent Acquisition. I have a proven track record in Compliance Monitoring activities, Advisory Services, and Ensuring Compliance with Global Regulations. Additionally, my background in Ethics, Corporate Compliance, Personal Account Dealing, Human Resources and Code of Conduct enforcement adds value to any organization seeking to uphold ethical standards and mitigate risks associated with Compliance & Regulations.

Key Skills

Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Fin Crimes, Compliance
Ethics, Code of Conduct, Risk Management, PAD
Talent Acquisition, Hiring, Global Human Resources

Professional Experience

Feb 2023
Present
Anti-Bribery & Corruption - QA Specialist
MUFG Global Services Bengaluru, IN
Anti-Bribery & Corruption: (Global Financial Crimes Division)
Currently performing Quality Assurance on key risk areas of Anti-Bribery & Corruption Compliance using statistical sampling and GFCD QA methodologies. Documenting the reviews in QA tools and ensuring adherence with Global Minimum Requirements. Actively working on identifying potential variances and assist the stakeholders with remediation in accordance with Global Standards & Operating manuals. 
Feb 2016
Mar 2023
Anti-Bribery & Corruption - Advisory Specialist
State Street Bengaluru, IN
Anti-Bribery & Corruption: (Global Financial Crimes Compliance)
Actively supported all the Compliance Monitoring & Surveillance activities related to Global Anti-Bribery & Corruption program within Financial Crime Compliance and executed of various oversight activities including but not limited to : Gifts & Hospitality, Political Contributions, Hiring Practices, Events & Sponsorships, Donations & Charitable Contributions, Third Party Intermediaries, Negative News Checks, Maintaining records of Lobbying & Material Risk Takers (MRT), Handling DDQ/RFP Annual Certification requests, Identifying Potential Policy Breaches, Investigating Non-Compliance Issues & Escalating the ABC Violations to Ethics Program Committee.

Ethics & Compliance: (Conduct Risk Management)
As an Ethics Officer, I was involved in performing Compliance Monitoring & Surveillance activities related to Code of Ethics/Conduct Risk policies and supporting the execution of various oversight activities which includes Personal Account Dealing, Broker Statement Reviews, FINRA 3210 Letters, Outside Business Activities, Conflict of Interest, Insider Trading, MNPI, Gifts & Entertainments, Hiring Practices, Events & Sponsorships, Donations, Charitable Contributions, Political Contributions in relation to US elections Pay to Play Laws, Identifying Potential Policy Breaches, Investigating Non-Compliance Issues & Escalating the Code of Conduct Violations to Ethics Program Committee.

Talent Acquisition: (Global Human Resources)
Supported End to End Recruitment activities which includes Hiring New Talents for Information Technology, Banking Operations, Corporate Compliance, Finance,  Risk Management & Internal Audit space. Managed full life cycle of Recruitment process including the Candidate Onboardings, Internal/External Job Postings, Screening Candidates, Conducting Interviews, Offer Negotiations etc. Closely worked with B.U Head's on Existing & Potential requirements by understanding their growth plans to work towards building talent pool accordingly. 
Aug 2013
Feb 2016
Talent Acquisition Specialist
HCL Technologies Limited Bengaluru, IN
Performed End to End Recruitment for Information Technology hiring specifically for BFSI (Banking domain)
Closely worked with Project Leads, Hiring Managers, BU heads and L1 head's on all open positions across PAN locations. 
Supported internal Workforce Planning Cell (WPC) with Resource Management activities which includes identifying and deploying the bench resources effectively to critical projects and fulfill the internal hiring within SLAs. 
Mar 2012
Sep 2013
Interactive Media Executive
[24]7.ai Bengaluru, IN
Supported the largest US banking client by providing real time assistance to it's customers related to transaction issues with their banking products.

Education

Apr 2009
May 2011
Bachelor of Business Management in HKBK Degree College
Bangalore University

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