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Andrew Makgodi

AML Specialist
Tembisa

Summary

I am a punctual and motivated individual who is able to work in a busy environment and produce high standards of work. I am an excellent team worker and am able to take instructions from all levels and build up good working relationships with all colleagues. I am flexible, reliable and possess excellent time keeping skills.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
2022
2022
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications

Work History

AML Transactions Monitoring Specialist

Osiris Trading
11.2024 - Current

• Investigate and assess alerts relating to potential money laundering risks in the organization
• Handle due diligence investigations to support policies and procedures
• Conduct investigations based on global standards, policies, tools, and procedures to ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements
• Ensure efficient identification and monitoring of activities and transactions considered suspicious
• Write and prepare suspicious activity reports (SARs) and suspicious transaction reports (STRs)
• Ensure timely and efficient reporting of transactions considered suspicious
• Daily investigations AML reports relating to potential suspicious activity
• Stay current with money laundering and terrorist financing behaviors, issues, policies, regulations, criminal typologies, industry best practices, and developing trends
• Help in identifying potential weaknesses in processes
• Act as a subject matter expert to employees, providing guidance on what actions to take in dealing with high risk accounts
• Collect documentary proof and build and maintain case files for transactions deemed suspicious
• Ensure proper record-keeping of data collected and analyzed

AML, CFT and Sanctions Analyst

Tymebank
07.2023 - 11.2024
  • Implementation of the AML, CFT and Sanctions legislative requirements as well as Tymebank's risk management and compliance programme (RMCP) for AML, CFT and Sanction and AML, CFT and Sanctions policy as it applies to the role
  • Apply processes and practices to ensure AML, CFT and Sanctions obligations are well understood in, embedded into the business processes, monitored appropriately and subjected to review at least annually
  • Remaining abreast to AML, CFT and Sanctions behaviors, issues, policies, regulations, criminal typologies, industry best practices and developing trends within the industry
  • Manage the screening requirements of the bank, including but not limited to alerts investigation, escalations, MI etc
  • Manage the AML/CFT transaction monitoring alerts of the bank including but not limited to alert investigations, escalations, MI etc
  • Manage the AML, CFT and Sanctions regulatory reporting of the bank via goAML
  • In addition, managing the goAML message board and responding to FIC requests
  • Manage the customer due diligence requirements of the bank
  • Timely escalate of any ML/TF risk, breaches and or spikes to senior management to ensure it is attended to and remediated within applicable regulatory timelines
  • Completing monthly statistical reports to management and updating daily MI statistics
  • Ensure that tasks are completed within agreed deadlines
  • Submit SARs and STRs
  • Manage IFTR
  • Maintaining a strong team spirit and building and maintaining excellent relationship with stakeholders (internal/external)

Financial Management Intern

Government Printing Works
04.2021 - 07.2023
  • Submit reports on payroll activities
  • Collaborate with human resources personnel to track leave days accurately and efficiently
  • Capturing of salary allowances & deductions (Acting allowance, cellphone allowance, service bonus, long service awards, overtime, S&T claims, standby and shift allowance)
  • Service termination process (till final payment)
  • Recover departmental debts (salary overpayments, tax debt, assets, etc)
  • Planning and monitoring payroll budget
  • Ensure that payroll information is available for audit
  • Ensure third party payments are paid on time
  • Salary reversal and partial reversals
  • Tax accumulation on payroll system (PERSAL)
  • Employees tax recalculation
  • Receive and check all claims submitted by HR
  • Ensure that all supplementary payments are paid on time
  • Assist management in payroll audit
  • Create and maintain employee files for all existing and new employees
  • Distribute pay slips and IRP5
  • Prepare MS Excel spreadsheet for all returned payrolls & IRP5
  • Review personnel records to determine names, rates of pay, occupations of new hires and changes in salary rates
  • Maintain employee privacy and protect payroll operations by keeping all information confidential
  • Prepare salaries journals

Education

Advanced Diploma - Accounting

Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria

National Diploma - Accounting

Tshwane University of Technology

National Higher Certificate - Accountancy

Tshwane University of Technology

National Senior Certificate - Commerce

Winnie Mandela Secondary School

Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Certification

The best student award, Tymebank, 12/01/24

Traininganddevelopment

Tsoelopele Leadership Consulting, 2022, Budget and general financial management processes in a public sector, Fundamentals of project management, Project management tools and technique, Emotional and spiritual intelligence in personal development, Present information in a public setting, Apply comprehensive skills to engage written text in a business environment, Use the writing process to compose text required in the business environment

Additional Information

References

- Lebogang Magabe Tymebank Manager, 083 272 2535 Lebogang.Magabe@tymedigital.com

- Tebello Moremoholo Osiristrading Manager 081 521 2409 tebello.moremoholo@osiristrading.com

Timeline

AML Transactions Monitoring Specialist

Osiris Trading
11.2024 - Current

AML, CFT and Sanctions Analyst

Tymebank
07.2023 - 11.2024

Financial Management Intern

Government Printing Works
04.2021 - 07.2023

National Diploma - Accounting

Tshwane University of Technology

National Higher Certificate - Accountancy

Tshwane University of Technology

National Senior Certificate - Commerce

Winnie Mandela Secondary School
The best student award, Tymebank, 12/01/24
PERSAL e-Introduction certificate, National treasury, 12/01/23
Breaking barriers to entry into the public sector, National school of government, 12/01/21
Outstanding Academic performance in NDP Accounting, Tshwane University of Technology, 12/01/19
Outstanding Academic performance in NHC: Accountancy, Tshwane University of Technology, 12/01/18

Advanced Diploma - Accounting

Tshwane University of Technology
Andrew MakgodiAML Specialist