Analyst, Risk and Compliance

• Investigated complex financial crime cases including money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, and bribery and corruption typologies.
• Assessed customer, product, geographic, and channel risk factors to determine overall client risk ratings.
• Evaluated non-financial risk exposure across portfolios and escalated emerging risk indicators to management.
• Identified unusual and suspicious activity patterns, documenting rationale and evidence for escalation decisions.
• Contributed to suspicious activity reporting processes in line with internal and regulatory requirements.
• Reviewed legal and organizational documentation including corporate structures, ownership records, and source of funds and wealth evidence.
• Conducted sanctions, politically exposed person, and adverse media screening using World-Check One, Equifax, and related tools.
• Reviewed transaction monitoring alerts across payment types and channels, analyzing flows to identify anomalies and typology indicators.
• Supported system testing and threshold tuning, analyzing alert quality and recommending improvements to detection logic.
• Assessed the design and operating effectiveness of monitoring controls through testing and root cause analysis.
• Ensured compliance with FCA, PRA, and global AML regulatory requirements.
• Analyzed large financial and customer datasets in Excel using lookups, pivot tables, and conditional logic.
• Collaborated across legal, risk, compliance, operations, and technology teams to resolve complex issues.

Hospitality Graduate Trainee

Supported restaurant operations, coordinated kitchen order tickets, and developed customer-service and process-improvement skills in a high-pressure service environment.

Executive Member

• Served as an executive member, contributing to the running of the club and its investment process.
• Participated in finance and investment competitions representing the university.
• Contributed to investment discussions, stock pitch sessions, and peer review of research.
• Helped organize club events, workshops, and speaker sessions for members.
• Supported and guided newer members joining the fund on research methods and the investment process.

Fund Manager

• Managed a live fund worth NZD 50,000 as part of the student fund management team, monitoring performance on a daily basis.
• Made quarterly buy, sell, and hold recommendations to the portfolio, supported by research and valuation analysis.
• Presented investment theses and recommendations to the club committee for discussion and approval.
• Tracked portfolio performance against benchmarks and reported on returns, contribution, and attribution.
• Monitored position sizing, sector exposure, and portfolio diversification across holdings.
• Reviewed and rebalanced holdings in line with the fund's investment mandate and risk parameters.