Grzegorz Lipski

Principal KYC/AML Specialist

Salary / Daily rate

Poland, ME 04274, USA

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Languages

EnglishPolish

About me

Intro

KYC/AML/Sanctions certified expert with 10+ years across top-tier financial institutions including ING, BNY Mellon, and JP Morgan. Specialized in CDD processes, sanctions screening, and regulatory compliance with proven track record in risk assessment and financial crime prevention. Ready to deliver comprehensive compliance solutions for your organization.

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Work experience

Principal Specialist - KYC Operations

ING Polska

Mar 2023 - May 2025

2 years 3 months

Warsaw, Poland

Scope of duties: • Conducting the Customer Due Diligence (CDD) process for the Bank's strategic clients based on publicly available sources such as: Orbis, SWIFT KYC Registry, World Check, commercial registers (KRS, KvK, Companies House), regulators' websites, etc. • Assessment of non-financial risk • Counteracting money laundering • Deep analysis of the Bank's strategic clients, through analysis of structure, transactions, determining the beneficial owner and many others • Participating in the onboarding process of new clients, identifying, verifying and assessing operational risk and the nature of the relationship • Obtaining recommendations from the Compliance Department (MLRO Officer) • Taking care of the quality of data in banking systems • Taking care of the quality of data in banking systems

Financial Crime Prevention Analyst

Efficient Frontiers International

Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

9 months

Poland, ME 04274, USA

Key Duties and Responsibilities: - Full spectrum KYC reviews of entities in various industries and countries; - FATCA/CRS documentation analysis; - Environmental social responsibility analysis.

Lead Analyst AML/Prevention/KYC

BNY Mellon

Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

5 months

Wrocław, Poland

Skills: Microsoft Office · In-depth Analysis · KYC · Badania · Analiza problemu · Ocena ryzyka · Instytucje finansowe · Wdrażanie nowych pracowników · Angielski · Rynki kapitałowe · Stakeholder Management · Prawo · Myślenie strategiczne · Komunikacja pisemna · Bankowość · Microsoft Excel · EDR · Motywacja zespołu · Analytical Skills · Customer Interaction · Wymogi prawne · Zarządzanie ryzykiem · Regulatory guidelines · Umiejętności organizacji · Microsoft Word · Pisanie zapytań · Rozwiązywanie problemów · CDD · Analiza danych biznesowych · Investment Banking · Operacje korporacyjne · Badania dochodzeniowe · Defining requirements · Komunikacja werbalna · Szkolenie · Myślenie krytyczne · Zarządzanie relacjami biznesowymi · Screening · Anti Money Laundering · Teamwork · Kreatywne rozwiązywanie problemów · Przywództwo w zespole · Śledztwa · Aktywne słuchanie · Reputational risk · Elektroniczne składanie dokumentów · Szczegółowość · Zarządzanie dokumentacją · Regulatory Compliance · Analityka · Komunikacja · Budowanie relacji · Analizy due diligence

KYC ODD Analyst

Credit Suisse

Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

1 year 10 months

• responsible for timely and accurate KYC reviews based on US and UK guidelines set out by Credit Suisse’s Financial Crime Compliance department; • reported unusual activity for further analysis to relevant compliance, PEP, sanctions, due diligence teams, • effectively communicated with clients and cooperated with the department’s stakeholders: senior executives, front office, AML compliance, back office, • training new employees.

Resource Solutions

Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

1 year 3 months

Bournemouth, UK

Sanctions Compliance Analyst at JP Morgan Chase

Sep 2018 - Mar 2019

7 months

Bournemouth, UK

Reviews and assesses escalated sanction wire transactions that alert from the sanction screening systems, in order to determine if they are permissible under Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and/or any other applicable jurisdictional Sanctions program. Participates in trainings and delivering communications on applicable Sanctions laws and regulations. Identification of false positives and true matches based on evidence collected from World Check and web searches. Escalate any potential sanctioned hits to the Sanctions Screening Manager.

Quality Assurance Analyst at Barclays

Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

10 months

Greater Coventry Area

Responsible for providing assurance to Financial Crime Operations Business Leaders, ensuring full conformance to risk policies and methodology and the application of appropriate controls within Financial Crime Operations both in the UK and globally.

Resource Solutions

May 2016 - Oct 2017

1 year 6 months

Bournemouth, UK

KYC Lead at JP Morgan Chase

Dec 2016 - Oct 2017

11 months

Bournemouth, UK

Performing CDD(Client Due Diligence) in KYC as part of a cycle for remediation of Corporate records. Communicating with front office, relationship managers, traders, sourcing and reviewing documents from clients and external web sources whilst adhering to internal procedures. Providing advice to internal team leader's on how to provide best practice in terms of process improvements in sanctions screening and KYC work round times. Conducting sanctions screening, incl PEP, negative news and Financial crime analysis, writing reports on clients and escalating to Local and Regional Compliance. Conducting Regulator submissions reviews, producing MI analysis of data, communicating with heads of AML - Financial crime Departments on conference calls, attending meetings.

Analyst in Currency Team at JP Morgan Chase

May 2016 - Dec 2016

8 months

Greater Bournemouth Area

Providing accurate timely confirmation of FX trading activity. Ensuring that all new transactions are economically affirmed in a timely manner. Working with clients to ensure legal confirmations are returned to the bank. Incoming query resolution & investigating root cause of issues. Working with internal & external groups to resolve client issues. Establishing an excellent relationship with Clients, Front Office, Middle office and other internal clients.

FX/MM Investigations Analyst

Royal Bank of Scotland Business

Dec 2014 - May 2016

1 year 6 months

Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK

Providing accurate and timely settlement for all FX/MM trades (Gross or Net) on or before value date. Dealing with any post-settlement issues and client queries which may include cases involving non-receipts of funds, settlements made to incorrect instructions, investigating unapplied credits and debits on our Nostro accounts as well as arranging compensation which results from errors. FX Week Best Bank for FX Post Trade Services Experience of using the following systems: WSG 5.0, WSS 3.4, TLM Confs, TLM Recs, GFX, Nexus, International, Misys, FXAll, Alert, GTSS, Nucleus, CCA Roma.

FX/MM confirmations analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland

Allegis Global Solutions

May 2014 - Dec 2014

8 months

Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK

Providing accurate and timely and accurate confirmation for all FX and MM trades. Ensuring that all new transactions are economically affirmed in a timely manner. Incoming query resolution & investigating root cause of issues. Working with internal & external groups to resolve client issues.

Applicant in Nostro Team

Nordea

Dec 2012 - Jul 2013

8 months

Lodz Metropolitan Area

Manual reconciliation of transactions which haven’t been matched automatically according to the cut-off times investigating and reporting open entries on Nostro accounts identifying and reporting deviant balances on Nostro accounts allocating interests, charges and other costs closing and opening accounts checking that interests and charges comply with Terms & Conditions settled between Nordea and Bank Correspondent. rebooking cheques older that one year from Nostro account to Help account preparing different kind of reports preparing reconciliation statistics on a monthly basis providing information requested from internal audit on the yearly basis.

CE Graduate Options Training Program - Manager on Training

Tesco Polska

Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

1 year 1 month

Poland, ME 04274, USA

CE Graduate Options Training Programme – leading, coaching and managing a department team; sticking to company routines and trading procedures, ensuring that customer and operational issues are resolved properly and with given deadlines.


Education

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach

Master's degree

2005 - 2011

6 years 1 month

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