
Grzegorz Lipski
Principal KYC/AML Specialist
Salary / Daily rate
Poland, ME 04274, USA
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Languages
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.
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