Vanessa Suárez

Senior Compliance Case Manager | KYC & AML

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Languages

English (Native)Spanish (Native)French

About me

Intro

Compliance & fraud investigation specialist with 4+ years managing KYC/AML processes and complex case resolution across Europe. Expert in OSINT investigations, vendor onboarding, and fraud detection with proven track record at PayPal and Allied Universal. I deliver comprehensive risk mitigation solutions and seamless client management for financial services.

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Work experience

European Case Manager

Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations

Apr 2022 - Jul 2024

2 years 4 months

Dublin, Ireland

-Managed all aspects of identity verification (KYC) as part of the organization's First Line of Defense, mitigating financial risk by reviewing passports, licenses, and other forms of identification. -Led the onboarding process for new vendors, ensuring that business partners met Know Your Business (KYB) standards to mitigate third-party risk. -Conducted Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and social media investigations to support fraud detection for fraudulent claims and Client Due Diligence (CDD) processes. -Performed thorough background checks, leveraging various databases and public platforms to gather critical information for intelligence reports -Served as the main point of contact for clients across Europe (Spain, France, Italy & Germany) to manage and resolve complex fraudulent claims.

Disputes and Claims Specialist KYC

PayPal

Mar 2021 - May 2022

1 year 3 months

Dublin, Ireland

-Ensured customers comply with European Compliance Policy confirming that KYC- AML requirements have been completed. -Applied AML regulations and adhered to account activity and account holder accordingly. -Reported possible fraud trends and identified high risk transactions. -Open source investigations, reported illegal, suspicious, violating activity.

Hertz

Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

2 years 3 months

Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Executive Collector

Feb 2020 - Mar 2021

1 year 2 months

Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland

-Collecting and managing complex overdue cases of first party. -Handling urgent escalations sensitive, confidential cases , queries raise by customers. -Exceeding productivity targets with work portfolio of assigned claims to ensure invoices paid in timely manner.

Senior Claims Administrator Finance

Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

2 years 3 months

Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland

-Investigating, handling and billing claims, additional damages charges after rentals. -Reviewing accidents reports, cases of contract violations, stolen vehicles. -First party and Third party cases, reducing the risk of fraudulent activities.

Grupo Ei

Jan 2015 - Dec 2018

4 years

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Import/Export DANHIL de Mexico

Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

2 years 6 months

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

-Communicated and Monitored supply chain operations. -Performed sales process in order to improve the logistic process. -Handled and tracked truckloads, border crossing and deliveries -Maintained and developed positive customer relations continuously.

Logistics Coordinator

Jan 2015 - Jul 2016

1 year 7 months

Monterrey Area, Mexico

-Communicated with suppliers, shippers, retailers, drivers and customers to achieve profitable deals. -Negotiated rates and quotes to capture business and proposed the best possible logistic solution for the customer and carrier in regards to full truckload freight and our other specialty services. -Planned and tracked shipments of raw material according to the customer need.

Collections Agent

Famsa, Inc.

Nov 2013 - Jan 2015

1 year 3 months

Monterrey Area, Mexico

-Bilingual Collections English-Spanish -Responsible for reaching out to customers to collect payment for overdue bills, loans, or other payments, -Informed clients of overdue accounts and amount currently owed. -Achieved daily, weekly and monthly targets as assigned by managing and prioritising the collection of the debt.


Education

Universidad Cuidadana de Nuevo Leon

Master's degree

2017 - 2019

3 years

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Tecnico en paqueteria computacional

2014 - 2015

2 years

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Bachelor in International Business

2011 - 2015

5 years

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

French course

2014 - 2015

1 year 5 months


Licenses & certifications

ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIALIST

Issued: Sep 2025

Certified by ACAMS

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