Pavan Kumar Muttireddy

Entrusted with a broad portfolio of responsibilities including Strategic Risk Management, Ecosystem Risk (Fraud & Data Security) and maintaining the integrity of the payments ecosystem across South East Asia markets.

Manage execution of Visa's AML/ATF and Sanctions Programs for Asia Pacific based clients and countries consistent with Visa's Global AML/ATF and Sanctions Policies and procedures

• Manage execution of Visa's AML/ATF and Sanctions Programs for CEMEA based clients and countries consistent with Visa's Global AML/ATF and Sanctions Policies and procedures • Provide subject matter expertise, training and outreach to Regional Compliance Officers, Country Managers, Business Development Managers and Product teams in order to continually educate staff on AML/ATF and sanctions risks, issues and processes

As a global payment system, Visa maintains a global anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing (AML/ATF) program established under formalized policies and procedures. The Role requires to be part of the expert team implementing the global AML/ATF program for Visa’s clients in APCEMEA (Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East and Africa) and ensuring a proactive contribution to Visa’s global AML/ATF strategies, procedures and policies.

To lead delivery of services within scope of the Anti Money Laundering (AML) Application Maintenance & Support (AMS) Function for Fortent Tool. To contribute to the take-on of new services & help ensure quality of existing services– working closely with key Stakeholders in Business, GIS, CSTO & other areas of GRCB-T to ensure end-to-end service quality for all Clients.

The project involved integrating of Common Services across departments under one unit. Payments filtering were one such common area and it involved decommissioning of Norkomm and migration to SCStar completely for the List Management activities. SCStar was identified as more effective Sanctions filtering tool for Standard Chartered Operations from Cost and an Operations perspective. I was effective in designing the Department Operating Instructions (DOI) for the department and recruiting the necessary staff.

The role of the Team Leader called for making the migration from Norkomm to Fircosoft a complete success from the business units at RBS UK to the Compliance Service Centre at RBSCES in India. Key responsibilities are ownership of contingent site for Transaction Surveillance Operations, Sanctions screening/Filtering, team management, Investigations, Compliance, and to strategize/forecast the development plans for the business unit.

The role of the Team Leader called for making the migration a complete success from the business units at Netherlands to the Compliance Service Centre at ABN AMRO (ACES) in India. Key responsivities included ownership to Document the Information Flow, Investigations, Compliance, AML- KYCM, Transaction Surveillance Operations (Transaction Monitoring and Filtering) and to strategize/forecast the development plans for the business units.

Primary focus on the role was towards People Management, Operational Efficiency, Developing Soft Skills, Six Sigma, SLA Management, Transactional and FTE Pricing and ensuring BAU with minimal disruption to services. Functions included are Voice Authorization Centre (VAC), Falcon (Fraud Detection) and Banking Enquiries at the GSC.