Ashish Raghav
Summary
Flexible and adaptable to changing strategies and procedures. Excellent in motivating/influencing people and maintaining interpersonal relations. Aggressive in achieving targets with a confident and positive approach
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work history
Senior Assistant Vice President
Wells Fargo
Hyderabad
03.2025 - Current
- Serve as the go-to expert on trade and economic sanctions laws and regulations. This includes staying up-to-date on changes in US, UK, EU, and other relevant sanctions regimes.
- Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees across the organization on sanctions compliance responsibilities.
- Assess existing sanctions compliance frameworks, policies, and processes, identifying gaps and recommending enhancements.
- Analyze and review sanctions alerts for escalations such as rejections, block, return, cancelation, special order licencing.
Manager Operations Financial Crime Compliance
HSBC
Hyderabad
04.2016 - 02.2025
- Worked on AI Blue Prizm for Automation in payment screening, SWIFT Messages, GPI Case creations [RFI]. Been SME and trainer for Payment Screening.
- Worked on Name Screening Synergy(OWS Application), Lexis, Nexis, Orbis, Seasearcher, Fircosoft.
- Monitored the Robots from different automation tools especially using BLUE-PRIZM, GPS Archive.
- Provided testing support for minor changes, with Operations teams to validate the results and secure UAT sign-off before being released to production.
- Integrated and synthesized information from multiple sources, including business domain knowledge, in order to analyze complex data and results, anticipated issues, and solved problems.
- Worked as UAT for all the regions Where AI has been implemented within all regions of Sanctions Screening.
- Working as an effective Payments Screening Monitor/ Sanctions Screening Officer
- As a First Line of defence against Illicit money movement and counter terrorist financing.
- Validate messages against public sanctions lists such as OFAC, EU, United Nations, and HMT which are centrally managed and constitute a regulatory basis for stopping a transaction and also local list as per Bank’s or Region’s Risk appetite.
Team Co-ordinator
HSBC
- Part of the team as a SME for a concept termed Enhanced Alert Discounting.
- Discussed internal errors with the team and gave constructive feedback.
- Always shared best practices with the team members to enhance the productivity.
- Trained and supported new associates on process preparation of training plan, provide regular updates, and monitor their performance.
- Was promoted from an L1 basic operator to an L2 checker position in a span of fewer than 3 months.
- Performed Quality Checks to improve the quality of the newly joined associates.
- Handled Investigations Exchange which is used when seeking or providing information about a specific customer or person of concern where other Regional AML action is required to assist with an investigation.
Customer executive
Amazon
Hyderabad
09.2015 - 01.2016
- Recognize and respond appropriately to customer queries.
- Managed to offer First Call Resolutions
- Demonstrated effective communication when interacting with customers, co-workers, and managers.
- Ensured to thank all customers and invite them to visit our website again.
- Enhanced sales and prioritized customers’ tasks.
- Worked as (SME) Subject Material Expert for two months at Peak festive period for floor support.
Accomplishments
- Was Awarded STAR OF THE BUSINESS SERVICE AWARD at STAR NITE 2018.
- Was Awarded ROLE MODEL OF THE TEAM for the Financial Year 2017- 2018. and 2019-2020.
- Was promoted as UAT tester for BLUE-PRIZM AI AND ML PROJECTS implemented successfully inside screening utilities in various processes and all global regions.
- Ensured comprehensive test coverage exists by understanding the test scope and approach of dependent QA, UAT, and Vendor groups
- Was responsible for supporting the creation of test strategy and execution activities throughout the project delivery lifecycle.
- Was SME for helping users plan and conduct an effective test to validate the application will work correctly in their environment.
- Was Awarded ‘Star of the Month’ several numbers of times for the highest no. volumes processed for Sanctions Screening and maintaining 100% adherence to Quality at HSBC
- Was Awarded ‘Super Star of the Quarter ‘ a couple of times for the assistance given for supporting and driving the team through various projects with a higher success rate and with minimal risk management.
- Was Awarded 4 out of 5 Peak Awards (2-Vettals/Bronze; 2- Rosebergh/Silver) for the highest resolves as well as the maximum number of positive contacts with live feedback, at Amazon India.
Timeline
Senior Assistant Vice President
Wells Fargo
03.2025 - Current
Manager Operations Financial Crime Compliance
HSBC
04.2016 - 02.2025
Customer executive
Amazon
09.2015 - 01.2016
Team Co-ordinator
HSBC
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