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KORK NAREN

KORK NAREN

Phnom Penh

Summary

  • 17 Years experience in Banking Sectors, 15 Years in AML/CFT & Compliance. 2 Years experience in trading industry as Accountant.
  • Be oriented to detail and always keep learning to stay updated with the new trends of Compliance/AML/CFT/PF

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Compliance

RHB Bank PLC
10.2024 - Current

AML/CFT/PF:

  • Applied BOD(s)-endorsed AML/CFT/PF strategies effectively
  • Serve as liaison between Bank and Regulators
  • Assessed comprehensive AML/CFT/PF risks in banking operations
  • Recognized discrepancies needing correction in relation to AML/CFT/PF
  • Continuously monitored regulatory changes in AML/CFT/PF
  • Validate and Test the implementation of the AML/CFT/PF Policies and Procedure with proposed action plan
  • Enhanced awareness of new AML/CFT/PF policies and procedures
  • Cultivated adherence to regulatory standards across all banking functions
  • Access the effectiveness of AML system for transaction monitoring, red flags/alerts parameters, ongoing due diligence, and other regulatory requirement reporting
  • Ensured timely resolution of regulatory, internal, and external audit findings
  • Evaluated risk associated with new products/services new activities and counterparty risks

Regulatory Oversight:

  • Maintained compliance with regulations at various levels
  • Implemented continuous compliance monitoring processes
  • Work closely with other departments to ensure cohesive compliance efforts.
  • Adhere to deadlines for regulators' inquiries
  • Assessed regulatory compliance in branches and departments
  • Establish compliance checklist and ensure each applicable regulations is in compliance
  • Ensure all the new guidelines/regulations changed or updated are communicated across the Bank and to relevant stakeholders
  • Access the Gap analysis to identify any laps from the existing/new regulations
  • Encourage consistent submission of incident reports for analysis
  • Report to the BOD(s)/Risk Committee on the non compliance matter and propose remediation actions

Head of Compliance

SBI Ly Hour Bank PLC
01.2023 - 10.2024

AML/CFT/PF

  • To establish the AML/CFT & PF Program approved by the Board of Directors
  • To ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of AML/CFT Program implementation
  • To rectify and implement recommendations raised from regulators, external audit, and internal audit
  • To validate and test on the control of AML/CFT and PF and if necessary
  • To handle and implement the AML system with vendors, with users, and enhance if necessary
  • To establish the alert parameters, enhance the parameters, system to ensure the function of transaction monitoring and detection
  • To reassess the AML/CFT Program and identify any gaps for improvement
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of AML functions in the system
  • To act as a point of reference for the regulatory authority/enforcement agencies, BU(s), for all AML/CFT matters
  • To lead the team in performing branches/unit review based on approved work plan
  • To conduct the institutional assessment on ML/TF & PF to identify any gaps and take actions accordingly
  • To ensure the regulatory reporting has been properly reported on a timeline
  • To ensure the effectiveness of STR process and escalation
  • To report to senior management any gaps, incidents, breaches of regulatory requirement
  • To review and assess on the new and existing products/service in identify risks exposed to Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
  • To work with other counterparts, correspondent stakeholders on Due Diligence Process.

Compliance Regulatory:

  • To ensure all the new guidelines/regulations changed or updated are communicated to all Business Units and ensure they have performed the gap analysis to identify any enhancement actions if any.
  • To establish the compliance framework and ensure that the controls have been put in place for compliance with regulators.
  • To prepare all required reports such as FATCA, Risk Assessment Report, Daily Reports, etc. to regulators/authorities on timely basis.
  • To perform Self Testing, Control Self-Raised issue and track all the required actions on timeline.
  • To Validate the compliance implementation on the selected branches base on workplan.
  • To validate on the units, review from all the business units related to regulatory compliance.
  • To monitor the prudential ratio and risk matrix from the regulators and propose for rectification if there are any breaches.
  • To ensure that all the requests from the regulators and other relevant authorities are submitted on time and properly.
  • Member of Whistle Blowing Committee to receive whistle blowing cases and effectively resolve followed the internal regulations.
  • Ensure the establishment and implementation of ABC Program

VP Compliance

CIMB Bank PLC
01.2016 - 12.2022

AML/CFT/TFS:

  • To implement the AML/CFT Program approved by the Board of Directors and ensure its efficiency and effectiveness
  • To review and evaluate AML/CFT P & P to address the current changes to regulators as well as ML/FT Trends
  • To ensure awareness of all employees on the AML/CFT Risk, Mechanisms, as well as channel of the reporting
  • To ensure the roles of appointed compliance officer at branches are properly carried out
  • To re-assess on the exceptional alert report to ensure effectiveness of the alert triggered
  • To establish the alert parameters for transaction monitoring, enhance the system, Annual Review, and implement the AML system
  • To ensure the effectiveness of the AML system on screening algorism, customer risk profiling, trade product, payment module
  • To act as a point of reference for the regulatory authority/enforcement agencies, BU(s), for all AML/CFT matters
  • To lead the team in performing branches/unit review based on approved work plan
  • To initiate/enhance system as required to ensure the smooth process
  • Review product papers of new products prior to implementation and provide feedback on any potential compliance impact
  • Report any breach or non-compliance issues and AML/CFT related matter to Board Committee
  • Report of suspicious report to the relevant regulator
  • To conduct the institutional assessment on ML/TF & FS to identify any gaps and take actions accordingly.

Regulatory Compliance:

  • To ensure all the new guidelines/regulations changed or updated are communicated to all Business Units and ensure they have performed the gap analysis to identify any enhancement actions if any.
  • To ensure the self-testing on regulatory from each BU has been performed properly and effectively.
  • To prepare all required reports such as FATCA, Risk Assessment Report, Daily Reports, etc. to regulators/authorities on timely basis.
  • To perform Self Testing, Control Self-Raised issue and track all the required actions on timeline.
  • To conduct thematic review on the gap analysis as well as compliance self-testing managements from each Business Units.
  • To validate on the units, review from all the business units related to regulatory compliance.
  • To ensure that all the requests from the regulators and other relevant authorities are submitted on time and properly.

Risk and Compliance Manager

Phillip Bank PLC
07.2014 - 09.2016
  • To establish compliance infrastructure in identifying and directing necessary action to implement the requirements of existing and new laws and regulations applicable to the banking business; Respond to all inquiries within 24 hours
  • To provide responsive, sound, coherent and consistent advices, interpretation, and recommendations on compliance issues related to operation activities, products and other business initiatives of the bank
  • To ensure the bank’s compliance with AML/CFT requirements, to administer the bank’s AML/CFT policies and ensure that adequate AML/CFT procedures
  • To Overseeing the overall risk management framework across market, credit, and operational risk types
  • To monitor the effectiveness of risk management infrastructure, including framework, policies, people, process, and systems on market risk
  • To identify Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) to NBC
  • To participate with Operation, IT, Credit in deployment of new products and services of the bank
  • To provide training for all internal staffs to strengthen the practice of internal procedures and regulations especially related to AML/CFT
  • To solve and rectify all issue happened in the bank.

AVP & M of Compliance Unit

ACLEDA Bank PLC
08.2008 - 06.2014
  • To update internal policies and procedures to fully comply with local regulatory requirements
  • To conduct compliance independent checking/testing on regular basis to assess the bank’s level of compliance
  • To report STR /CTR to regulators
  • To initiate FATCA report to the authority
  • To strengthen the internal control system of the bank to address with identified risks
  • To review the adequacy of the various departments and branches’ operational procedures and the bank’s policies and control systems for compliance with management directives and changes in laws and regulations
  • To present compliance report, regulatory updates, breaches, and AML/CFT issues
  • To deal with correspondent bank on AML/CFT matters
  • To raise awareness to all branch’s staffs on ML/FT.

Accountant

ACLEDA Bank PLC
01.2024 - 08.2008
  • Control Loan Disbursement
  • Prepare Monthly Financial Statement
  • Booking depreciation, loan repays, account movements, clear short term of local transfers
  • Other tasks as assigned.

Education

ACCA Program -

CamED Business School

Bachelor Degree of Art in English -

Institute of Foreign Language (IFL)
01.2010

Bachelor Degree of Finance and Banking -

National University of Management (NUM)
01.2005

Upper Secondary Certificate -

Toul Tum Poung High School
01.2001

Skills

  • Operations oversight
  • Policy development
  • Communication skills
  • Negotiation techniques
  • Focused and Data Interpretation
  • Internal Controls

Timeline

Head of Compliance

RHB Bank PLC
10.2024 - Current

Accountant

ACLEDA Bank PLC
01.2024 - 08.2008

Head of Compliance

SBI Ly Hour Bank PLC
01.2023 - 10.2024

VP Compliance

CIMB Bank PLC
01.2016 - 12.2022

Risk and Compliance Manager

Phillip Bank PLC
07.2014 - 09.2016

AVP & M of Compliance Unit

ACLEDA Bank PLC
08.2008 - 06.2014

ACCA Program -

CamED Business School

Bachelor Degree of Art in English -

Institute of Foreign Language (IFL)

Bachelor Degree of Finance and Banking -

National University of Management (NUM)

Upper Secondary Certificate -

Toul Tum Poung High School
KORK NAREN