Pratheeksha Shetty

I’m an AML / KYC / Financial Crime Investigations Specialist with 5+ years of experience strengthening risk and compliance across financial services. I support corporate onboarding by performing KYC, Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), and thorough documentation review to ensure regulatory adherence.

In my current role at Empower, I run risk-based assessments to identify operational, compliance, financial crime, and reputational risks during onboarding and account maintenance. I execute PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening, investigate documentation discrepancies, and escalate high-risk findings in line with AML policies and procedures.

I also maintain audit-ready documentation and collaborate with Compliance, Operations, Quality Assurance, and Business teams to resolve complex cases. I’ve contributed to SOP development, process improvement initiatives, and FMEA/root-cause analysis to strengthen fraud prevention and operational risk controls—while consistently meeting SLA and quality targets (including achieving 178% productivity with 99.99% accuracy).