Andres Ortega Ahumada

Andres Ortega Ahumada has a diverse range of work experience in the compliance and financial industry. Andres is currently working as a Senior Compliance Analyst at XE.com, a position they have held since March 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Western Union as a Compliance Officer from March 2019 to October 2020. In this role, they were responsible for training agents on anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and fraud prevention. Andres also conducted agent reviews and performed transaction reviews to ensure proper controls were in place.

Before joining Western Union, Andres worked at HSBC from May 2016 to December 2018. Andres held the position of Financial Crime and Compliance Operations Manager & Business Information Risk Officer. During their time at HSBC, they managed a team of analysts, ensuring compliance with workload and quality standards.

Prior to HSBC, Andres worked at Citi as a Quality Assurance AML Subject Matter Expert from August 2014 to December 2015. In this role, they were involved in an AML remediation project, conducting customer validations and background checks. Andres also checked names on sanction lists to identify any matches.

Andres also has experience working at MoneyGram International as a Regional Compliance Officer from October 2013 to April 2014. In this role, they identified unusual transaction patterns and proposed improvements to corporate formats. Andres also conducted training sessions for agents on anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and fraud prevention.

Prior to MoneyGram, Andres worked at CIT as a Backoffice employee from January 2012 to March 2013. In this role, they worked on decreasing the number of missing customer documents and ensured compliance with AML and CTF requirements.

Andres' earliest work experience was at Financiera Nacional de Desarrollo Agropecuario, Rural, Forestal y Pesquero, where they worked as a Coordinator's Assistant from May 2010 to December 2011. In this role, they coordinated the track of strategic credit cases, evaluated projects, and analyzed coordination performance.

Overall, Andres Ortega Ahumada has a solid background in compliance, financial crime, and risk management, with experience in training, reviews, validations, and improving processes.

Andres Ortega Ahumada earned a Bachelor's degree in Financial Management from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Andres attended this institution from 2004 to 2009.