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ABDALLA MOSTAFA

Giza, Egypt,C

Summary

Banking professional with 3+ years of experience in sanctions compliance across transaction monitoring and quality assurance. Skilled inspections, screening, error analysis, and reporting to strengthen compliance controls. Currently part of the Sanctions QA Team, enhancing the effectiveness of monitoring systems and risk management frameworks.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Sanctions Compliance Officer

Banque Du Caire
Cairo
12.2022 - Current

• Member of the Sanctions QA Team, responsible for reviewing and analyzing errors across all transaction types (Trade Finance, SWIFT & MSB payments, and E-wallet onboarding).
• Conducting quality assurance on sanctions screening alerts, identifying deficiencies, and providing feedback to strengthen controls.
• Monitoring SWIFT and E-Remittance transfers through filtering systems and escalating suspicious cases to the Team leader & heads of the compliance sector.
• Reviewing trade finance transactions involving high-risk jurisdictions.
• Screening new and existing customers, as well as E-wallets (BDC & Etisalat), against international and local sanctions lists (OFAC, UN, EU, World Check, EMLCU, and BDC Private List).
• Reporting system errors or transaction processing deficiencies and following up until resolution.
• Supporting list management by updating sanctions lists daily and reporting newly matched customers to the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).

Junior Accountant

Patchi Egypt
Cairo
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Posting Journals on Microsoft Dynamics ERP.
  • Issue & Validate credit notes and post to sales ledger and customers' accounts.
  • Presenting data to managers.
  • Raise Corporate invoices and send them to customers on a daily basis.
  • Assist in the preparation of financial reports such as financial statements and budget performance.
  • Computing Commissions for the retail salesmen.
  • Responsible of making the monthly and yearly budget.

Digital Finance Specialist

Fawry Micro Finance
Cairo
03.2021 - 11.2021
  • Work on daily basis inbound and outbound calls and identify strong micro and small businesses that need to invest and grow.
  • Perform financial analysis for the Micro & Small Projects to see how much can the project be financed and how can he pay on a monthly basis.
  • Identify the credit and payment capacity of the business.

Education

Digital Banking, Payments & Financial Crime - Banking And Finance

EBI- Egyptian Banking Institute
Egypt
07-2025

MT To MX The New ISO 20022 Payment Messages - Banking And Finance

EBI- Egyptian Banking Institute
Egypt
08-2024

Faculty of Commerce - Accounting Major - English Section

Helwan University
Egypt
06-2019

Skills

  • Office software proficiency
  • Quality assurance
  • ERP systems expertise
  • Sanctions compliance tools

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 05/30/97
  • Nationality: Egyptian

Languages

Arabic
First Language
English
Intermediate (B1)
B1
German
Beginner
A1

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Sanctions Compliance Officer

Banque Du Caire
12.2022 - Current

Junior Accountant

Patchi Egypt
01.2022 - 12.2022

Digital Finance Specialist

Fawry Micro Finance
03.2021 - 11.2021

Digital Banking, Payments & Financial Crime - Banking And Finance

EBI- Egyptian Banking Institute

MT To MX The New ISO 20022 Payment Messages - Banking And Finance

EBI- Egyptian Banking Institute

Faculty of Commerce - Accounting Major - English Section

Helwan University
ABDALLA MOSTAFA