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Experience

Banking, fintech and document-led case management.

July 2025 – August 2026

Zürich

Cognizant

SME – Operations Change Group

  • Assignment supporting Swiss wealth-management operations, Tax Claims & Securities Operations.
  • Processed cross-border withholding-tax reclaim cases involving Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, Luxembourg and Italy.
  • Checked documentation, tax residence, beneficial ownership and jurisdiction-specific requirements before case progression or escalation.
  • Reconciled client, tax, securities, transaction, payment and custody data; investigated discrepancies and followed up missing information with internal teams and external providers.
  • Reviewed WHT/CRS-related reports and supported reconciliation checks involving ESTV Forms 9 and 182.
  • Recognised by Cognizant for goal-oriented leadership, supervision, effective delegation, staff motivation and regular monitoring and recognition of individual performance.
  • Helped train three colleagues during a two-to-three-month operational transition.

March 2024 – June 2025

Amsterdam

Yource

Claims Specialist

  • Managed documentation and claims workflows across jurisdictions, reviewing legal evidence, discrepancies and deadlines.
  • Prepared structured escalations and coordinated complex matters with legal and operational colleagues.

July 2021 – February 2023

Amsterdam

Ebury

Account Manager

  • Supported international corporate clients as part of a wider team, across onboarding, account maintenance, periodic reviews and payment/FX enquiries.
  • Reviewed corporate, ownership, identification and tax documentation and coordinated missing information with clients, Compliance and Onboarding.
  • Analysed beneficial ownership, business purpose and source-of-funds information to support assessments and escalation within established procedures.

May 2020 – July 2021

Lisbon / Lissabon

BNP Paribas

Client Relationship Manager · CIB Netherlands Team

  • Supported Dutch Corporate & Institutional Banking clients with account, payment and documentation enquiries.
  • Investigated SEPA and international SWIFT payment flows and coordinated exceptions with Front Office, Back Office and Compliance.
  • Coordinated AML/KYC documentation and verified corporate information, including Dutch Chamber of Commerce records.

April 2018 – August 2019

Lisbon / Lissabon

Accenture

Operations & Policy Analyst

  • Applied operational policies to high-volume case review, quality control and escalation workflows serving Spanish and LATAM markets.

Education

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Master’s studies in Communication and Journalism · 2018–2019

Universidade de Lisboa

BA Communication and Media Studies · 2014–2018

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Erasmus · Journalism · 2016