Verity Monaghan

Previous 2014 graduate from Swansea University receiving a BSc Honours in Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice, grade 2:1 with a 1st Class (80%) Empirical Research Dissertation. Having received a Postgraduate Scholarship from Swansea University I had the opportunity to go on to further my knowledge in Criminologically-related fields, financial crime, fraud and economic crime by continuing my studies at Swansea University, studying towards an MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice. I did not see a Master's degree as a 'stop-gap', instead, it was to be part of my career plan. In September 2015 I finished my MA, graduating with a distinction from Swansea University and made the decision to relocate to a new city and start a Forensic role with PwC Belfast. From September 2015 I spent one year working in PwC Belfast's Anti Money Laundering (AML) Central Support Team. September 2016 saw me move back to London, gaining a promotion from AML Analyst to AML Advisor within PwC's Financial Crime, Compliance Team and becoming a subject matter expert in AML, a hot topic within the financial services. In 2018 whilst working full time as a Senior Associate for PWC, I gained a ICA International Diploma in Anti Money Laundering with the Manchester Business School graduating with a Distinction. I have been dedicated in my career at PwC working my way up from an Associate to an experienced lead Manager in PwC’s Financial Crime Team focusing on regulatory compliance, advising on technology solutions to help manage risk in a predictive manner rather than reactive. I was responsible for the drafting and implemention of firms risk based approach policy, transformation of systems, infrastructure, policies and processes in relation to Finacial Crime. I have performed tech transformation, policy setting and quality assurance roles across Risk Management specialising in subject areas such as AML, insider trading/market abuse, fraud, bribery and corruption, sanctions, ongoing monitoring and suspicious activity/transaction reporting. I am now using my technical Financial Crime specialist knowledge gained internally in PwC to help assist our wide portfolio of clients in transforming their Compliance and Risk functions operating models. I am currently a Senior Manager in our Consulting Risk line of service, having completed a number of regulatory driven transformation projects with globally recognised banking and financial service institutions.