Matokeo ya Kidato cha Pili 2025/2026

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Mahmoud Mattaka

Financial Analyst
Dar es salaam
3 - 5 Years / Experience

About me

  • Investigation & Analysis: Directed complex financial crime investigations by analyzing transactional data, historical patterns, and customer profiles to assess risk and determine the probability of fraudulent activity.

  • Stakeholder Communication & Management: Led sensitive communications with victims, suspects, and offenders to gather critical information and deliver investigation outcomes, ensuring regulatory compliance and customer support.

  • Cross-Functional & External Collaboration: Partnered with UK law enforcement, government agencies, and internal teams to mitigate financial threats, sharing intelligence and coordinating actions to protect the Society and its members.

  • Technical Proficiency: Leveraged advanced financial crime software (including Actimize, Biocatch, CIFAS, and SIRA) to enhance detection capabilities, automate processes, and conduct deep-dive forensic analyses.

  • Risk-Based Due Diligence: Executed and reviewed Know Your Customer (KYC) and financial crime checks for product onboarding (current accounts, loans, mortgages), ensuring adherence to risk appetite and regulatory standards.

  • Strategic Risk Reporting: Provided clear, actionable insights on emerging financial risks to senior management and cross-functional teams, influencing risk strategy and control frameworks from a client-lifecycle perspective.

Skills

Analytical Skills Communication Skills Customer Service Skills Foreign Language Leadership Skills Presentation Skills Problem-Solving Skills Technical Skills

Work Experience

Financial Crime Analyst
Nationwide Building Society Bank – UK 2023-04-04 - 2025-08-05 Investigation & Analysis: Directed complex financial crime investigations by analyzing transactional data, historical patterns, and customer profiles to assess risk and determine the probability of fraudulent activity. Stakeholder Communication & Management: Led sensitive communications with victims, suspects, and offenders to gather critical information and deliver investigation outcomes, ensuring regulatory compliance and customer support. Cross-Functional & External Collaboration: Partnered with UK law enforcement, government agencies, and internal teams to mitigate financial threats, sharing intelligence and coordinating actions to protect the Society and its members. Technical Proficiency: Leveraged advanced financial crime software (including Actimize, Portrait, CIFAS, and SIRA) to enhance detection capabilities, automate processes, and conduct deep-dive forensic analyses. Risk-Based Due Diligence: Executed and reviewed Know Your Customer (KYC) and financial crime checks for product onboarding (current accounts, loans, mortgages), ensuring adherence to risk appetite and regulatory standards. Strategic Risk Reporting: Provided clear, actionable insights on emerging financial risks to senior management and cross-functional teams, influencing risk strategy and control frameworks from a client-lifecycle perspective.
Financial Assistant
Yotel & Motley, Deansgate – UK 2023-01-30 - 2024-04-19 Financial Closing & Reporting: Executed the precise daily financial close, consolidating all transactional data to generate comprehensive revenue and expenditure reports, forming the basis for the company's management accounts. Accounts Reconciliation: Reconciled all guest-facing financial activities at point-of-sale, resolving discrepancies and ensuring the accuracy of accounts receivable and revenue recognition. Revenue Analysis & Enhancement: Analyzed revenue streams and identified an opportunity for an overnight beverage service, leading an initiative that boosted ancillary revenue by 20% and provided a new, measurable income line for financial statements. Process Integrity: Maintained rigorous financial controls over cash handling and supplier payment documentation, ensuring a clean audit trail and adherence to company policies.
Accounting Intern
Tanzania Social Action Fund 2018-06-18 - 2020-08-28 Supported budget monitoring and prepared donor compliance reports, ensuring strict adherence to funding agreements. Assisted in drafting grant audit documentation and reconciliations, enhancing financial transparency and gaining experience in regulatory adherence. Prepared payroll inputs and procurement documents, strengthening financial operations for government-backed poverty reduction initiatives and providing support to operational teams simultaneously

Education

Forensic Accounting
Master of Science 2020-09-14 - 2021-11-19 Graduated from one of the most reputable institutions in the United Kingdom. Main modules include: Financial Analysis, Expert witnessing, fraud examination, financial crime analysis, statistics and data modelling, financial data analysis visualisation
Accounting with Finance
Bachelor of Arts 2017-09-18 - 2020-07-21 Graduated from one of the most reputable institutions in the United Kingdom. Main modules include: Financial reporting, strategic management accounting, global finance, ERP systems and financial reporting
Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education
Advanced level education 2014-07-07 - 2016-05-20 Subjects: Economics, Geography and Mathematics
Certificate of Secondary Education
Ordinary level Education 2010-01-11 - 2013-10-18 Focus: Business studies mainly book keeping and commerce
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