Kandi
Cash, CAMS
Kandi is currently the Senior Manager, Compliance, for RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas)Limited, and has responsibility for The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos and the Cayman Islands. Her responsibilities include ensuring that the compliance programs developed for the in-region units are consistent with Global Compliance’s principles; partnering with in-region businesses regarding compliance in order to appropriately mitigate regulatory and compliance risks; collaborating with Operations, and the Group AML Officer, to implement and enhance the AML Program for the in-region businesses; ensuring that Compliance oversight of in-region business units is aligned with business strategies and the organization’s risk profile; partnering with the Head, Regulatory Compliance Caribbean Banking; promoting and maintaining positive relationships with banking, securities and other regulators as appropriate; leading a team that provides business unit compliance advice and counsel for all in-region businesses; strategically influencing business leaders to ensure the regulatory risk profile is not compromised; and providing quarterly reporting to the Board of Directors to ensure awareness of initiatives and the state of AML/Compliance across the Northern Caribbean.
Kandi has also held positions at the Bank of The Bahamas International as Compliance Manager. She has also tenured with the Central Bank of The Bahamas as a Bank Supervision Officer/Examiner II, with responsibility for the regulation of a portfolio of offshore banks, trust companies and a commercial bank in order to ensure compliance with relevant guidelines and laws; conducting financial statement analysis on a quarterly and annual basis; writing correspondence; compiling reports; and conducting on-site examinations.
Kandi has obtained her credentials at The College of The Bahamas (Bachelor of Business Administration, Banking & Finance Degree, and an Associates of Arts Degree in Banking) Nova Southeastern University (MBA with a concentration in Finance (Hons.). She has an ABIB Certificate; is a Member of Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society in Business Management and Administration; a Member of the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO); a Member of Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists; and a Fellow of The Bahamas Institute of Financial Services. She has attended numerous international and local seminars and conferences, relative to AML and CFT.