Ignas Virsinskas
Vilnius,Lithuania
Summary
AML/KYC and Quality Assurance professional with nearly 8 years of experience in financial crime prevention, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and regulatory compliance across international financial institutions. Experienced in AML/KYC quality assurance, investigations, sanctions screening, and process improvement. Strong analytical and decision-making skills with a detail-oriented approach and experience working with high-risk clients, PEP investigations, and cross-border transactions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Software QA Engineer
Wallee Group
Vilnius, Lithuania
2025.03 - 2026.05
- Working in a cross-functional QA role covering both hardware and software components of modern payment ecosystems. Responsible for ensuring the stability and quality of payment flows on physical POS terminals (PAX and Linux) and related software systems.
- Performing manual functional, smoke, and regression testing of payment terminals and transaction platforms
- Using Android Studio to deploy builds, switch between branches, and debug payment applications on physical POS terminals.
- Validating payment flows involving physical terminals, card emulators, and manual card data entry
- Creating, maintaining, and executing test cases based on acceptance criteria and exploratory scenarios.
- Logging and tracking bugs via Jira; working closely with developers to verify fixes.
- Testing new features and configuration changes on PAX terminals, Linux-based payment solutions, and admin tools.
Manual and automated IT systems testing, AI.
CodeAcademy
Vilnius, Lithuania
2024.10 - 2024.12
- Identifying and resolving performance issues: understanding how to diagnose and address IS performance problems using established methodologies.
- Test cases development and execution: learning to design and execute both manual and automated test cases, including simple scenarios to validate software functionality.
- Testing technique selection: gaining skills to choose appropriate testing techniques based on supporting documentation.
- Data collection for testing: practicing how to collect and analyze data to improve software testing processes.
- System requirements analysis and error detection: developing the ability to interpret system requirements, prepare test cases using different techniques, record detected errors, and automate simple scenarios.
Quality assurance expert, AML/KYC
Swedbank
Vilnius, Lithuania
2021.06 - 2024.08
- Assess first line of defense on AML/KYC matters and proposing, ensuring, monitoring and following up on the implementation of respective regulations and best practice within the area of AML/KYC;
- Monitor and maintenance of desired quality level of Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (ECDD) and other processes in accordance with AML/KYC external and internal regulations across all business segments;
- Prepare reports of discovered insufficiencies to related stakeholders as well as senior management;
- Assess employees needs of training and providing input into training plan development, suggest process improvements/new good practices;
- Conduct activities as feedback sessions for raising AML/KYC awareness and competence development.
KYC Analyst, Private Banking
Swedbank
Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania
2019.10 - 2021.06
- Performing the due diligence processes (EDD/CDD) on existing and new Customers to ensure AML/CTF requirements are met in accordance with AML/CTF legislation;
- Input in process improvement
- Periodically evaluating Customers according to established policies and procedures;
- Investigating high risk clients and reporting where necessary, including Politically Exposed Persons (PEP), and obtaining all necessary documentation to complete the investigation;
- Analysing client's activities in order to monitor and capture unusual transactions.
Senior Operations Officer
Danske Bank Lithuania
Vilnius
2018.07 - 2019.10
- Evaluating Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing customer data, writing recommendations;
- Participating in development projects and initiatives;
- Participating/leading development and implementation of process improvements;
- Training of new hires and taking responsibility of coaching of other team members;
- Performing other tasks related with AML compliance.
- This role requires to act as as a higher-level Quality Assurance (customer due diligence) and being responsible for final recommendation for approval/not approval of client. This is a key position ensuring AML requirements are met.
Specialist, KYC, AML Compliance
Western Union
Vilnius, Lithuania
2017.12 - 2018.07
- Act as first point of contact for all KYC and PEP escalation (level 2) queries ensuring timely and effective resolution of queries or escalation as required;
- Conduct research and analysis of complex, critical issues concerning the patterns and trends associated with money laundering and other potential risks as they relate to Western Union payment transactions;
- Utilize a wide variety of research tools including data analysis systems and predetermined analysis criteria;
- Call customers to request required documentation and have an interview;
- Work on projects and assist with requirements or enhancements to KYC / PEP screening program.
Anti Money Laundering Officer
Western Union
2016.06 - 2017.12
- Conducting investigations, servicing received over the phone, e-mail or working directly with money transfers utilizing back-office applications, verifying customer identification documents and making decision
- Providing support on anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program, including Global Sanctions and/or other internal programs while working with stopped payments
- Making accurate decisions assessing knowledge in AML Compliance field and communicate these decisions to Western Union agents, customers and/or service associates
Squad Commander
Pravieniškės Correction House-Open Prison Colony
Pravieniškės II
2015.08 - 2016.02
- Convicts social rehabilitation
- Planning, organizing tasks and goals regarding convicts social rehab
- Time management while having multiple tasks
- Reports preparation
- Preparing, handling, recording of various documents/protocols
Education
Bachelor's degree - Public Administration
Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas
2011.01 - 2015.01
Skills
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
- Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
- Transaction Monitoring
- Sanctions Screening
- Politically Exposed Persons (PEP)
- Risk Assessment
- Regulatory Compliance
- AML/CTF Compliance
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Analysis
- Internal Controls
- Investigations
- Red Flags Identification
- Cross-border Transactions
- Process Improvement
- Policies & Procedures
- Attention to Detail
- Decision-Making
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Written Communication
- Teamwork
- Data Analysis
Timeline
Software QA Engineer
Wallee Group
2025.03 - 2026.05
Manual and automated IT systems testing, AI.
CodeAcademy
2024.10 - 2024.12
Quality assurance expert, AML/KYC
Swedbank
2021.06 - 2024.08
KYC Analyst, Private Banking
Swedbank
2019.10 - 2021.06
Senior Operations Officer
Danske Bank Lithuania
2018.07 - 2019.10
Specialist, KYC, AML Compliance
Western Union
2017.12 - 2018.07
Anti Money Laundering Officer
Western Union
2016.06 - 2017.12
Squad Commander
Pravieniškės Correction House-Open Prison Colony
2015.08 - 2016.02
Bachelor's degree - Public Administration
Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas
2011.01 - 2015.01