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George PaletsiouGP

George Paletsiou

Economics / Payments / Banking / FinTech

On-demand
Nicosia, CY
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About George

Experienced professional with superior attention to detail and highly ethical nature.

Dedicated to keeping up with changes and maintaining customer satisfaction while meeting deadlines and ambitious targets.

Well-versed in industry regulations and company procedures. Effectively performing tasks, resolving problems and quickly processing transactions.

Allocating time and effort efficiently.

Adapting to new environments easily and eager to be trained. Able to work well individually or within a team, even under no supervision.
  • Greek

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Basic

Can work on-site
Nicosia (up to 30km)

Experience

  • P&F Flourentzou, Accountants and Auditors
    Special Accountant and I.T. Consultant
    October 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
    Nicosia, Cyprus
    • Performing accounting tasks for various clients
    • Obtaining data from various sets and importing to accounting software
    • Preparing tax forms and ensuring validity before submission
    • Testing the I.T. infrastructure and providing feedback and suggestions
    accountant I.T. Consultant Microsoft Excel Data analysis
  • American Academy Nicosia (1-year contract)
    Teacher of Business
    September 2023 - August 2024 (11 months)
    Preparing students for IGCSE (O Level) Business exams. Preparing students for IAL (AS and A2 Levels) Business exams. Using Office software to make lesson plans. Using school software to organise and prepare accordingly. Using online tools and resources to handle common tasks smoother and make lessons more interesting. Participating in various school events. Participating in regular teacher meetings. Attending seminars regarding Teaching (on-site). Studying and updating often in order to provide quality education.
  • Finalto Group (markets.com)
    Payment Processing & Fraud Risk Manager
    June 2017 - August 2023 (6 years and 2 months)
    Managing and reviewing the Banking and Payments team. Monitoring B2C financial transactions. Directly involved with day-to-day management of processes and procedures related to clients flow. Raising and resolving any technical issues, bugs, incidents. Risk monitoring and Chargebacks review for all regulations. Carrying out annual and periodical audits. Supporting the Head of Back Office and Management with any ad-hoc projects/assignments. Responsible for various Banks and Payment Providers in terms of ongoing communication (account opening, ongoing due-diligence, investigations, technical issues etc.) Assisting with onboarding of new payment methods/PSPs – end to end solution (research, due-diligence, integration, testing and monitoring performance). Assisting Customer Support teams with clients' requests in relation to their financial and technical inquiries. Resolving pending deposit / withdrawal cases. Ensuring compliance with the company's anti-money laundering procedures. Assisting internally all departments with any issues related to client funds. Perform data entry / processing, ensuring that the work is completed accurately and adhere to all specified company processes and procedures. Responsible for B2C transaction monitoring for risk controls placed within the department (chargebacks, fraud rules etc.) Dispute/Chargeback handling of cases with various PSPs. Review of suspicious activity identified from daily tasks or reported clients from other departments. Escalation of cases to relevant departments (i.e. Compliance, Dealing, CS & Verification). Processing returns of funds and compensations. Checking and approving client's documents such as PODs and POBAs. Making various adjustments in clients' platforms when requested by Dealing Desk. Setting-up or amending technical/IT configurations via the online portals or by contacting the PSPs and Cashiers, in order for client deposits flow and online experience to be as smooth as possible.

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Education

  • Management of Information Technology
    University of Nottingham
    2011
    (MSc) Management of Information Technology
  • Economics
    University of Cyprus
    2010
    (BSc) Economics

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