ACSS
South Florida Chapter
About Chapter
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Board Members
Gabriel Garcia
Chapter Chair
Manager
KPMG
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Gabriel is currently a Manager within the Financial Crimes group at KPMG where he provides guidance to clients with MRA issue validation. Prior to KPMG, Gabriel served as a Manager at Protiviti executing AML and Sanctions audits; GAP assessments based upon FinCEN’s Final Rule for Investment Advisors; and risk assessments. Gabriel started his career at Crowe where he executed AML and Sanctions Audits, Country Risk Assessments, Model Validations, BSA/AML Program Assessment and Road Maps, and designed Quality Assurance Programs for domestic and international clients.
Josue Garcia
Global Ethics & Corporate Compliance, Sr. Manager
Carnival Corporation
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He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Sanctions Specialist (CSS). He has over 17 years of AB&C, AML, and Economic Sanctions affairs experience , including but not limited to designing, implementing, and overseeing compliance programs in the aforementioned areas, coordinating due diligence efforts, transaction monitoring, internal/external audits, regulatory examinations, technology implementations, and successful mergers.
Josue’s prior roles included Vice President of AML and Economic Sanctions for Capital Bank, N.A. and he was with RSM US LLP’s regulatory compliance practice advising domestic and international clients on AML and Economic Sanctions matters.
Josue earned his J.D. from St. Thomas University School of Law and his B.S. in Criminal Justice from Florida International University.
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