Vahe Hakobyan Cpa,Cga, Fcca, Cfe, Cams
About Vahe Hakobyan Cpa,Cga, Fcca, Cfe, Cams
Vahe Hakobyan is the Senior Director of Anti-Money Laundering Investigations at CIBC, with extensive experience in compliance and financial investigations.
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Vahe Hakobyan currently holds the position of Senior Director, Anti-Money Laundering Investigations at CIBC in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been in this role since 2019.
Career at CIBC
Vahe Hakobyan has an extensive career at CIBC, starting as a Team Leader in Anti-Money Laundering Investigations from 2013 to 2015. He was then promoted to Manager in the same department in 2015, a role he held for four months. Following this, he became a Senior Manager in Anti-Money Laundering Investigations, a position he held from 2015 to 2019. In 2019, he advanced to Director of Anti-Money Laundering Special Investigations, and later that year, he was promoted to his current role of Senior Director, Anti-Money Laundering Investigations.
Previous Experience
Before joining CIBC, Vahe Hakobyan worked at Travelex in Downtown Toronto, where he served as a Compliance & Regulations Analyst from 2010 to 2012 and then as a Senior Compliance Analyst in Anti-Money Laundering from 2012 to 2013. His earlier roles include being a Senior Accountant at Vahramian & Partners Inc. (2009-2010) in Mississauga, Ontario, an Accountant at UNICEF (2008-2009) in Armenia, and an Accounting Manager at both Spayka LTD (2003-2008) and ATG Inc. (2001-2003) in Armenia.
Education and Certifications
Vahe Hakobyan boasts a solid educational foundation in accounting and finance. He studied at the University of Economy and Law, earning a Bachelor's degree in Accounting (2002-2007). Additionally, he studied International Relations, achieving the title of Expert at the University of Hrachya Acharyan (1996-2001). He is a member of several prestigious accounting and fraud examination organizations, including the Certified General Accountants of Ontario, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in London, UK (Fellow Member), Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).