HANDY AUTHORS

Kelly Huitema

Senior Fraud & AML/KYC Analyst

Kelly Huitema is a Senior Fraud & Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Know Your Customer (KYC) Analyst at Handy Finance, with a strong focus on fintech fraud and financial crime prevention. Her work involves customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, AML and counter-terrorist financing investigations and fraud detection. Kelly is committed to keeping Australians safe from financial crime, and to making sure the lending journey is not only simple, but secure from start to finish.

Experience

Kelly has been with Handy Finance for over three years, joining as a Settlement Officer across finance settlements and personal loans, before progressing into a Credit Assessor role and then into her current position as Senior Fraud Analyst. Prior to Handy Finance, she worked as a Finance Consultant at MTF, processing loan applications and managing compliance and documentation in line with consumer credit and AML/CTF requirements. She began her career as a Credit Recovery Specialist at Credit Recoveries Limited, where she was involved in debt recovery and credit reporting.