AFC Screening Officer (NLS)

Position Overview

Regulation, Compliance and Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) protect the integrity and reputation of Deutsche Bank. They manage the Bank’s risks and help to avoid unintentional rule breaches and conflicts of interest. At the same time, they also advise on ethical conduct, governance issues and keep our organisation up-to-date on regulatory and political challenges.

Department

Deutsche Bank is committed to the highest standards of control in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions & Embargoes (S&E), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) and Anti-Fraud (collectively referred to as Anti-Financial Crime). The Management and all employees are required to adhere to these standards to protect Deutsche Bank and our reputation from those who may intend to use our products and services for illegal purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, money laundering, bribery, corruption, fraud and/or Terrorist Financing purposes.
AFC serves to ensure that Deutsche Bank acts with integrity and discipline with regard to the legal and regulatory requirements of the AML regime. One of its objectives is the reduction of financial crime as a result of being used for money laundering or terrorist financing and having sufficient systems and controls to prevent this.
AFC’s Vision and Mission:

• AFC vision is to ‘Proactively protect our clients, our bank, and our society from financial crime risk’
• AFC mission is to ‘Continually enhance an effective, efficient and sustainable financial crime control framework’

Overview / Key Responsibilities

The AFC Screening Officer consisting of:

• Handling of the Bank’s transaction filtering system with a strong focus on sanctions & embargo related topics;
• Handling of Customers Screening alerts;
• Liaising with the AFC Advisory team and other stakeholders for the follow-up of the cases escalated
• Preparation of MI and KRI related to the Screening activities;
• Participation in projects related to the AFC systems & tools
• Processing of various AML/Sanctions related information requests from external and internal parties;
• Supporting Transactions Monitoring team and investigations when needed
• Monitoring and reviewing sensitive accounts and suspicious transactions according to Regulations and procedures
• Assists the Team Head in AML and Sanctions relevant investigations/cases;
• Assists the AFC Teams Head Country Head Anti Financial Crime and his/her deputy in all IT relevant issues ;
• Assists the Team Head and the Country Head Anti Financial Crime and his/her deputy in AML/ABC/AF & I and sanction related audit tasks (i.e. preparation of internal audits etc.)

You will have:

At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in a comparable position in the areas of AFC / AML; particularly Sanctions and investigation knowledge and knowledge for the handling and closure of transaction monitoring and name list screening alerts;

At least x year experience and work in the Banking industry in Switzerland;

Expert in Swiss Banking law and regulatory requirements

Your skills and experience

Degree in business administration or law or a successfully completed training with relevant appropriate professional qualification;
Experience within the area of Anti Financial Crime, Sanctions and Embargoes, as well as knowledge of national and international regulations related to Sanctions and Embargoes, KYC, PEP and Adverse Media;
Excellent data and analytical skills combined with the ability to interpret and draw conclusions from big data sets using excel pivot tables, etc;
Experience working with control functions, policy teams, and external regulatory frameworks and bodies in the financial sector;
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal along with stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to influence across local globally dispersed teams;
Fluent knowledge of English and German &/or French (spoken and written);

You will be:

Robust, credible and organizationally savvy, with an ability to grasp complex issues quickly

• A strategic thinker and be capable of delivering a large change programme whilst also managing an important, growing client-facing 'run the bank' service
• An very good communicator with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Able to work independently to manage projects and deliverables to completion
• A problem solver with good technical skills

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