Operations Manager, VP

Role Description

• Operations provides support for all of Deutsche Banks businesses to enable them to deliver transactions and processes to clients. Our people work in established global financial centers such as London, New York, Frankfurt and Singapore, as well as specialist development and service centers in locations including Bucharest, Moscow, Pune, Dublin and Cary. We process payments in excess of a trillion euros across the banks platforms, support thousands of trading desks and enable millions of banking transactions, share trades and emails every day
• A dynamic and diverse division, our objective is to make sure that all our services are executed in a timely and professional manner, that risk is minimized and that the client experience is positive. We are proud of the professionalism of our people, and the work they do. In return, we offer excellent career development opportunities to foster skills and talent.
• In accordance with Anti-Money Laundering Requirements, Banks, such as Deutsche Bank AG ("DB"), are obliged to perform Know-your-client (KYC) reviews on all new clients they adopt. These checks and reviews are made in strict accordance with regulatory requirement and the banks internal policies.
• The project involves verification of the Client data, performing due diligence checks on the Clients, reviewing KYC documentation performing the risk assessment of the Client, liaising with the Business/Compliance, advising on KYC requirements and signing off on new client adoptions.The Reg & Tax analyst role is an operations function where you will be involved in reviewing various regulatory documents related to clients to ensure that all the regulatory requirements are met and the bank is in compliance.

Your key responsibilities

• Responsible for verification of Client data
• Perform due diligence of new and existing clients covering a wide range of different client types including; Listed and Regulated, small/medium/ large private and public companies as well as more complex structures such as; SPVs, Co-operatives, Foundations and Funds, Governments, Joint Ventures, etc.
• Verifying KYC documentation of the Clients to be adopted/reviewed
• Perform the risk assessment of the Client to be adopted/reviewed
• Signing off on new client adoptions and periodic reviews
• Manage New Client Adoption or Periodic Review stream, to ensure that all requests are approved in accordance with regulatory requirements and the banks internal policies
• Manage exception ensuring that all SLAs defined with the Business on timeliness and quality are adhered

Your skills and experience

• 15+ years of relevant work experience (AML/KYC/compliance related) within corporate financial services industry, Research/Analytics role in other Banks / KPOs etc
• Understanding of Control, Compliance, Investigation/chasing functions in banks
• Familiarity AML/KYC regulations and industry guidelines (FSA, JMLSG, 3rd EU Money Laundering Directive, MiFID)
• Ability to interpret regulatory guidelines and assessing risk scores and entity types
• Ability to interpreting alerts
• Ability to identifying trends and inconsistencies
• Understanding of end to end KYC process
• Strong KYC skills: Experience working with CDD & EDD KYC records/ AML requirements
• KYC system-knowledge and Quality Checking experience would be extremely beneficial
• Must be able to work in in a matrix organization as well as manage interactions with internal stakeholders at all levels
• 5 years of KYC Operations experience managing a book of work or experience in project managing / transitioning a KYC book of work
• Comfortable working independently with the ability to take ownership of tasks
• Skilled in working on data sets using Excel and PowerPoint to create views and present data that can help stakeholders assess risks
• Develop effective controls based on the risks and ensure governance of the controls
• Effective written and spoken communication skills with the ability to manage senior stakeholders and present data insights and emerging risks
• Ability to forecast impact of proposed solutions within timelines and meet them with accuracy Development of project plans will help support this skill