Risk Methodology Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title Risk Methodology Specialist Location London Corporate Title Assistant Vice President Deutsche Bank benefits from having a highly experienced and dedicated Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) function, which performs a crucial role in keeping Deutsche Bank’s business operations and global financial services clean from financial crime while serving the interests of the Bank and society. Our regional/global matrix structure allows for flexible responses to challenges in the core areas of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions & Embargoes, Anti-Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Investigations & Intelligence, Monitoring & Screening, and Risk Assessment.

Our AFC Team will provide you with opportunities to learn, grow and define your career. We foster an open, diverse, and inclusive team culture, that is engaged and well-supported for prosperity and enjoyment of a life/work balance. You will join the AFC Client Risk Rating Methodology (CRRM) Team. You will be responsible for the review of the AFC Client Risk Pillar Lists and methodologies including the management and maintenance of the Risk lists annual and ad-hoc change process.

The AFC Global Risk Lists are owned and maintained by the AFC CRRM Team. The Global Risk Lists are updated on an annual basis as part of the AFC Annual Risk Review process, but also subject to ad-hoc changes, for example due to Regulatory changes. The work involves analysis of relevant input sources to calculate the inherent risk of financial crime across risk pillars, such as, industry and product risk.

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4
  
  Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

• Perform the annual CRRM risk list review process across all Risk Factor Methodologies (Country, Industry, Product, Entity and Channel Risk Lists) to determine financial crime risk ratings
• Conduct regulatory review covering relevant input sources with reference to financial crime risk types, including money-laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, and fraud
• Maintain and provide technical updates to all used financial crime risk models
• Coordinate working groups with internal stakeholders to evaluate financial crime risk ratings of all
• Creation and management of global AFC risk lists (such as country risk list)
• Key contact regarding topics related to the AFC Global Risk Lists supporting the CRRM Team and Business Divisions (Corporate Bank, Investment Bank (CBIB), International Private Bank (IPB), DWS and Retail Germany)

• Educated to University degree or equivalent qualification/work experience or comparable career
• Sound understanding of the regulatory environment regarding financial crime
• Advanced Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint practitioner is essential
• Basic understanding regarding development of qualitative risk models
• Proactive and independent work attitude with a willingness to take over responsibility and work autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to partner and collaborate with various teams
• Fluency in German is advantageous
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying…