Risk Methodology Specialist

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.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• 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 Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• 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)

Your skills and experience

• 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 critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

How we’ll support you

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Proud Employer Trailblazer Status from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge at adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss. For more information about our recruitment process and available adjustments, please visit our Hiring Experience page.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.