Deputy Head of Financial Crime Operations FCO

Posted 15 April by Deutsche Bank

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Job Description:

Job Title Deputy Head of Financial Crime Operations (FCO)

Location Birmingham

Corporate Title 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, 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 provide strategic direction and leadership across teams responsible for Transaction Monitoring alert management, Unusual Activity Reports, Fraud, and resulting investigations." You will provide oversight and support to the Regional Head of FCO (United Kingdom) (Nominated Officer).

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 Hybrid Working 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
  • Prioritise effective investigations, adherence to sound internal controls, such as standards of conduct, integrity, and ethical behaviour
  • Operational oversight of investigation teams and fraud
  • Ensuring the function remains fit for purpose, adequately staffed, and trained
  • Ensuring regular collaboration and feedback loops with stakeholders including Business Line (BL)AFC, AFC Modelling, and the 1st Line of Defence (LOD)
  • Providing the Regional Head of FCO with periodic and ad-hoc and consolidated reporting
  • Ensure collaboration with FCO Senior management and team leads across all teams including Business Support Unit (Training/Quality Control/Governance etcetera.)
Your skills and experience
  • Experience in operational management and investigations focused management within the financial crime domain
  • Proficiency in managing and collaborating with offshore teams effectively
  • Experience in developing and implementing procedures and policies related to financial crime
  • Understanding of private wealth, markets, trade finance, corporate finance, asset management and corresponding banking products would be desirable
  • Managing daily and monthly targets, productivity, and quality, with a holistic oversight across FCO
  • Comfortable liaising with Chief Operation Officer departments for budget/resource approvals for external hiring
How we'll support you
  • Coaching and support from experts in your team
  • 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 (for example. 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 have been named a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Silver Award from Stonewall for two years running and named in their Top 100 Employers for 2023 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Our values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Visit Inside Deutsche Bank to discover more about the culture of Deutsche Bank including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership, Learning, Future of Work and more besides.

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