Business Line Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Officer - Emissions Trading & Commodities

Location: London

Corporate Title: Vice President

Deutsche Bank benefits from having a highly experienced and dedicated 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.

The team delivers Financial Crime advice, including AML, to the business and receives escalations from the business for review and resolution ensuring the Bank complies with applicable AFC legislation/regulation and its global Policies and Procedures.

What we’ll offer you:

• 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:

• Ensure the AFC control framework remains proportionate and appropriate for the Bank's emissions trading activities.
• Ensure Management Information (MI) is produced, analysed, and presented to relevant governance committees and Deutsche Bank management.
• Review all clients that are on-boarded to trade emissions, to monitor, assess, and ensure that appropriate Know Your Client/due diligence is being applied to these relationships.
• Complete reviews and assessments of any future emissions trading-specific 'New Product Approval/New Transaction Approvals' that would result in changes or expansions to the business.
• Provide dedicated support on all current and future commodity-specific initiatives.

Your skills and experience:

• Strong knowledge of the AFC legal and regulatory landscape; understanding of European Union tax legislation and 'facilitation of tax evasion' offences would be beneficial.
• Ability to analyse, understand, and make recommendations on key AFC matters.
• Knowledge of Investment Banking/Global Markets businesses and associated products.
• An experienced communicator to all levels of the business, and other key stakeholders.
• Able to address and work collaboratively with peers across the organisation.

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. 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.

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.