Deutsche Bank (DB) is committed to the highest standards of control in the areas of Compliance and Anti-Financial Crime (AFC). The Compliance Department promotes and enforces compliance with the law as well as drives a culture of compliance and ethical conduct in the Bank. AFC covers Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions and Embargoes (SAE), and Anti-Fraud Bribery and Corruption (AFBC). The AFC Department is accountable for protecting DB from financial and reputational losses incurred by financial crimes by assessing, controlling and mitigating relevant risks. The Management and all employees are required to adhere to AFC standards to protect DB and our reputation from those who intend to use our products and services for money laundering, bribery, corruption, fraud, market abuse and/or terrorist financing purposes.

Overview

Controls Testing & Assurance (CT&A) includes Compliance Testing (CT) and AFC Testing (AFCT) aspect. Compliance Testing is responsible for providing assurance on the design and operating effectiveness of the business’ control environment and/or adherence to the applicable regulations and the Bank’s policies. The Compliance Testing Officer in the Netherlands develops and executes an annual testing plan, which consists of mandatory and risk-based tests, and that covers the Compliance risk types across all businesses in the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Belgium, Greece, Ukraine and Russia. Where required, CT Netherlands may also support other CT locations with their testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the creation of the multi-year testing plan for all in-scope countries that covers the right risks and is in line with the global methodology.
• Undertake testing activities according to the testing plan to satisfy the mandatory and risk-based requirements for testing, to the deadlines agreed and the standards defined in the global testing framework.
• Communicate testing results using high quality reports.
• Proactively engage with the business to agree issues and remediation actions from testing activities. Track issues and actions to completion.
• Update the relevant tracking system timely and accurately with information on the reviews, tests, checks and their progress.
• Support continuous enhancement of the testing programme by identifying improvements and implementing them, while ensuring the programme remains aligned to the global framework.
• Produce high quality management information (MI) on the reviews, tests, checks and the findings identified to enable read-across (e.g. with other countries or divisions) and to allow continuous improvement of controls and processes.
• Establish and maintain effective communication channels and working relationships with the relevant stakeholders in the business and other control functions (e.g. DCO, BCU, NFRM, Internal Audit, COO, Risk, etc.) to ensure a coordinated approach and effective resolution of issues.

You will have:

• A university degree or other closely related professional qualification.
• 10 years+ of experience gained from Compliance, AFC, Audit, Risk or other type of regulatory background within the financial services industry.
• Experience on assessing and/or testing the design and operating effectiveness of Compliance control frameworks, including investigation activities. Good understanding of compliance and financial crime risks and internal controls.
• Excellent knowledge of the financial markets rules and regulations in Europe.
• Good knowledge of banking/financial markets business environment and products.
• Excellent analytical skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Excellent writing skills, including the ability to describe complex issues clearly and succinctly in ways that are easily understandable by others.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to communicate effectively across all three lines of defence. An ability to align multiple stakeholders towards a common goal.
• Good skills with Excel, Word and Powerpoint.

You will be:

• Structured and organized in approach, demonstrating a high level of diligence and attention to detail plus having the ability to ensure high quality and consistency in the deliverables produced.
• Results orientated and able to work independently and accurately in a fast-paced environment within tight deadlines while prioritizing workload with limited supervision.
• Proactive – will seek to find the right solution and options to issues within and outside their specific remit, without being prompted and within an appropriate matrix management framework.
• Assertive and engaging and able to quickly build and maintain effective working relationships.
• Positive, collaborative, and flexible and able to operate successfully in a constantly changing environment.

Deutsche Bank is an equal opportunity employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best available person for a job regardless of marital / civil partnership status, sex (including pregnancy), age, religion, belief, race, nationality and ethnic or national origin, colour, sexual orientation or disability.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any concerns about the application process, please contact your recruiter.

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