Cao - Afc Transaction Monitoring Investigator

**Details of the Division and Team**:
Deutsche Bank benefits from having a highly experienced and dedicated Anti Financial Crime (AFC) function, which performs a crucial role in keeping DBs 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.

The Asia-Pacific Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Department supports Deutsche Bank businesses in the region manage AFC risk, is responsible for ensuring that related processes are in place and that all policies, procedures and guidelines conform to internal DB policies as well as all applicable laws and regulations.

The purpose of the Anti-Financial Crime/Financial Crime Operations (AFC/FCO) is to monitor transactions and to identify potentially unusual and suspicious transaction behaviour in order to detect and prevent the misuse of its products and accounts for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing (ML/TF).

The main focus of the role is to investigate cases either from manual creation or creation of investigations from the TM systems following the Investigation Guidelines.

**What we will 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 center.

**You can expect**:

- Flexible benefits plan including virtual doctor consultation services
- Comprehensive leave benefits
- Gender Neutral Parental Leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- 25 days of annual paid leave, plus public holiday & Flexible Working Arrangement

**Your key responsibilities**:

- Perform AML monitoring of assigned businesses or jurisdictions.
- Perform or support autonomous reviews and investigations.
- Coordinate and/or prepare the required management information reporting data for local, regional or global submission as applicable.
- Participate in FCO-related technical and project work and user-acceptance tests.
- Provide input on key initiatives and other ad hoc projects as needed.
- Review and investigate system-generated alerts and ad-hoc cases within the mandated timeframe.
- Review and analyse daily AML/CTF cases to address transactions that contravene the banks/regulatory policies.
- Ensure that review and investigation conclusions are adequately and properly documented for regulatory/audit level review.
- Conduct internet and external database searches to ensure no relevant adverse information is noted on the client/parties.
- Ensure the risk coverage for the bank from an AML/CTF perspective.
- Ensure that potential areas of risk (financial, reputational and regulatory) are investigated, identified and escalated to the relevant teams within FCO and/or Country AFC Officer.
- Ensure that cases are investigated and closed/escalated within the mandated time frame.
- Handle complex and confidential cases with little or no guidance.
- Liaise with AFC Modelling Officer and provide support and assistance to Local AFC Officer with respect to the requirement that the internal systems parameters are reviewed at least annually.
- Escalate data quality and system issues to the AFC Modelling Officer and Local AFC Officer.

**Your skills and experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree or relevant AML or related certifications (CAMS, ICA Diploma etc.)
- A background in a Financial Investigation Unit or Financial Crime Investigations with broad knowledge of AML or other investigations with a minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience in an AML, Transaction Monitoring or Investigations role in a regulatory, or financial institution
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience working with diverse banking products across business lines in either Private Banking, Wealth Management, Corporate and Institutional Banking or Investment Banking and experience in working on AML monitoring and case management systems
- Criminology degree/Previous law enforcement/Previous FIU experience in investigations
- Sound technical AML, investigations knowledge and skills, with demonstrated hands-on experience
- Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills
- Attention to detail and efficient
- Ability to review evidential case files using knowledge of legislation
- Strong analytical skills with an investigative mindset
- Strong attention to detail
- Internet expertise on identifying negative news and ability to search and find information
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