Infrastructure - Specialist Advisor

**Details of the Division and Team**:
Regulation, Compliance and Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) protects the integrity and reputation of Deutsche Bank. It manages the Bank’s risks and help to avert unintentional rule breaches and conflicts of interest. At the same time, we also advise the bank on ethical conduct and governance issues and keep the bank up to date on regulatory and political challenges.

As the Sanctions and Embargoes Officer, you will join the APAC Sanctions Transaction Review Desk. The APAC Sanctions Transaction Review Desk is responsible for the third-level review and decision-taking on escalated transaction messages from Deutsche Bank’s transaction filtering process in alignment with applicable sanctions regulations, and internal sanctions policies and procedures.

**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.
- 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**:

- Supporting the Regional Head of Sanctions & Embargoes in advising business and infrastructure units on sanctions-related queries on clients, transactions, screening alerts and/or deals (including cash management, payments, corporate finance, and trade finance products and services) in alignment with Group sanctions policies
- Conducting and/or reviewing sanctions-related investigations on escalated transactions or cases for further escalation to Group Sanctions & Embargoes
- Assist in the implementation of Sanction Target Operating Model (TOM) within APAC in relation to level 3 escalations for transaction filtering and sanctions related name list screening processes.
- Investigate and report any sanctions breaches concerning transactions in the region to the Group Sanctions Breach Team.
- Drafting of regional sanctions-related processes and procedures, if necessary
- Monitoring, and keeping the relevant business and infrastructure units and APAC locations informed on international and regional sanctions developments that may have regional impact to the Bank’s global or APAC operations
- Conduct of training or briefing sessions to business and infrastructure units within the APAC region
- Participation in global and regional calls to update on regional developments and issues may be required
- Perform any applicable reporting obligations to the competent authorities in relation to transaction handling, or other sanctions policy issues as required
- Assist the region in formulating consistent responses to sanctions-related questions and findings in audits and inspections
- Reviewing of USD transactions as and when required after APAC hours
- Support/participate in working groups for globally driven projects that will have an operational impact for APAC locations in the transaction filtering or name list screening space.
- Identification / providing feedback on any sanctions relevant gaps or efficiency opportunities in existing processes and addressing these with relevant stakeholders.
- Engage Group Sanctions and/or other Regional Sanctions teams on relevant sanctions-related topics which have an operational impact on the transaction filtering process in the APAC region.

**Your skills and experience**:

- 5+ years of relevant experience including in past investigation / financial crime intelligence, particularly focusing on AML
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Knowledge of Sanctions laws and regulations applicable in APAC as well as international programs of the United States, European Union and United Nations in order to provide overall legal guidance on Sanctions risk issues
- Sound knowledge of the banking industry and the respective product spectrum of an international Corporate and Investment Bank
- Flexible, able to address compliance and business demands in a constantly changing international legal and regulatory environment
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team within the Sanctions function
- Prepared to take sound decisions on the basis of facts and in consideration of all internal and external regulatory requirements and expectations
- A strong communicator across all levels in a multi-national environment and able to provide guidance for the various stakeholders within the Bank
- An excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing
- CAMS / CGSS certification will be a plus

**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
- Training and develop