Know Your Client (KYC) Onboarding Team Lead – Vice President

Job Title: Know Your Client (KYC) Onboarding Team Lead

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Overview

As a Know Your Client (KYC) Onboarding Team Lead you will be responsible for leading your group of KYC Teams and providing support to each of your Team Leaders. You will also be acting as an escalation point and will represent the supervised KYC teams in front of senior stakeholders from the Business, AML/Compliance and other stakeholders. In accordance with Anti-Money Laundering Requirements, banks, such as Deutsche Bank AG (‘Deutsche Bank’), are obliged to perform Know-Your-Client (‘KYC’) reviews on all new clients they adopt. These checks and reviews are made in strict accordance with regulatory requirement and the Bank’s internal policies. You and your team will have a direct impact on the Bank’s ability to detect and avoid risk.

What We Offer You:

• We offer competitive health and wellness benefits, empowering you to value life in and out of the office
• On-site gym, cafeteria, health center, and communal meeting areas
• Active engagement with the local community through Deutsche Bank’s specialized employee groups
• An open seating environment that encourages networking and collaboration across functions and businesses

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Your Role

What You’ll Do:

• Build/maintain a strong understanding of the relevant Deutsche Bank policies and regulatory environment to ensure all policies, procedures and data sensitivity guidelines are followed and to the highest quality standards
• Monitor and execute against key operational metrics and implement solutions with your Team Leaders regarding any issues identified
• Contribute to global performance metrics surrounding the KYC processes and ensure deadlines are met
• Act as regional/client segment point of escalation for the Team Leaders, KYC Analysts, external / internal stakeholders (Lines of Business, Operations, Audit, Compliance, and Technology) and AML investigations
• Lead ongoing technology, and process/workflow change initiatives and ensure appropriate team adoption
• Create appropriate status reports, communications and presentations for key stakeholders group as required

How You’ll Lead:

• Lead by example and provide overall leadership and oversight of your KYC Team Leaders and their respective teams
• Act as the central point of contact for the assignment of KYC requests to the appropriate dedicated KYC teams and ensure all policies, procedures and guidelines are being followed
• Encourage a positive and professional working environment while developing employees driven to succeed

Skills You’ll Need:

• Banking/financial services experience, including supervisory/management experience and KYC/Compliance experience
• Strong knowledge of the end to end KYC and client on-boarding processes. In addition, a thorough understanding of the Control, Compliance and Investigation functions within the banking industry
• An awareness of AML/KYC regulations and industry guidelines (FSA, JMLSG, 3rd EU Money Laundering Directive, MiFID, US PATRIOT Act, US Bank Secrecy Act, US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act), possible implications of financial sanctions on banks and financial institutions (OFAC, HM Treasury, EU and UN sanctions)
• Strong research background and Ability to understand the implications of financial sanctions on stakeholders/blocked professionals/Specially designated nationals (SDN’s) and the risks of dealing with politically exposed professionals (PEP’s) / regulatory expectations around dealing with PEP’s
• You will have a Series 99 or equivalent or the ability to obtain it in 120 days of hire

Skills That Will Help You Excel:

• Excellent leadership, people management, coaching and project management skills
• Experience in raising awareness of project benefits, performance management and motivating teams to deliver quality/achieve project objectives in a challenging environment
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Effective communication skills at all levels and across all internal and external stakeholders groups
• Strong interpersonal skills, inclusive of conflict resolution and relationship management

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.

Deutsche Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. Click these links to view the following notices: ” EEO is the Law poster ” and supplement ; Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act ; Employee Polygraph Protection Act and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision .