Client KYC Officer – Associate (m/w/d)

Corporate Bank Middle East and Africa

Trade Finance – Financial Institutions

Our global suite of Trade Finance services offers a wide range of solutions to meet clients’ specific requirements thereby providing them with the time and means to concentrate on their core business. Furthermore, our market leading products and services enable our clients to reduce transaction costs, consolidate operations and expand revenue opportunities. Our award-winning client service centers are located in all the relevant financial centers worldwide, providing clients with access to an unrivalled global network. The Client KYC Officer supports the Trade Finance Financial Institutions team covering Financial Institution clients domiciled within the Middle East and Africa region. The individual works directly with the Accountable Client Owner (ACO) responsible for the client relationships with our Financial Institution clients to complete client KYC adoptions and reviews, ensuring strict adherence to Deutsche Bank’s KYC / Anti Money Laundering (AML) Compliance requirements. Further, the role also fulfils important support functions in the non-financial risk management of client relationships, such as analysis of clients’ transaction flow. Today’s regulatory and compliance environment requires a robust and efficient KYC process and strong non-financial risk management, making the role key to the first line of defense role of the business.

Responsibilities

• KYC Risk Management for high-risk and complex clients including active client research and screening prospective clients before on-boarding as well as part of on-going periodic review process
• Direct client outreach, collecting information & documentation according to periodic review timelines and follow up to ensure complete and timely delivery, complete relevant KYC forms / systems and updating of client KYC profiles driven by material events
• Regular KYC-related client discussions and AML interviews
• Conduct and assess Account Activity Reviews for continuous monitoring of clients’ transaction flows
• Liaise with Client Service team for review of the quality of clients’ AML field inquiry responses. Coordinate with local Compliance and other Corporate Bank / Investment Bank / Infrastructure areas on client KYC issues as required.

Professional and Personal Requirements

• Previous experience in Correspondent Banking / Trade Finance / Compliance / KYC in a large financial institution preferred
• Good understanding of KYC laws / regulations, compliance risk as well as non-financial risk, and documentation aspects of KYC process for correspondent banking relationships
• Strong writing skills and fluency in written and spoken English required. Arabic and French are a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels of seniority
• Accuracy, diligence, and the ability to deliver high quality results within tight deadlines combined with strong analytical skills and ability to work under pressure

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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, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.