Strategic Remediation & Control Office – VP

Strategic Remediation & Control Office – VP

Location: London

Corporate Title: Vice President

This role sits within the Strategic Remediation and Control Office (SRCO), which leads Transformation and Remediation at Deutsche Bank. SRCO leads oversight of programs which contribute to the uplift of the Firm’s capabilities across multiple lines of defence working in partnership with global Businesses, Risk, Compliance, Technology, and Audit. This ensures alignment of the portfolio of projects remains within groupwide strategic priorities and are successfully implemented to achieve the intended benefit and outcomes. Insights produced are critical to ensuring successful closure of project plans. Joining this team will give you the opportunity to be at the heart of the Bank’s transformation, driving improvements front to back, building relationships with key stakeholders, delivering tangible value, and meeting regulatory expectations, positioning the Firm for ongoing success. You will be joining the Financial Crimes and Compliance change assurance team.

What we’ll offer you:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them.
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family.
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme, and Gym benefits.
• The opportunity to support a wide-ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year.

Your key responsibilities:

• Ensure effective and sustainable outcomes are met from remediation plans through controls outcome quality review and question, and closure advocacy of findings.
• Identify issues impacting business and operations under review, challenging management to ensure appropriate remedial actions are taken.
• Act as subject matter expert for financial crime related matters.
• Execute against a global framework for enhanced review and questioning of remediation delivery and outcomes, including testing capability aligned to regulatory expectations and criteria for scope of application.
• Ensure capability and capacity metrics are in place to deliver within mandate, and support lessons learnt and root cause review.
• Train the organization on “what good looks like.”

Your skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or above, preferably with a focus on economics or business or equivalent experience.
• Ideally have completed a recognized relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. CIA, CMIIA, CAMS).
• Experience working in financial services, within Third Line Internal Audit or Second Line Risk or Compliance Monitoring.
• Strong financial crime risk and control mindset.
• Self-starter with a high degree of self-support and strong communication, influencing skills and confidence in communicating with stakeholders.
• Experience in establishing and review and challenge frameworks with a compliance focus.

How we’ll support you:

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards).

About us:

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative, and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair, and inclusive work environment.