Compliance Officer Client Reviews 80 - 100% (f/m/d)

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The Client Reviews Team is part of Financial Crime Compliance and tasked with the handling of the periodic reviews of high risk clients including PEP clients with a focus on potential reputational and money laundering related risks. Members of the Client Reviews team are in charge of holistic reviews with complex transactions in close cooperation with other units. The role requires a blend of analytical skills, review and investigation experience and strong communication skills as well as a high level of integrity.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Conduct holistic periodic and event based reviews of High Risk Clients, including transaction analyses
• Perform ad-hoc investigations and enhanced due diligence on all relevant risk categories
• Review and document all aspects of the client relationship and take appropriate compliance actions and adequate risk mitigating and remediation measures
• Review client data and related transactions from a compliance perspective, by evaluating KYC accuracy, completeness and plausibility
• Perform comprehensive background checks, assess and document the sources of information critically
• Report investigation results in a concise and adequate manner to the Front, Senior Management and Business Risk Committee
• Escalate issues identified along the review process, while initiating and monitoring mitigation measures to reduce the Bank’s risk exposure, in line with the BJB Risk Tolerance Framework
• Identify potential breaches against internal policies and liaise with other departments (e.g. Legal or Human Resources) to initiate respective compliance actions
• Closely collaborate with partners across all three Lines of Defence (Front, Compliance and Internal Audit), as well as other functions (Relationship Managers, Business Risk Management, etc.) and domestic and foreign group affiliates
  
  

YOUR PROFILE

• University degree (Law or Business Administration) or equivalent
• Minimum 3-5 years of expert experience in Legal and Compliance or Audit at a globally operating bank
• Knowledge of money laundering developments and international best-practice standards
• Ability to communicate unpopular opinions/decisions and to stay firm under pressure
• Solution-oriented and very strong analytical skills
• Ability to effectively apply working knowledge of global AML/CFT regulations and standards, and current money laundering schemes to effectively identify and mitigate risks
• Good knowledge of MS Office and affinity to other applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven track record of solving highly complex problems, decision-making and prioritization abilities
• Team player, ability to work autonomously
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions: ability to interpret an extensive variety of data and deal with complex situations
• Good language skills (mother tongue German, English); other languages (such as Spanish) a plus
  
  

Please indicate in your CV or motivation letter your available workload range, stated as a percentage (e.g. 60-100%), including the minimum and maximum percentage of full-time equivalent you are willing to work.

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