Americas AFC Risk Appetite Reporting - Vice President

Deutsche Bank•New York, NY

21h•$125,000 - $198,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As part of Deutsche Bank’s Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Risk Appetite team, the Vice President leads the production, oversight, and continuous improvement of risk appetite reporting. The role delivers accurate, timely, and actionable management information and risk analysis so senior management and governance committees can monitor financial crime risk exposure, assess control effectiveness, and understand adherence to the Bank’s risk appetite. The role coordinates reporting across regions, business lines, and control functions, consolidates information from AFC disciplines, and develops client and business-unit risk profiles and risk appetite metrics. It also supports governance, audit and regulatory examinations, remediation, and changes to the risk appetite framework and reporting environment. The position is based in the New York office under the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Relevant experience in AFC, risk management, governance, or management information reporting.
Knowledge of AFC regulatory requirements and industry standards, including the Bank Secrecy Act.
Strong understanding of risk appetite frameworks, key risk indicators, governance processes, thresholds, escalation protocols, and risk governance and management information expectations.
Demonstrated ability to produce executive-level management information and reporting for senior committees or governance forums.
Ability to assess risk data, identify trends and issues, and translate findings into clear recommendations.
Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, problem-solving, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills across multiple functions and regions.
Ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and workflows while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

Nice To Haves

Postgraduate qualification.
Experience across AML, KYC, Sanctions, Fraud, or other AFC risk disciplines.
Experience developing dashboards and management information using Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or comparable reporting tools.
Experience supporting regulatory examinations, audit reviews, remediation programmes, or risk-transformation initiatives.
Ability to manage competing priorities, follow through on deliverables, and produce high-quality work under tight deadlines.
Ability to translate complex datasets and technical issues into concise narratives for executive and board-level audiences.

Responsibilities

Lead the timely and accurate production and presentation of AFC Risk Appetite reporting for senior management and governance committees.
Clearly communicate trends, threshold breaches, emerging risks, management actions, and matters requiring decision or escalation.
Maintain a comprehensive client inventory by business unit, mapped to applicable AFC controls, and develop client and business-unit risk profiles.
Develop and maintain AFC risk appetite metrics, thresholds, dashboards, and escalation criteria connected to the risk appetite framework.
Consolidate information from Transaction Monitoring, KYC, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Fraud, and other AFC functions to provide an integrated view of risk and required management action.
Prepare data-driven materials for AFC governance forums and improve risk appetite methodologies, reporting standards, data-quality controls, monitoring, and escalation processes.
Support Group Audit and regulatory examinations and contribute to AFC governance, remediation, and change-the-bank initiatives.
Coordinate AFC Risk Appetite reporting across regions, business lines, and control functions, promoting consistent interpretation and reporting of risk exposure.
Challenge reported metrics and underlying data to ensure information is complete, accurate, well-supported, and meaningful.
Drive accountability, resolve or escalate reporting issues and material concerns, and communicate complex risk information through concise, evidence-based narratives.