Know Your Client - Associate

Deutsche Bank • Jacksonville, FL

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

Deutsche Bank is seeking a driven, proactive, and intellectually curious individual to join their Know Your Client (KYC) team. This Associate position involves performing various activities to support the KYC function, including risk assessments, conducting due diligence reviews on clients, performing periodic reviews, updating client records, and ensuring adherence to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory requirements and the Bank’s internal policies. The role offers a diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration. Deutsche Bank provides a hybrid working model, allowing for in-office and work-from-home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days, and support through Employee Resource Groups. The compensation package includes health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, family building benefits, educational resources, matching gifts, and volunteer programs. Employees hired into this role are expected to work in the Jacksonville office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Requirements

• Ability to source information from various research tools (Bloomberg, LexisNexis, etc.), utilizing financial reports and audited statements to interpret alerts, identify trends, and source information
• Basic understanding of AML/KYC regulations and their impact on financial institutions, knowledge of Investment Bank and Corporate Bank products, and ability to perform quality checks/4-eye reviews on the KYC onboarding process while learning and applying Deutsche Bank Know Your Client framework standards for peer review and quality assurance
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including experience dealing with senior management or executive-level staff, effective communication, and appropriate escalation of situations posing operational or reputational market risk
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, analytical abilities (including use of Microsoft Office), problem resolution/solving, and adherence to strict deadlines in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Ability to work in a diverse environment requiring collaboration, partnership, and transparency, including leading projects or tasks through to resolution and building strong team and stakeholder relationships

Nice To Haves

• Strong knowledge of KYC/AML regulations and compliance frameworks, enabling accurate client onboarding, periodic reviews, and adherence to regulatory requirements
• Ability to conduct thorough due diligence and risk assessments, including analysis of ownership structures, beneficial ownership, and identification of PEPs
• Proficiency in research and investigative tools such as Bloomberg, LexisNexis, and financial reports to validate client information and identify potential risk indicators
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills to review client data, perform quality checks, and manage multiple deadlines in a high-pressure environment

Responsibilities

• Conduct full KYC reviews on all new client adoptions and/or periodic reviews of clients in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and firm policies as appropriate
• Carry out KYC due diligence reviews in a timely manner to high quality standards, as per the Banks policies
• Support front office staff by providing guidance and proactively engaging clients to obtain required information and documentation in a timely manner, ensuring full compliance with AML/KYC regulations, internal policies, risk management standards, and client onboarding and review requirements
• Investigate client data utilizing all available internal/external systems to develop a comprehensive analysis of who the client is and whether there are high risk factors
• Review, investigate, and understand organizational structure, accumulation and domination methodologies to assist in determining ownership and control parties to identify all ultimate beneficiaries and potential Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
• Coordinate and liaise with various departments (Anti-Financial Crimes, Negative/Adverse News Screening, Quality Control, etc.) to ensure quality files are produced

Benefits

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gifts and volunteer programs
• Access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees