Description
Join the Compliance and Anti-Financial Crime Risk Assessment team at Deutsche Bank as a Regional Risk Assessment, Analytics & Governance Specialist. This role combines regional risk assessment execution, methodology application, QA, governance, analytics, reporting, and continuous improvement to support a scalable Manila-based capability for APAC/MEA risk assessment delivery.
The successful candidate will help deliver robust, consistent, and regulator-defensible risk assessment outputs by combining strong risk management judgement with analytical discipline, structured documentation, and high-quality stakeholder engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the delivery of granular risk assessments across multiple jurisdictions for Compliance/Anti-Financial Crime risk types.
- Guide stakeholders on the risk assessment methodology and minimum standards.
- Act as a key link between country, regional, and global risk assessment teams.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions.
- Take ownership of and maintain delivery plans, action logs, and supporting documentation.
- Support the preparation of risk assessment reports and presentations for senior management and governance forums.
- Conduct quality assurance reviews of risk assessments, ratings, and supporting evidence.
- Review and challenge assessment outcomes to ensure consistency, completeness, and alignment with methodology.
- Analyze risk assessment data to identify trends, key risk insights, and areas requiring attention.
- Support the development of dashboards, reporting, and data-driven risk assessment solutions.
- Build effective working relationships with country teams, subject matter experts, risk type owners, data providers, governance teams, and senior stakeholders.
- Provide guidance and training on risk assessment methodology, process expectations, evidence standards, and governance requirements.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, and improve risk assessment processes across the region.
Requirements:
- Experience in Compliance, Anti-Financial Crime, operational risk, non-financial risk, controls, risk reporting, or a similar financial services function.
- Working understanding of risk assessment, including inherent risk, control effectiveness, residual risk, and risk rating concepts.
- Knowledge of Financial Crime risk areas, including AML, sanctions, fraud, bribery, and corruption.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, challenge outcomes, and generate meaningful risk insights.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or similar analytical tools is advantageous.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence reaching out to and engaging with peers and senior colleagues across countries, regions, functions, and seniority levels.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Attractive retirement benefit
- Medical and life insurance upon employment
- 20 days annual vacation