Product Compliance Officer

Position Overview
For over 150 years, our dedication to being the Global Hausbank for our clients has been driven by our people – in around 60 countries and across more than 150 nationalities.

Their deep understanding, insights, expertise, and passion help our clients navigate an increasingly complex world – be it in our Corporate Bank, our Private Bank, our Investment Bank or our Asset Management division.

As a 2nd Line of Defence (LOD) function, the Compliance Department seeks to protect the Bank's licenses to operate by promoting and enforcing adherence with laws, regulations, rules, expectations of regulators, the standards of self-regulatory organizations, and codes of conduct / ethics in connection with the Bank's regulated activities, and driving a culture of compliance and ethical conduct in the Bank. It seeks to provide independent and objective assurance to the Management, on the adequacy of the design and effectiveness of the Compliance Risk control framework for the areas for which it has been allocated responsibility. The Product Compliance Officer will be based in Geneva or Zurich and will provide proactive and sound advice on Compliance and regulatory matters to business partners in the Private Bank (PB) and will work closely with other functions of the Bank to ensure compliance with the highest standards of control and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Independent, proactive and forward looking advice to Deutsche Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. employees focused on PB Product businesses (Banking, Lending & Investment Solutions)
• New product/initiative/transaction review & approval
• Marketing material review for complex and tailored products
• Representation of the Compliance function in local Product related Governance fora
• Representation of the Compliance function in local and regional Bank projects
• Support PB Head of Global Product Compliance in the delivery of global tasks and projects
• Review/lead and presentation of key Compliance initiatives/developments to business stakeholders
• Close collaboration with Compliance officers and other functions (legal, AFC, business risk management etc.) locally and across regions
• Preparation of regular and ad hoc reporting and MIs

Skills:

• At least 4 years of experience in a Compliance or other Control Function role focused on interacting with front-office stakeholders
• University degree in business administration, finance, economics, or law. Additional product specific education (e.g. CFA) is considered a plus.
• Strong knowledge of financial products, including Capital Markets Trading activities, Structured Products, Funds, Deposits, and Lending Products
• Strong knowledge of the Swiss (e.g. FinSA) and the EU (e.g. MiFID) regulatory landscape
• Good understanding of the Wealth Management business. Understanding of the Investment Banking business and/or the Asset Management business is considered a plus.
• Excellent skills to work with different types of stakeholders in a collaborative and constructive manner
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to deal with ad-hoc requests / shifting priorities
• Ability to work independently and to interact with Senior management
• Ability to produce high quality reports / presentations
• Curious, accountable, innovative, solution-oriented, persuasive personality with thorough analytical approach
• Conducting oneself with the highest professional standards
• Excellent verbal and writing skills
• Fluency in English; German and/or French is considered a plus.

Well-being & Benefits

• Emotionally and mentally balanced We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health.
• Physically thriving We support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive.
• Socially connected We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self confidence and well being.
• Financially secure We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future.

Our cultural aspiration is to be 'empowered to excel together every day'. This means we strive for the highest standards of integrity, are accountable while learning from mistakes, promote speaking up and constructively challenge each other to further innovation. Seeking out conversations, proactively embracing change, new facts and different perspectives helps our talented and diverse teams to work in partnership across the globe and drive business results.

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.