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.
If you are motivated to take the initiative and collaborate with colleagues across the world; if you want to be part of a community where you can grow, both professionally and personally – then join our Rates Sales team. Together we can make a great impact for our clients at home and abroad, securing their lasting success and financial security.
As part of the Rates Sales team, you will be based in Amsterdam and will collaborate closely with our clients' treasury departments to develop and implement customized interest rates and energy commodities hedging solutions.
We are seeking an experienced Assistant Vice President (AVP) to join our CLM Middle East team in Geneva. This role is critical in managing end-to-end client lifecycle processes, including onboarding, periodic reviews, and event-driven updates, with a strong emphasis on regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and efficient coordination with Front Office and control functions. You will work with complex ME client structures, including corporates, offshore entities, trusts, and high-risk profiles, ensuring adherence to Swiss and international regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities:
Client Due Diligence & Lifecycle Management
Lead onboarding, periodic reviews, and event-driven KYC processes for ME clients, ensuring compliance with DB policies and Swiss/international regulations.
Conduct detailed reviews of KYC files, identify documentation gaps, and support Front Office with requirements and structural assessments.
Maintain accurate and complete client data across systems, contributing to high operational standards.
Risk Management & Regulatory Alignment
Interpret and apply regulatory frameworks (FINMA, FATF, CDB, CRS/FATCA) relevant to ME client segments.
Identify, assess, and escalate financial crime risks or unusual client activity.
Stakeholder Collaboration
Serve as a key CLM partner to Relationship Managers, Compliance, and Legal, ensuring seamless client journeys from onboarding to lifecycle maintenance.
Support ME market teams by providing subject-matter expertise on complex structures and client profiles.
Process & Quality Enhancements
Contribute to process improvements, CLM initiatives, and quality-control efforts.
Support training and knowledge-sharing for junior CLM/KYC colleagues when required.
Skills:
5+ years of experience in CLM, KYC, Financial Crime, Middle Office, or similar roles within Private Banking in Switzerland.
Strong understanding of Swiss and international regulatory requirements and documentation standards (CDB, AML laws, FATCA/CRS).
Demonstrated ability to assess complex client structures, including offshore entities, trusts, and multi-layered corporate setups.
High attention to detail, analytical mindset, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Fluent English required; Arabic and/or French strongly advantageous.
Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills, especially with Middle East client-facing teams.
Experience with Avaloq is an advantage.
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 welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, be life's and generations and are committed to providing a positive and fair working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
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.