Associate Director FCC Investigations, Germany

Job Summary

Join our Financial Crime Compliance team and play a key role in protecting the bank from financial crime risks. As an Associate Director, FCC Investigations, you will lead complex investigations into suspicious activity, support regulatory reporting, provide expert guidance on AML and sanctions matters, and contribute to the enhancement of monitoring, screening, and compliance controls across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and conduct investigations into potential money laundering, sanctions breaches, fraud, and other financial crime risks
• Review and manage suspicious activity cases and support regulatory reporting where required.
• Investigate sanctions, KYC, and PEP alerts in line with regulatory requirements
• Provide guidance to stakeholders on financial crime regulations, risks, and best practices.
• Support the enhancement of FCC controls, systems, monitoring, and screening processes.
• Contribute to system implementation, model validation, and oversight of outsourced activities.
• Collaborate with local, regional, and global stakeholders to strengthen the bank’s financial crime risk management framework.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance, AML, investigations, or sanctions within banking or financial services
• Strong knowledge of AML, CTF, sanctions, KYC, and regulatory requirements
• Experience conducting complex investigations and preparing high-quality case documentation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset, with a demonstrated ability to identify process improvement opportunities and contribute to the enhancement of controls, efficiency, and overall compliance effectiveness.
• Fluent German and English, with the ability to communicate effectively with regulators and senior stakeholders.
• Professional certifications in financial crime compliance, such as CAMS, ICA Diploma, CCP, or comparable qualifications, are strongly preferred.

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.