Financial Crime Investigator

Job Title Financial Crime Investigator

Location Birmingham

Corporate Title Associate

Deutsche Bank's Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) function plays a critical role in protecting the Bank, its clients, and the wider financial system from financial crime risks. AFC operates across Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions & Embargoes, Anti-Fraud, Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC), Investigations & Intelligence, Monitoring & Screening, and Risk Assessment.

Working within a global and collaborative environment, AFC supports the Bank in meeting regulatory requirements, managing emerging financial crime threats, and maintaining the highest standards of integrity and compliance. Employees benefit from a culture of continuous learning, professional development, diversity, and inclusion.

As a Financial Crime Investigator, you will help identify, investigate, and mitigate financial crime risk, protecting Deutsche Bank from financial, regulatory, and reputational harm while supporting effective risk management across the organisation.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Conduct end-to-end investigations of internal referrals, unusual activity reports, and transaction monitoring alerts to assess potential financial crime risks and determine appropriate outcomes.

• Prepare and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML) requests to the National Crime Agency (NCA) where required.

• Apply consistent, evidence-based decision making in line with applicable legislation, regulations, and industry guidance, including POCA, MLR 2017, and JMLSG requirements.

• Utilise open-source intelligence, financial intelligence, and external databases to identify adverse information, support investigative findings, and formulate risk-based recommendations.

• Identify, assess, and escalate financial crime risks, recommending appropriate mitigation actions to protect the Bank from financial, regulatory, and reputational exposure.

• Provide investigative support, guidance, and subject matter expertise to the wider Financial Crime Operations function as required.

Your skills and experience

• Strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail and experience conducting AML investigations within financial services.

• Proven ability to investigate complex referrals, transaction monitoring alerts, and unusual activity reports, producing clear, well-reasoned, and defensible outcomes.

• Comprehensive understanding of financial crime typologies, money laundering risks, customer activity analysis, and financial crime control frameworks.

• Sound knowledge of the UK regulatory environment, including POCA, MLR 2017, JMLSG Guidance, UK Sanctions requirements, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC) regulations.

• Professional qualifications such as ACAMS or ICA, together with knowledge of correspondent banking and associated financial crime risks, are desirable but not essential.

How we’ll support you

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

Please note the expected salary for some roles may be below the minimum level requirements to support candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK. Should you already have a Skilled Worker visa and are identified for a role, we can discuss and support you with the process

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss.

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.