AFC Technology – Data and/or Records Specialist, AVP

Overview

Assistant Vice President role within the C-AFC Divisional Data Office of Deutsche Bank's Anti-Financial Crime Technology organisation, delivering data management, governance and transformation initiatives that support Compliance and Financial Crime risk controls.

What you'll do

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of defined data management, governance and transformation workstreams, ensuring agreed scope, milestones, dependencies and outcomes are clearly understood and delivered.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, coordinate activities across business, technology, data and change teams, and support the prioritisation and sequencing of work.
• Analyse business and regulatory requirements, document current-state processes, identify gaps and translate requirements into practical process, control, data or technology solutions.
• Apply deep analytical thinking to complex data, governance and delivery challenges, breaking down ambiguous problems, identifying root causes, assessing options and developing pragmatic, evidence-based solutions.
• Support the implementation and ongoing operation of data governance requirements across data ownership, metadata, Critical Data Elements, data lineage, data quality and controls.
• Contribute to regulatory, audit and remediation initiatives by coordinating deliverables, maintaining clear evidence and supporting the development of sustainable processes and controls.
• Proactively identify and assess delivery risks, issues and dependencies; maintain appropriate logs; drive actions to resolution; and escalate material matters promptly.
• Produce accurate, concise and decision-focused management information, status reports, governance materials and executive presentations.
• Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across C-AFC, Technology, the Chief Data Office and data-producing divisions, managing expectations and facilitating timely decisions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and improve data management and delivery processes, contributing to more efficient and sustainable ways of working.
• Provide guidance and quality review to junior colleagues, share knowledge and contribute to a collaborative, disciplined and high-performing delivery culture.
• Support the build and management of the delivery function across C-AFC DDO.

What you'll need

• 5+ years' experience delivering data, governance, regulatory or transformation initiatives within financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• Proven ability to manage defined projects or workstreams through the full delivery lifecycle, including planning, dependency management, governance, risk management and reporting.
• Strong understanding of data governance and data management principles, including data ownership, metadata, Critical Data Elements, lineage, data quality and control frameworks, ideally as they relate to Compliance and/or Anti-Financial Crime.
• Strong capability in requirements gathering, process mapping, gap analysis, problem definition and the development of clear business and functional requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships, coordinate across cross-functional teams and constructively challenge stakeholders where required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking capability, with the ability to break down complex and ambiguous problems, identify root causes, challenge assumptions, connect issues across data, process and technology, and develop pragmatic, evidence-based solutions.
• Experience preparing high-quality management information, governance packs, status reports, action logs and executive-level presentations.
• Understanding of regulatory remediation, especially as it relates to Compliance and/or Anti-Financial Crime, audit evidence and control environments, with a focus on traceability, accuracy and sustainable outcomes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain attention to detail and deliver high-quality work to agreed deadlines with limited supervision.
• Collaborative working style, willingness to share knowledge and experience supporting or mentoring more junior colleagues.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

Nice to have

• Experience in Compliance and/or Anti-Financial Crime.
• Familiarity with data governance, data quality, analytics or visualisation tools such as Collibra and Tableau.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.