APAC Communication Surveillance, Regulatory Compliance - AVP

Position Overview

In Scope of Position based Promotions (INTERNAL only)

Job Title:APAC Communication Surveillance, Regulatory Compliance - AVP

Location: Bangalore, India

Corporate Title: AVP

Role Description

• In the APAC region, Surveillance team consists of teams of analysts and compliance officers located in Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo, Bangalore and Mumbai.APAC Surveillance program coverage includes Listed Derivatives, Fixed Income and FX products and Communication Surveillance.
• The role will be integral to monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on employee communications to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and risk-management standards. This involves enhancing detection frameworks, ensuring timely escalation of risks, and collaborating with Compliance, Legal, HR, and Technology teams to maintain a robust communication-surveillance program.
• Key responsibilities will also include participating in Surveillance projects, contributing to the enhancement of existing surveillance scenarios, new products, financial exchanges, and jurisdictions, as well as other improvements to the effectiveness or efficiency of surveillance

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Surveillance Analysis & Stakeholder Management

• Review alerts, identifying misconduct, and escalating appropriately in line with Key Operating Documents (KODs).
• Contribute to the identification and investigation of complex or high-risk cases, including misconduct, insider trading, fraud, harassment, data leakage, and any DB policy breaches
• Provide guidance and support to communication surveillance analysts across Bangalore and Mumbai.
• Allocate daily tasks, manage queues, ensure timely review and escalate alerts appropriately.
• Evaluate performance and create training plans to improve the analytical skills of communication surveillance analysts.
• Prepare regular reports and dashboards detailing trends, incident types, KPIs, and emerging risks.
• Present findings to senior management, Compliance leadership, and Risk Committees.
• Collaborate closely with HR and Legal on sensitive investigations, including disciplinary actions.

Surveillance Review & Escalation

• Oversee monitoring of electronic communications (e.g., email, chat, voice, messaging platforms, social media, collaboration tools).
• Ensure analysts follow KOD for reviewing alerts, identifying misconduct, and escalating respectively.
• Determine outcomes for complex or high-risk cases, including instances of misconduct, insider trading, fraud, harassment, data leakage, and breaches of Deutsche Bank policy.

Process & Technology Enhancement

• Ensure communication-monitoring processes align with relevant regulations and company policies.
• Maintain documentation, audit trails, and metrics to support audits - Regulatory and internal investigations.
• Partner with Technology and Compliance to refine lexicons, rules, AI models, and surveillance workflows.
• Identify gaps and recommend enhancements to surveillance coverage and detection strategies.
• Support UAT, system enhancements, Lexicon Refinements, Surveillance system Administrations and implementation of new monitoring tools.

Your skills and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Compliance, Business, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, or related field (master's preferred).
• 8 - 12 years of experience in Communication Surveillance - Compliance
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements governing electronic communications.
• Familiarity with common Surveillance tools (e.g., Attivio, Digital Reasoning, NICE, Smarsh, Global Relay, etc).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and investigation skills.
• Proven ability to guide and inspire colleagues.
• Exceptional communication, report writing, and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Developing methodologies to identify, monitor and test areas of compliance risk whilst building and fostering close relationships with stakeholders.
• Working with Compliance Information Technology in the preparation and User Acceptance Testing of new models, amendments to existing features and functionalities to ensure effectiveness and coverage of alerts.
• Experience in financial services surveillance or regulated industries.
• Knowledge of AI/ML-based surveillance tools or data leakage prevention systems.
• Preferred to have Certifications such as CAMS, CRCM, ACFE, CISSP, CIPP, or ICA Compliance certifications.
• Experience in handling sensitive investigations and complex escalations.

How we'll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

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