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Head of FIC Compliance, Americas - Director

Deutsche Bank

New York, NY · HybridFull-time$170–308K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$170–308K/yr
Location
New York, NYHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Head of FIC Compliance, Americas leads business-line Compliance officers supporting Deutsche Bank’s Fixed Income & Currencies businesses within the Investment Bank. The role provides real-time advice and challenge, addresses regulatory developments, and oversees compliance support across business activities. It also leads a team, engages with senior business and control partners, and contributes to the Investment Bank Compliance management team.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Securities Compliance, requiredDerivatives, requiredLending, requiredFixed Income Products, requiredStructured Credit, requiredStructured Finance, requiredFIC Business Advisory, requiredUS Trading Regulations, requiredSecurities Laws, requiredFINRA Regulations, requiredSEC Regulations, requiredBroker Dealer Regulations, requiredSwap Dealer Rules, requiredBank Regulations, requiredCFTC Regulations, requiredCompliance Coverage, requiredAI Tools, requiredWorkflow Optimization, requiredCritical Judgment, requiredCommunication, nice to haveRegulatory Decision-Making, nice to haveProfessionalism, nice to haveTeam Leadership, nice to haveCollaboration, nice to haveStaff Development, nice to have

Qualifications

Significant FIC Experience, requiredPrior Management Experience, requiredRelevant Compliance or Legal Experience, requiredBachelor's Degree or Equivalent, requiredJD or MBA, nice to have

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description: Job Title Head of FIC Compliance, Americas Corporate Title Director Location New York, NY

Overview As the Head of Fixed Income & Currencies (FIC) Compliance, Americas, you will lead a team of business line Compliance officers providing real-time support and challenge to the FIC businesses within the Investment Bank (IB). The role will involve advising on issues (questions, proposals, or exceptions) related to the structuring, lending, sales and trading activities, surveillance and monitoring of controls, supervision, and other issues that are typical for a large global investment bank as well as challenging the Business on their controls and processes. You will lead a team providing real-time advisory services to the FIC businesses; identify regulatory trends and developments that impact business areas and advise staff and business leadership as to how this may impact their current or proposed activities.

What We Offer You

  • A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration

  • A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days

  • Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement

  • Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits

  • Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

  • Advise business areas on Firm policies and procedures and applicable securities laws and regulations; draft, update, and implement relevant policies and procedures

  • Provide regulatory/compliance training; assist the Business in implementing and documenting various supervisory/control mechanisms

  • Participate in internal investigations, respond to regulatory inquiries, and coordinate internal and external audits and inspections; interact with federal and state regulators

  • Conduct risk assessments of the Business to ensure effective business control framework, challenge business Risk and Control Self Assessments and work collaboratively with Compliance colleagues who perform testing and monitoring of compliance with Firm policies

  • Support the global compliance monitoring program by providing input on the framework documents and completing verification checks as outlined the annual monitoring plan

How You’ll Lead

  • Lead and develop a team of business line Compliance officers

  • Member of the Investment Bank Compliance, Americas, management team and compliance representative to controls governance forums

  • Manage relationships with senior leadership within the FIC businesses, Control functions in the first line of defense, infrastructure partners and with control partners in the second line of defense

Skills You’ll Need

  • Strong securities, derivatives and lending experience, preferably in a global investment bank or law firm

  • Significant experience with fixed income (including structured credit/finance) products, but at a minimum experience in advising for multiple FIC business activity with prior management experience

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; JD or MBA a plus

  • Functional knowledge of the US fixed income and derivative trading regulatory framework, the ’33 Act and the ’34 Act, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), broker dealer regulations, general knowledge of swap dealer and security-based swap dealer rules and other relevant bank regulations; knowledge of SEC, CFTC and FINRA laws, rules, and regulations as well as industry best practice

  • Relevant experience providing compliance or legal coverage to sales or trading, lending and/or structuring business at a broker/dealer, swap dealer, or security based swap dealer

  • Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Skills That Will Help You Excel

  • Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken

  • Ability to make, support, and defend difficult and complex regulatory/compliance decisions in a fast-paced and high-pressured environment

  • Ability to project confidence and professionalism in dealings with senior business personnel

  • Ability to lead teams, work collaboratively, and develop junior staff

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $170,000 to $308,000. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank Benefits At Deutsche Bank, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That’s why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authenti­cally and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home. Click here to learn more!

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We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Click these links to view Deutsche Bank’s Equal Opportunity Policy Statement and the following notices: EEOC Know Your Rights; Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act; and Employee Polygraph Protection Act.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,700 open Compliance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$170–308K/yr
  • New York median$120–171K/yr232 salary ranges
  • US median$112–172K/yr1,842 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $239K, is 61% above the New York median midpoint ($148K) — in the top quarter of Compliance salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 328 open Compliance jobs in New York and 2,700 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Compliance postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (2,335 postings).
Education
1,158 of the 2,700 open Compliance jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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