Compliance Cross Border - Paralegal in Birmingham

Deutsche Bank is a global banking business with strong roots in Germany and operations in over 70 countries. Their large but focused footprint gives an established position in Europe plus a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific. There are four business divisions: the Corporate Bank, the Investment Bank, the Private Bank and the Asset Manager DWS.

On behalf of Deutsche Bank, we are looking for a Compliance Cross Border - Paralegal for an initial 6-month contract based in Birmingham. It will be a hybrid model.

Purpose of the role: We are looking for a Compliance professional or a Paralegal to support the Cross Border Compliance team within the Compliance function. The role involves reviewing legal and regulatory updates across multiple countries and maintaining up-to-date cross-border guidelines for the Private Bank, providing clear, practical guidance on local rules and regulations across all regions.

What you'll do:

• Reviewing legal updates from our vendors and assessing the impacts they may have on our Private Bank business.
• Making appropriate amendments to Private Bank cross-border guideline documents to reflect changes in law/regulation and collaborating with and consulting internal stakeholders who will be impacted.
• Supporting projects relating to specific Private Bank cross border requirements of business teams, including working in conjunction with DB Legal.
• Becoming a subject matter expert for cross border issues within the Private Bank to provide support and guidance to our businesses.
• Assisting in the delivery of cross border training.
• Building effective working relationships with colleagues across the bank.

The skills you'll need:

• You will be a Compliance professional or a Paralegal with a background in banking/financial services. Experience of cross border/regulatory is preferred.
• You will be able to work independently and to meet deadlines.
• You can manage different projects simultaneously.
• Ability to confidently challenge guidance from external providers to ensure specific cross border requirements are met.
• Attention to detail is essential.
• Established basic knowledge of a wide range of banking products and services.
• You can work under time pressure - many requests for guidance are time critical.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills; you are someone that enjoys building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders.
• You have an interest in Compliance and are looking to become part of a Compliance team.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ability to use AI assistants with effective prompting techniques.

Deutsche Bank's values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs, and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

This client will only accept workers operating via a PAYE engagement model.