Know Your Client (KYC) Embedded Risk Team and Regulatory Response Specialist

Job Title: Know Your Client (KYC) Embedded Risk Team and Regulatory Response Specialist

Location: Birmingham

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

The Client Lifecycle Management Embedded Risk Team (ERT) is responsible for ensuring that an effective framework is in place to manage, monitor and reduce risk, to challenge the decisions being taken in the assessment and remediation of risk and ensure that we are aligned to the firms’ policy and guidelines in regard to all aspects of the risk framework.

You will work closely with global peers to help provide a complete picture of the risk profile, ensuring that handoffs and dependencies across functions/regions are transparent and understood. Engages regularly with the first line processing teams and in collaboration with Regulatory Management Group, AFC, Compliance, DCO, Business & Other 2nd line functions to ensure full transparency and governance of risk.

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 arrangements with the opportunity to work in the office and remotely from home

• 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

• Governance - Ensure that an effective, embedded and consistently applied governance structure is in place

• Key Risk Indicators (KRI) - Ensure is complete and in place, has definitions, Red Amber Green (RAG's) (where applicable), has reporting parameters and a subjective assessment of the CATR (complete, accurate, timely and relevance) of those KRI's has been reached. Review and challenge validity of commentary, spot check monitoring by, looking for trend anomalies (spikes/dips) that may risk profile shifts, reporting errors or other issues requiring investigation

• Audit Self-Identified Issue (SII) & Incident processes - Ensure compliance to the firm audit policy, firm SII guidance and incident escalation process through training, support guidance and challenge

• Facilitate management with adequate reporting and governance, to ensure zero overdue items and no last min extensions are required and perform pre-closure submission review and validation

• Risk Culture - Design and deliver a risk culture improvement programme to promote transparency, awareness

• Work in collaboration with multiple first and second line functions

Your skills and experience

• Substantial and relevant experience in a global banking environment. Experience of KYC operations is preferable

• Exposure to 1st Line Non-Financial Risk Management within Chief Operating Office (COO) type function

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong organisational and administrative skills and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines

• Client focused approach and ability to react quickly to changing demands

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• 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)

About us and our teams

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network.

Our 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. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.
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.