Details of the Division and Team:

Origination & Advisory aims to build long-term, trusted and mutually beneficial relationships with the major corporates, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereigns around the world. Click here for more information.

Job Specification:

The Origination & Advisory (O&A) Business Control Unit (BCU) is a 1st Line of Defence (1st LoD) function created during the implementation of the Three Line of Defence (3LoD) programme. Its primary objective is to support the front office in executing the Non-Financial Risk (NFR) framework for its business line. The team is principally responsible for:

• Identification and mitigation of non-financial risks (regulatory, conduct and systemic)
• Supporting the operations of an efficient supervisory and conduct framework
• Ensuring the governance of a business’ audit portfolio
• Driving “Change the Bank” initiatives to support the control framework

In addition to working closely with the business heads, the group’s reach and interaction is broad, including engagement with the Investment Banking Divisional Control Officer (DCO), 2nd and 3rd LoD, for example Compliance, Anti Financial Crime (AFC), Non-Financial Risk Management (NFRM), Legal, Group Audit and others. This role will support the Global BCU function in various capacities. The role will sit in the wider APAC Business Management & Controls (BM&C) team and entails business management activities including expense and cost management, for example.

What we will offer you:

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce is 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 center.

You can expect:

• Competitive Salary and non-contributory pension
• 20 days annual leave plus generous number of public holidays
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including retail discounts, gym benefits, wellbeing incentives
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR program plus take volunteering leave days

Your key responsibilities:

• Deliver and monitor remediation activities for the O&A APAC owned findings portfolio (Group Audit, Controls Testing & Assurance, Regulatory, and Self-Identified Issues)
• Perform and monitor level 1 controls and update O&A control inventory
• Pro-actively identify and deliver level 1 control enhancements and automation
• Timely identification and sustainable mitigation of control weaknesses and emerging risks
• Independently lead and deliver risk and control related assignments, such as a read-across of known control weaknesses, lessons learned of NFR events, back-testing
• Develop and manage relationships with a range of stakeholders within and outside O&A including 2nd and 3rd line functions
• Lead change initiatives in O&A incl. planning, coordinating with various teams, tracking progress, and escalating where necessary
• Project management of O&A strategy and productivity initiatives
• Expense / cost management, including travels, gift & entertainment, market data services, deal related expense, etc.
• Creation and delivery of senior management reporting to support decision making
• Update Key Operating Policies & Procedures to document current business processes

Your skills and experience:

• At least 7 years of relevant industry experience, ideally from a top tier investment bank
• Strong analytical skills and a strong finance / economic academic background
• Sound understanding of the Corporate Finance business, including advisory and capital markets transactions. Experience in Equity Capital Markets and/or Structured Equity Transactions would be beneficial.
• Deep knowledge of NFR framework, risks and controls in an investment bank
• Aptitude for providing advice to senior management on risks, controls and mitigation
• The ability to formulate clearly and present information in a compelling manner
• The ability to present complex and sensitive messages comprehensively, professionally and in simple terms
• Solid MS Office skills (word, powerpoint, excel)
• Strong data-analysis skills – ability to transform raw/complex data into simple and meaningful outputs for senior management communication
• Project management experience within an investment bank
• Working knowledge of Mandarin would be beneficial (both written and oral)

You will be:

• Able to work as part of a global team
• Proactive and diligent and able to partner with other teams to resolve issues where necessary
• Self-motivated, independent, and able to identify solutions to issues
• Accurate with an attention to detail
• Confident to question the status quo / existing control framework

How we’ll support you:

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• 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
• Training and development to help you excel in your career

About us and our teams:

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. click here to see what we do.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.