Job Title: Principal Audit Manager

Location: Manila

Corporate Title: Director/ Vice President

Team Overview

As a global function of approximately 850 team members, Group Audit (GA) is the bank's 'Third Line of Defence' acting as an independent and forward-looking challenger and adviser to Senior Management. We are also strongly relied upon by local regulators. We closely partner and collaborate with all Group business and infrastructure areas. This includes the Investment Bank, Corporate Bank and International Private Bank businesses, and Technology, Anti-Financial Crime, Compliance, Risk, Finance and Operations infrastructure functions.

A diverse and inclusive culture is at the core of our team dynamic, with strong corporate and ethical governance as a driving philosophy. New joiners are supported with a structured and comprehensive career programme.

What we’ll offer you

• Competitive Salary
• Attractive Retirement Benefit
• Medical and Life Insurance upon employment
• 20 days Annual Vacation Leaves

Your key responsibilities

• As Principal Audit Manager – Director / Vice President:
  • Provide proactive management of all aspects of the Validations team covering the Findings Portfolio remediated by the Group COO and CEO divisions (e.g. HR, Legal, Outsourcing, Procurement, 3rd-Party Risk Management incl. vendor technology risk) as well as selective areas of the findings portfolio owned by the Technology, Data & Innovation division) managing the end-to-end delivery of the finding closure validation book-of-work; produce high quality validation deliverables with strong focus on technology risk, and application control assurance.
  • Own and develop senior stakeholder relationships across the three lines of defense and represent GA on the relevant governance fora;
  • Foster strong partnership with both the first and second lines of defense
• Team Management: manage a team of 10-15 audit staff, demonstrating a strong focus on staff development, promoting a growth mindset and continuous learning.
• Contributing to functional planning of the validations book of work related to own area of responsibility, adjusting the plan and advising any changes to the Chief Auditor.
• Delivering and sustaining own and team performance against key objectives in the context of functional strategies.
• Determining team involvement and individual responsibilities for each validation.
• Responsible for ensuring that closure validation testing conducted to assess design and operating effectiveness of controls at the time of issue closure validation is comprehensive and adequately documented.
• Communicating the Banks/GA management plans and values within their teams and ensuring understanding and alignment.
• Keeping abreast of pertinent industry, regulatory and business practices.
• Establishing and maintaining a client service/relationship approach with stakeholders in order to understand their business needs.
• Creating and reinforcing an environment where people management and development as well as continuous learning is a key priority and personally demonstrates their commitment to their immediate and the wider Group Audit team.
• Acting as a management role model for their own team and others.

How You’ll Lead:

• Independent in judgement, strongly self-motivated and have the ability to challenge and be challenged whilst maintaining the highest levels of professionalism
• An excellent team worker with exceptional leadership capabilities who is people focused and supports Diversity.
• Able to work calmly in a fast-paced, high pressure business environment and able to think outside of the box providing innovative challenge.
• Experience working in a global organization with a matrix set up, interacting with global stakeholders.

Your skills and experience

• Undergraduate or equivalent degree required; advanced degrees and relevant professional certifications preferred but not required.
• Relevant work experience, with professional/industry recognized qualifications (e.g. CIA, CPA, CISA); related qualifications would be beneficial
• Significant and relevant in-depth knowledge of risks, controls and associated regulatory developments
• Management Experience leading SMEs
• Extensive audit experience covering international banking and / or technology clients within internal or external audit and / or the wider financial services industry
• Excellent management and planning skills, with the ability to positively drive change promoting a continuous learning and innovation culture
• Able to manage a team/people
• Comfortability escalating/reporting to senior leadership
• Additional certifications - one of: CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) or CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) or CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control)

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

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.

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.

Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion policy and initiatives

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.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

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