DCO Sr. Analyst

Business Overview / Division:

• The Private Bank combines Deutsche Banks private clients business in Germany and its international business with private and commercial clients together with Wealth Management in a single division.
• In both the domestic German market and worldwide the Private Bank provides high-quality advice to ~20 million clients and a broad range of financial services in many countries ranging from day-to-day banking services right through to advisory services for sophisticated Private Banking and Wealth Management clients. In Italy, Spain, Belgium and India the Private Bank offers its services to corporate clients as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.
• The Private Bank is a strong pillar of the Group: a modern bank that boasts capital markets and financing expertise, a strong global network and modern digital services.

Team:

• The Divisional Risk Control (DCO) Operations team is part of the Team Business Risk & Controls (BRC).
• The PB BRC guards the Protect agenda by overseeing non-financial risks, conduct & control topics and regulatory changes.
• The team works across global PB franchise delivering complex key risk and control agenda, adding value for Operations to remediate findings and enhance the risk assessment.
• The DCO Operations team works with cross-functional and global teams, collaborating with multiple stakeholders globally across the bank.

Your key responsibilities

The position specifically manages:

• Create and maintain the NFR Report Ops and distribute to relevant stakeholders
• Actively drive the Risk and Control Assessment (RCA) process and provide input on Ops status for related risk types, align with Ops on risk status
• Advise Ops on specific risk situations and facilitate risk based and meaningful solutions
• Assess risks of process changes affecting Ops on request of process owner and in alignment with relevant Control Functions
• Perform PGS assessments and recertification and act as SME for Payment and PGS related questions
• For Ops related findings, perform BRC/DCO tasks such as approving Finding Closure requests
• For Ops related audits, participate in stakeholder meetings and align with Audit and Ops on findings
• Contribute to the development and build know-how within the team
• Developing effective partnerships with DCO, COO colleagues & Infrastructure partners

Your skills and experience

Education & Experience:

• Strong knowledge of non-financial risks and controls
• Proven experience of working with controls processes
• Relevant experience in the Retail Banking / Private Banking sector or experience in financial services or consultancy (with Private Banking experience preferred but not essential)
• Understanding of the relationship between Bank and Operations as a contractor (SLA Service Levels Agreement)
• Experience working on small to medium scale projects at least within a global environment
• University degree

Competencies:

• Very strong analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs; e.g. Excel , Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to work in pressurised situations
• Strong work ethic, commitment to excel and proven capacity to work effectively with limited supervision
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and relationship skills
• Ability to clearly articulate and present supported topics
• Excellent command of the English language (written and spoken skills)
• Ability to manage a team

Personal Characteristics:

• Proactive attitude and self-initiative
• Strong Team Player skills as well as demonstrated capability to own tasks
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new situations and processes
• Service oriented
• Delivery-focused, able to support deliverables to deadlines
• Flexibility with respect to new tasks and the ability to work properly in stressful situations
• Ability to learn quickly and think laterally
• Driven and able to handle day-to-day routine as well as cope with shifting priorities to meet needs and demands