Job Title: Business Finance Lead for Europe Public Financing & Solutions
Location: London
Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President
The European Rates business trades products linked to interest rates, long term FX, multi-correlation and provides financing solutions. The business supports a wide spectrum of clients including Pension Funds, Asset Managers, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Corporates, Broker/Dealers and internal clients.
You will be ultimately responsible for the completeness, accuracy and timely delivery of the Financial Statements and disclosures related to the business. This includes accountability for the full suite of F2B controls covering Financial & Regulatory reporting.
You will be the primary Finance face-off to the business, partnering through insightful & relevant analysis, providing commentary and advice on accounting & regulatory matters to enable informed decision making. It also closely liaises with multiple stakeholders incl. MVRM, TPAG & other departments.
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 - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
- 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
- Oversight of Revenue, Leverage, RWA, and financials (IFRS/HGB) for specific desks, providing support and control.
- Support new product/trade activity (NPA/NTA), including IFRS9 HTC and HTC&S.
- Engage stakeholders across Finance, MVRM, Front Office, Operations, and TDI.
- Drives change agenda to drive efficiencies and enhance controls.
- Provides SME input and guidance on key projects (infrastructure, regulatory, accounting).
- Managing a global review for Regulatory Trading/Banking Book (Global Rates) to ensure policy compliance and adopt new regulatory changes (e.g., FRTB).
Your skills and experience
- This is a diverse role and will suit a dynamic and articulate person with a desire to work in a complex and challenging environment. Intellectual curiosity towards business drivers and resource management.
- Strong control focus to strengthen the control environment in a cost-conscious manner with knowledge of FIC products and IFRS9 business models.
- Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentational skills. Excellent influencing skills with stakeholders and cross-functional/geographically distributed teams.
- Well-honed organisational skills and ability to co-ordinate activities across multiple different front office and infrastructure groups.
- Strong understanding of front to back data flows, expected controls and financial and regulatory reporting landscape. Knowledge of ledger flows for financial reporting, as well as knowledge of DB systems, Risk Engine and Kannon
How we’ll support you
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities e.g. 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
- 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
Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.
Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.
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.
