Divisional Risk and Control Specialist, VP

Job Title: Divisional Risk and Control Specialist

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: VP

Role Description

• The 1st line Tech Risk and controls function at Deutsche sits within the Group Technology Infrastructure (GTI) for Deutsche Bank Group. GTI has the largest footprint within the Technology, Data and Innovation division and is joined by other business-aligned CIO IT divisions. 
• The Tech Risk and Controls is a dynamic team, consistently in demand, for providing guidance and challenge to deliver change and maintain systems in a secure and resilient manner.
• As part of the team, you will join the Bank’s journey and contribute towards our strategic goal of cloud enabled solutions as well as activities that improve our operational resilience and risk reduction.
• Specifically, you will bring expertise to Control definition and assessments capability across IT Infrastructure, SDLC and Architecture domains supporting a proactive risk management function. It will therefore also include providing change risk advisory services for transformational change programs undertaken by or impacting GTI. You will liaise with other risk and control functions, on a management level to assure the integration of risk initiatives and projects.
• You will also support Regulatory Adherence and Policy Management function within TDI Risk Management. Its purpose is to provide oversight and supervision of new & changed material regulation impacting TDI, including full traceability to derived DB-specific Policies, Procedures, Key Operating Documents and Supporting Documents.
• This role will report to the Head of Reg. Adherence & Policy Management and ultimately to the Global Head of TDI Risk Management.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Risk & Control Management

• Identify and evaluate potential areas of non-compliance or risk, assessing impact, probability and present findings and proposals for risk mitigation measures.
• Support the delivery of the risk and control initiatives. This includes participation in risk and control activities, risk-based control reporting of key issues, performance and validation of cyclical activities such as annual control self-assessments.
• Work closely with teams in and out of the division to understand risks impacting the group.  
• Align internal Deutsche Bank policies/procedures against industry recognized framework to strengthen the control framework and its implementation for both within the Bank and our 3rd party vendor relationships
• Ensure management transparency by way of timely risk reporting and proactive engagement and representing controls team at different governing forums

Regulatory Adherence and Policy Management

• Coordination of regulatory adherence assessments across sub-divisions within TDI and management and review of Policies, Procedures, Key Operating Documents, Supporting Documents within TDI.
• Engage with stakeholders across TDI and other (e.g. 2nd line of defence) divisions in reviewing, assessing, and documenting the impact of regulations and planning remedial actions.
• Steer and support the publication of a consistent set of global and local Policies, Procedures, Key Operating Documents and Supporting Documents relating to Information Technology from laws, rules, and regulations.

Risk remediation and Change Risk Advisory

• Support the Head of TDI GTI Risk Management in assessing risks related to strategic changes within the GTI Organization
• Proactively monitor risk landscape shift within the industry to identify transformation project opportunities to insulate Deutsche Bank from any potential risk exposure e.g., Production design life cycle, application and infrastructure architecture and its resilience

Stakeholder Management – Identify, Partner and Collaborate

• Work with relevant stakeholders to identify and assess controls gaps related to technology risk - measure and mitigate them in a timely manner
• Align with COO Division Control Office (DCO) team and NFRM (2nd LoD) ensuring successful and consistent implementation of the established control framework.
• Promote and support proactive IT risk culture at the Bank.

People Responsibility - Identify, Develop, Retain Talent

• Develop a team of AVPs as the team size grows to deliver the risk and control mandate
• Ensure best practices are leveraged across teams, performance is closely monitored and that issues are dealt with within the team or escalated to senior management
• Establish an inclusive, open and speak up culture wherein team members are encouraged to express views and raise their concerns without fear

Your skills and experience

Desired experience

• Overall experience in similar roles for 12+ years in a Technology company or in a Banking Technology division or IT audit
• Minimum 6 years of experience as Risk and Control Lead in designing and implementation of Technology risk framework in a global organization
• Good understanding of Industry best practices such as NIST, COBIT, ITIL and ISO 27001 and ServiceNow GRC/IRM tooling.
• Deeper understanding of industry wide risk landscape and regulatory expectations
• Knowledge of Agile change delivery methodology, DevOps and Shift left concepts
• Cloud Computing Technology (GCP, AWS, Azure etc.) certifications or similar domains
• Other professional qualifications and certifications in Technology risk management

Desired behaviors

• A strong team player comfortable in a cross-cultural and diverse operating environment
• Result oriented and ability to deliver under tight timelines
• Ability to successfully resolve conflicts in a globally matrix driven organization
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Desire to learn about new and emerging technologies and continuous upskilling
• Must be comfortable with navigating ambiguity to extract meaningful risk insights

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
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

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.