Financial Risk & Resource Manager, AVP

Deutsche Bank's Corporate Bank (CB) is a market leader in Cash Management, Trade Finance & Lending and Trust & Security Services (TSS).

TSS brings together capabilities in Securities Services (SeS) and Trust and Agency Services (TAS); creating a unified business providing custody, clearing, settlement and fund services to global custodians, broker dealers, and prime brokers as well as buy-side firms and other institutional clients through SeS.

As well as supporting structures from the simplest to the most complex, covering Asset Backed Securities, CLOs and Managed accounts, Corporate Debt, Escrows, Project Finance, Loan Agency and Depositary Receipts through TAS. The candidate will join an existing team based out of India and London.

This role forms part of the TSS Financial Risk and Resource Management team, sitting in the TSS business, the team is responsible for Balance Sheet/liquidity/financial risk management, pricing & structuring support and business development.

As a key member of the team you will be responsible for monitoring and forecasting balances, ongoing pricing support for new and existing deposits, contributing to the liquidity modelling & front office credit oversight - providing a first line of defense.

The successful candidate will also support decision-making and approvals around risks and preparation of key risk documentation and reports.

The role will also give opportunity to consult and work with TSS businesses around the globe and face off to stakeholders in Finance, Risk and Treasury.

Your key responsibilities

• Monitoring, management and mitigation of financial risks from client exposure in TSS across markets, including, but not limited to:
• Real time risk management reviewing counterparty credit exposures and investigate/validate any limit breaches. Management of breaches, including escalation and ad hoc limits increase.
• Review, right sizing and management of TSS CRM limits in close co-ordination with CRM and business colleagues.
• Advising business / sales on risk questions and queries on new deals, products and policies
• Overdrafts investigations and reporting
• Risk oversight over RWA numbers, reasons and steps to optimize the same.
• Periodic stress testing, client activity review etc.
• Risk MIS and reporting
• Review of processes and systems from risk management perspective
• UAT and simulation testing
• Oversight of TAS Balance Sheet reporting, financial risk MIS & financial risk controls. Track & manage to limits. Support regular financial risk and resource management MIS and presentations to senior management.
• Responding to client/ systemic credit events in timely manner and communicating impact / risk assessment and recommendations.

Your skills and experience

• Preferably 7+ years experience in Balance Sheet and risk management in a top tier financial institution either in the Front Office, Risk, Treasury or Finance functions.
• A good understanding of the changing regulatory environment impacting financial services firms Balance Sheet both from a capital and liquidity perspective.
• Understanding of custody products/markets preferred
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to organize and summarize data
• Strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Proficient in the use of advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification. Desired background: MBA / Finance / CA / CFA
• An eye for detail, identify data discrepancies and exceptional problem-solving skills