Divisional Risk and Control Specialist

Job Description

Job Title: Divisional Risk and Control SpecialistLocation: Pune, IndiaRole Description:The 1st line Tech Risk, Insights and controls function at Deutsche sits within the Chief Technology Office (CTO) for Deutsche Bank Group. CTO has the largest footprint within the Technology, Data and Innovation division and is joined by other business-alignedCIO IT divisions. The Tech Risk, Insights 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 Banks 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 servicesfor transformational change programs undertaken by or impacting CTO. You will liaise with other risk and control functions, on a management level to assure the integration of risk initiatives and projects. This role will report to the Head of Control Assessment and Change risk Advisory and ultimately to the Global Head of Risks, Insights and Controls. What well offer youAs part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that youll 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 Management - Design, Control & Govern

• Design, manage and maintain the control strategy and framework with related governance across Technology platform and ensure it reflects the changing regulatory landscape and bank wide minimum control standard requirements
• 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
• Develop measures and review overall control design effectiveness and its applicability on a consistent basis and if needed, modify and or eliminate unwarranted controls
• 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
• Responsible for coordinating the overall control framework and coordination with Divisional Control and Regulatory Office (DCRO) for their independent testing
• Be a catalyst and an enabler to the global leadership for achieving the objectives in line with changing regulatory and industry operating landscape and reducing risk against overall technology operations portfolio
• Ensure management transparency by way of timely risk reporting and proactive engagement and representing controls team at different governing forums

Change risk advisory and Remediation

• Provide technology risk expertise related to strategic changes within the CTO 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 andits resilience
• Responsible for the closure of action plans for any findings owned by the Risk, Insights and Controls function

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 global Integrated Controls Framework (ICF) team within DCRO team ensuring successful and consistent implementation of the established control framework
• Partner with 2nd LoD, NFRM (Non-Financial Risk Management) to ensure alignment towards Group wide minimum control standards
• Collaborate closely and proactively with Group Audit team enabling CTO to manage the overall risk and audit lifecycle
• 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 experienceDesired experience

• Overall experience in similar roles for 5-8 years in a Technology company or in a Banking Technology division or IT audit
• Minimum 5 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
• 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 well 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 progressionA range of flexibl