Dbcm Controls Avp

**Associate/AVP- Group Planning & Performance Management**

**Group Planning & Performance Management**

Group Planning & Performance Management (PPM) plays a key role in setting Deutsche Bank’s strategic direction and translating the vision into financial plans and outcomes.

The high-calibre team of approx. 50 professionals with a variety of backgrounds reports directly into the Group Chief Financial Officer. It primarily operates in Frankfurt, London and Mumbai

The scope of the work covers Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) including setting financial targets and developing a fully-integrated Group plan, simulating the bank’s performance under different conditions and deriving strategic options. The team is also responsible for Group financial performance updates and projections to the Management Board (MB) and helps to inform and facilitate decision-making including mitigating actions, should performance deviate, or be projected to deviate from plan. PPM monitors and challenges performance of the Divisions and Infrastructure functions via monthly Performance Review Meetings with the respective business / functional heads, thereby holding management accountable for their commitments. Furthermore, PPM is driving key strategic projects for the CFO function including establishing a state-of-the-art financial planning tool, introducing balanced scorecards across the bank and establishing a driver based cost allocations process to facilitate better performance management and delivery of the bank’s externally communicated targets.

Leaders of the team are represented in important group-wide committees such as the Group Investment Committee, Group Initiatives Oversight Committee, Group Risk Committee, and the Senior Executive Compensation Committee.

Thanks to the breath of the topics and the linkages across the entire organisation, team members get a comprehensive understanding of the bank, work on topics of critical importance, experience a steep learning curve and build a strong network. PPM strongly supports career development and has a strong track record of promoting talent within the team and placing them in leadership roles across different areas of the bank.

**Job description**

PPM is currently hiring for an AVP/Associate role for the Driver Based Cost Management (DBCM) team. The Driver Based Cost Management programme is mandated by the MB to redesign, simplify and automate DB’s segment and legal entity allocations processes. Streamlined allocations processes will increase infrastructure cost transparency, enable cost management through identification of process efficiency improvements, and demand reduction opportunities.

**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)
- Flexible working arrangements
- 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

**Primary responsibilities / tasks**:
The team is organized in three main pillars supported by robust IT tools developed in partnership with Finance IT. The Associate / AVP will support the pillar leads to deliver on their primary responsibilities as follows

Methodology and Modelling

Defining business requirements for charge out tool and test implementation (in close cooperation with Finance IT)

Performing cost charge out model runs and data analytics

Liaising with other Finance areas to execute cost charge out bookings

Data Capture and Reporting

Defining standards and processes for DBCM data creation and maintenance

Designing and creating static and dynamic reporting tools to facilitate planning and regular performance management of infrastructure costs

Partnering with Finance IT to design and develop data capture and reporting tools

Cost Analytics

Analysing DBCM data to identify cost opportunities

Facilitating interlocks and other business interactions

Liaising with Chief Transformation Office on implementation of ideas raised

**You will have**:

- Bachelors degree or above with excellent academic track record
- 5 and above years of relevant work experience in banking industry or financial consulting
- Excellent analytical skills to understand financial concepts and solve problems
- Good understanding of relevant financial and accounting concepts and KPIs including P&L, balance sheet, capital and liquidity
- Initial experience and strong desire to advance in financial modelling (Excel) and FP&A work (Finance systems (e.g., SAP) knowledge an additional plus)
- Previous exposure to preparing and delivering presentations (PowerPoint)
- Ability to work at the highest quality level under time pressur