Principal Auditor - Origination and Advisory, Sales, and Structuring

Deutsche Bank; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Birmingham is looking for a Principal Auditor to join their Investment Banking audit team. This role involves executing operational audits, planning, and drafting audit findings. The ideal candidate will have a degree or equivalent, audit experience in Financial Services, and effective communication skills. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and a supportive work environment focused on personal development and wellbeing.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Life Assurance and Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits including Retail Discounts

2 days' volunteering leave per year

Qualifications

• Audit experience focusing on Financial Services and Investment Banking.
• Good understanding of auditing standards and concepts.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and orally.

Responsibilities

• Execute operational audit work and contribute to audit delivery.
• Plan audits, identifying risks and controls.
• Draft audit findings for management review.
• Review action plans from stakeholders.
• Complete audit work within agreed budgets.

Skills

Audit experience in public accounting

Effective communication skills

Good planning and presentation skills

Education

Degree or equivalent work experience

Risk or Accounting professional qualification (e.g. CPA, ACA, FRM, CIA)

Job description

Job Title: Principal Auditor - Origination and Advisory, Sales, and Structuring

Location: Birmingham

Corporate Title

Assistant Vice President

Group Audit serves as Deutsche Bank's independent Third Line of Defence, proactively assisting the bank's business and infrastructure areas to identify control weaknesses. Comprising around 800 staff, our global connectivity provides a stimulating environment and the opportunity to collaborate, network and share knowledge with colleagues and specialists around the world. You will work in the Investment Banking audit team, who are responsible for the timely delivery of high-quality, value added audit reports for a global portfolio of Investment Banking Risk related activities, which meet the requirements of the Deutsche Bank Board and of respective regulators.

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.

• 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

• Takes responsibility for execution of day-to-day operational audit work and contribute to the delivery of audits.
• Plan audits e.g., documenting activity flows of the processes to be reviewed, identify risks and the key actual controls in place to mitigate the identified risks and attend meetings with internal stakeholders as and when required.
• Draft high quality audit findings for review by audit management, facilitate issue tracking, validate the closure of issues and approve closure of Important issues.
• Review and provide opinions on action plans provided by stakeholders.
• Complete all assigned audit work in line with agreed budgets, including ad hoc projects.

Your skills and experience

• A degree (or equivalent) or equivalent work experience.
• A professional/industry recognised Risk or Accounting professional qualification e.g. CPA, ACA, FRM, CIA would be an advantage.
• Audit experience in public accounting (risk advisory / consulting) or internal audit, focusing on Financial Services – Investment Banking.
• Good knowledge of auditing standards and concepts.
• Effective communication skills – communicating with clarity, both orally and in writing, in a logical order and structured approach.
• Good planning and presentation skills.

How we'll support you

• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• 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)

Please note the expected salary for some roles may be below the minimum level requirements to support candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK. Should you already have a Skilled Worker visa and are identified for a role, we can discuss and support you with the process.

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 The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 for six 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.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [e-mail] to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively, you can share your phone number, and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

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.