Strategic Remediation and Control Office, Quality Assurance Director

Australian Investors Association; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Quality Assurance Director to lead strategic remediation efforts within their transformation office. This pivotal role involves overseeing quality assurance processes, managing a team, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to enhance operational effectiveness. You will drive improvements that align with regulatory expectations, ensuring the firm meets its strategic objectives. With a commitment to employee wellbeing and development, this opportunity offers a supportive environment where your contributions will significantly impact the organization’s success. If you are passionate about risk management and quality assurance, this role could be your next career milestone.

Benefits

Hybrid Working Model

Competitive Salary

Non-contributory Pension

30 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Flexible Benefits

Volunteering Leave

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in economics or business required.
• Experience in financial services and risk management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality review processes and ensure effective risk management.
• Directly manage a team and mentor/coaching experience required.

Skills

Risk Management

Financial Crime and Sanctions Risk

Data Management

Executive Messaging

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Economics or Business

Post-graduate Qualification (CIA, CMIIA, CAMS)

Job description

Strategic Remediation and Control Office, Quality Assurance Director

Job ID: R0365274 Full/Part-Time: Full-time Regular/Temporary: Regular Listed: 2025-01-31 Location: London

Position Overview

Job Title: Strategic Remediation and Control Office, Quality Assurance Director

Location: London

Corporate Title: Director

This role sits within the Strategic Remediation and Control Office (SRCO), which leads Transformation and Remediation at Deutsche Bank. SRCO is responsible for the oversight of programs which contribute to the uplift of the firm’s capabilities across multiple lines of defense working in partnership with global Businesses, Risk, Compliance, Technology, and Audit to ensure alignment of the portfolio of projects remains within groupwide strategic priorities and are successfully implemented to achieve the intended benefit and outcomes.

Joining this team will give you the opportunity to be at the heart of the Bank’s transformation, driving improvements front-to-back, building relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders, delivering tangible value, and meeting regulatory expectations positioning the firm for ongoing success.

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.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working 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

• Direct elements of the outcome quality review process through review and challenge of regulatory responses in partnership with Senior Stakeholders and Program Leads, ensuring quality of planning, execution and risk management practices and quality assurance of delivery are applied.
• Identify issues impacting business and operations under review, challenging management to ensure appropriate remedial actions are taken.
• Execute against a global framework for enhanced review and questioning of remediation delivery and outcomes, including testing capability aligned to regulatory expectations and criteria for scope of application.
• Directly manage a team. Proven experience in mentoring/coaching teams required.
• Effectively communicate, collaborate and positively influence diverse stakeholders and team members.

Your skills and experience

• Educated to Bachelor’s degree or above or equivalent qualification/work experience, preferably with a focus on economics, or business or equivalent experience.
• Ideally have completed a recognised relevant post-graduate qualification (such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Member, Institute of Internal Auditors (CMIIA), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)).
• Extensive experience in the financial services industry, within Third Line Internal Audit or Second Line Risk or Compliance Monitoring.
• Strong financial crime and sanctions risk and control mindset; data management experience is a plus.
• Experience in executive messaging, reporting and communications related to large scale (cross divisional/multiple geographies) regulatory programs.
• Significant experience in risk management, effectively identifying and assessing risks within a portfolio along with developing and implementing sustainable mitigating actions.

How we’ll support you

• 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.
• 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 (for example, screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards).

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 in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five 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.

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.