GCOO - APAC VP

Deutsche Bank AG; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in Singapore is seeking a Finance Transformation Lead to manage regulatory reporting transformations across the Asia Pacific and Middle East-Africa regions. Candidates should possess over 10 years of experience in APAC regulatory analysis, alongside financial domain expertise in capital markets or transaction banking. The role emphasizes leadership, analytical skills, and the ability to engage various stakeholders, assuring compliance with evolving regulatory standards. The bank promotes a hybrid working environment and offers comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible benefits plan

Comprehensive leave benefits

Gender Neutral Parental Leave

25 days of annual paid leave

Continuous learning culture

Qualifications

• 10+ years interpreting APAC regulations across Financial, Risk, and Treasury.
• 6+ years' experience in capital markets, transaction banking, or wealth management.
• Strong experience in business/process requirements and functional data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Lead change for regional regulatory reporting transformations.
• Analyze regulations to guide reporting process changes.
• Engage stakeholders to ensure adoption of reporting solutions.

Skills

Interpreting APAC regulatory jurisdictions

Financial domain experience

Business process requirements writing

Programme backlog ownership

Analytical problem-solving

Leadership and decision-making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Finance or Economics

Business Analysis certification

SAFE Product Management or equivalent certification

Job description

Details of the Division and Team:

Deutsche Bank's CFO Division is central to managing the bank's financial health, strategic planning, and regulatory compliance. Within this critical division, our teams collaborate to drive efficiency, leverage data for strategic decision‑making, and execute transformative projects.

Finance Change:

Finance Change is the engine for transformation within Finance. This team is responsible for initiating, planning, and executing strategic projects – from large‑scale system implementations (like DBARRT, our Analytics & Regulatory Reporting Transformation initiative) to process re‑engineering and regulatory compliance programs. Finance Change delivers the new capabilities and operational improvements identified by FSA and mandated by strategic imperatives.

Interplay and Your Role:

Insights from Finance Strategic Analytics often identify areas for improvement or new strategic opportunities, which then become the mandate for APAC/MEA regional Finance Change projects. Simultaneously, Finance Change builds and enhances the core systems and processes that enable both FSA and GSA to perform their advanced analytics. This collaborative ecosystem ensures that our Finance division remains agile, efficient, compliant, and positioned to proactively support Deutsche Bank's global strategic objectives through data‑driven decisions and robust operational capabilities.

What we will offer you:

A healthy, engaged and well‑supported workforce is 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 center.

You can expect:

• Flexible benefits plan including virtual doctor consultation services
• Comprehensive leave benefits
• Gender Neutral Parental Leave
• Hybrid working arrangement
• 25 days of annual paid leave, plus public holiday
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

Your key responsibilities:

The Finance Transformation Lead role will be based out of Singapore in supporting the Asia Pacific, Middle East Africa (APAC/MEA) Regional initiatives for the GSA organization,

• Strategically lead change for regional regulatory reporting transformations.
• Analyze regional regulations to guide reporting process changes.
• Engage diverse regional stakeholders to ensure reporting solution adoption.
• Improve data quality and governance for accurate regulatory submissions.
• Ensure regional teams adopt new regulatory reporting systems and processes.
• Identify and resolve risks in regional regulatory reporting projects.

Your skills and experience:

• Minimum 10 years of strong working experience in interpreting multiple end‑to‑end APAC regulatory jurisdictions (such as MAS, FSA, BNM, BOK, etc.) across Financial, Risk and Treasury Regulatory reporting.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in the financial domain including capital markets or transaction banking or wealth management with specialization in functional data modeling and/or related support functions.
• Proven experience in writing end‑to‑end business/process requirements and strong knowledge of methods and tooling for the Business Functional Analysis Profession.
• Experience owning programme backlogs, driving programme increments and release content via prioritized features and establishing feature acceptance criteria.
• Advanced analytical and problem‑solving experience and ability to independently identify issues, introduce new concepts, provide innovative insights/solutions, and oversee the delivery.
• Self‑motivated and flexibility to work autonomously coupled with ability to work in virtual teams and matrix/global organizations including appreciation of different cultures during collaborating and sharing.
• Strong leadership and ability to advance decisions and escalations.

Education/Certification:

• Minimum a Bachelor degree in either Business Finance or Economics or equivalent
• Business Analysis certification (and/or relevant work experience)
• SAFE Product Management or equivalent certification

About us and our teams:

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network.

Deutsche Bank & Diversity:

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.