Operational Risk Management (ORM) - Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Specialist, AVP

Overview

Support the integration and ongoing risk management of ESG and Reputational Risk within Deutsche Bank's Operational Risk Management framework, as part of the Second Line of Defence ORM team in Mumbai.

What you'll do

• Support the continued integration of ESG into the Bank's operational risk control frameworks, including scenarios, the thematic approach with controls and metrics, and contextual data.
• Develop and monitor the Operational Risk framework related to ESG.
• Own the associated ESG and reputational risk policy documents.
• Drive policy adherence across the ESG and reputational risk space.
• Prepare associated ESG and risk reporting.
• Set minimum control and governance standards across ESG and reputational risk.
• Work with the Reputational Risk and ESG team, and respective ORM ESG leads, on changes to the frameworks, and with the Mumbai team on framework adherence and reporting.
• Support Reputational Risk activities, including framework enhancements, governance and reporting, and coordination of policy adherence and issue remediation.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders across businesses and control functions.
• Support ESG change-the-bank projects.
• Support responses to Audit and Regulatory queries across the ORM ESG and reputational risk landscape, and close associated Audit and regulatory findings relating to ESG and reputational risk frameworks.

What you'll need

• 5 to 8 years' experience in the financial sector with similar analysis and risk roles in the operational risk space.
• Demonstrable experience in an ESG-related risk and controls focused role in the financial sector.
• Strong knowledge of key regulations related to ESG (CSRD, CSDDD, EU Taxonomy etc) and experience in implementation requirements.
• Excellent senior stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build constructive partnerships with diverse stakeholders and challenge where required.
• Strong people management skills, including the ability to coach and develop colleagues, delegate effectively and coordinate delivery across geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to work across a diverse group of stakeholders within a complex organisation and quickly develop strong working relationships with a broad range of functions.
• Demonstrated ability to convey complex ideas clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, to diverse audiences, including stakeholders, teams and senior management.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

Nice to have

• Operational risk experience and knowledge, particularly from a framework, risk and controls perspective.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Corporate title: Assistant Vice President.