Director, APAC Transaction Reporting Lead (CB IB Operations & Controls)

About the role

The Investment Bank (IB) and Corporate Bank (CB) Operations organisation delivers critical operational services and control functions for Deutsche Bank's global franchise. The Transaction Reporting function ensures the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of regulatory reporting across multiple jurisdictions. The Asia Transaction Reporting Lead is a senior regional leadership position with end-to-end accountability for Transaction Reporting across Asia Pacific, leading a team of experienced professionals and senior managers across several locations. As a member of the Global Transaction Reporting Leadership Team, the role shapes the function's future direction and offers a clear pathway into broader regional and global leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and accountability for Transaction Reporting across Asia Pacific, delivering against regulatory, operational and strategic objectives.
• Lead and develop regional leadership teams, including Vice Presidents and their organisations.
• Own reporting quality, operational performance, control effectiveness and resilience across all jurisdictions and reporting regimes.
• Represent IB and CB Operations in regional executive forums, regulatory governance committees and senior management reviews.
• Serve on the Global Transaction Reporting Leadership Team and help define global strategy and the target operating model.
• Define and execute the Asia strategy, including regulatory change, remediation, platform modernisation, automation and AI-enabled transformation.
• Lead regulatory examinations, inspections, thematic reviews, compliance testing and audit interactions.
• Partner with Technology and Change functions on strategic investments and future-state reporting solutions.
• Manage regional Vice Presidents and their teams, build talent and succession strategies, coach future leaders and lead organisational design and capability enhancement.

Required profile

• Minimum 15 years of experience in financial institutions within Corporate/Investment Banking.
• Minimum 5 years in transaction regulatory reporting.
• Experience as accountable senior manager for a critical regulatory reporting function, including regulatory attestations, breach management, remediation and executive governance reporting.
• Experience representing the Bank in industry working groups, regulatory consultations and market forums.
• Experience managing teams in Transaction Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Markets Operations or Investment Banking Operations, and engaging with regulators, auditors and control functions.
• University degree or equivalent professional qualification.

Required skills

• Transformation, process re-engineering and AI-related projects in regulatory reporting.
• Understanding of regulatory reporting frameworks, governance, risk and control environments.
• Experience leading large-scale remediation programmes, regulatory initiatives and complex change portfolios.
• Exceptional leadership, communication and executive presentation skills.

What we offer

• Flexible benefits plan including virtual doctor consultation services.
• Comprehensive leave benefits, gender-neutral parental leave and 25 days of annual paid leave plus public holidays.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Culture of continuous learning to aid progression.