Apprentice Hiring for 2026- 2027

Description

The Group Financial Reporting team is seeking an apprentice to meet its disclosure and regulatory reporting requirements. Disclosures are mandatory requirements and part of Deutsche Bank’s financial report. The incumbent will be responsible for but not limited to the end-to-end analysis, preparation, and presentation of key IFRS disclosures, ensuring the content and quality of disclosures, and coordinating the activities with all stakeholders (e.g., Senior Management, Internal & External Auditors, Regulators, Risk, Compliance, Business Finance Directors, and other relevant senior stakeholders). In addition, the incumbent shall ensure timely and accurate financial and regulatory reporting in the financial books and records of the Bank, in line with regulatory and statutory requirements. He/She will also manage the dbEAF (Engagement of Audit firms) process along with the above stated task.

Among key activities, the incumbent will be responsible for the delivery of the IFRS-13 related disclosures like Financial Instruments carried at Fair value, Transfer of financial instruments, Financial assets measured at amortized cost, financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income and dbEAF process along with ad hoc request from stakeholders/regulators.

In addition, incumbent should bring innovative ideas and work with IT team for automation of manual processes to bring in more efficiency in to the processes.

Your key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of the team’s external financial reporting activities and support the preparation of notes for Earning release, Interim/Annual report, 20-F Annual report and other related sections in accordance with relevant IFRS requirements like IFRS 9 (e.g., review, analyze and challenge disclosure data, ensure correctness and timely completion of input to Group Financials)

• Support the delivery of other reports COREP & FINREP

• Support the delivery of AC slides based on the monthly/quarterly dbEAF reports

• Support in preparation of Notes : Financial Instruments carried at Fair value (Note 13), Transfer of financial instruments (Note 20), Financial assets measured at amortized cost (Note 14), financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (Note 12) and other related reporting content and quality, as well as ensure it’s timely submission to senior management, other internal stakeholders, external auditor, and regulators

• Respond to requests from external auditors and regulators for additional documentation, clarification, and other relevant updates

• Cater to ad hoc management requirements on reporting and analysis

• Support the execution of the timely and high-quality submission of all the above-mentioned reports, and come up with ideas to automate or streamline the existing processes

• Support the execution of an effective quality audit over functional outputs

• Perform ad hoc analyses on disclosures (e.g., new regulatory requirements and updates to reporting standards) and related processes (e.g., recertification of global chart of accounts and restatements & restructuring)

• Escalate process and management issues, as required

Your skills and experience:

• IFRS/GAAP knowledge is preferred

• Strong knowledge and understanding of regulatory reporting and banking concepts

• Proficiency in business applications (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, and other MS Office products)

• Fluent English, excellent written and oral communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work calmly under pressure and maintain operation focus on required outcomes

• Flexible and proactive mindset

• Ability to work within deadlines in an accurate manner

• High self-motivation and strong teamwork spirit

• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.

• Coaching and support from experts in your team.

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.