Lead Technical and Functional Analyst

Job Title Lead Technical and Functional Analyst

Location London

Corporate Title Vice President

Lead Technical and Functional Analyst is responsible for owning the delivery capacity, defining the application strategy, providing the technical product vision, creating the roadmap, and driving its execution. Deutsche Bank Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple hubs and tech centers. We have a strong focus on promoting technical excellence with our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting-edge technologies. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented colleagues.

Anti-Financial-Crime (AFC) Technology provides the tools required by the Anti-financial-Crime (AFC) function. We are responsible for defining, maintaining, and enforcing an effective risk management framework to reduce the risk that Deutsche Bank may be used to facilitate financial crime. Its role includes setting minimum standards and monitoring adherence to those standards, as well as defining and implementing controls that align with Deutsche Bank’s global legal requirements.
Anti-Financial-Crime (AFC)Technology is a 1000 people organization responsible for ~€90m annual change book of work across 13 programs and the major locations are London, Frankfurt, Pune, Bucharest, and New York.

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 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

• Owning and managing the product backlog, leading the refinement process and owning the value realisation and measurement for product goals through various metrics and KPIs
• Collaborating with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to driving development of the solution, managing dependencies across teams and value streams, and to help align teams against a common vision
• Ongoing management and analysis of the product in the marketplace, definition and development of future releases and manage the business case for change initiatives
• Conducting detailed data analysis to support decision-making, validate requirements, troubleshoot issues, and define minimal viable products (MVP)
• Writing and maintaining high-quality Epics, Features and User Stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria including facilitating and contributing to backlog grooming, sprint planning and other ceremonies
• Guiding and supporting a small team, providing coaching, feedback, and task coordination

Your skills and experience

• Hands-on experience in technical and functional analysis roles preferably in financial services or banking with excellent knowledge of reference data payment, party, account etc
• Solid experience on technology concepts- data flows, APIs, data models, and software development lifecycle with experience on multi-tier platforms and the challenges presented
• Excellent experience in data analysis, product backlog management, knowledge of cloud-based platforms and hybrid technology environments
• Demonstrated ability to drive work independently in a fast-paced environment and lead junior member of team
• Working proficiency on tools like Jira, Confluence, SQL, Big-query or similar with good knowledge of data governance, data quality, and master/reference data management platforms
• Outstanding communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills

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
• 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 (e.g. 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.