Overview

Taiwan Country Management is seeking a business manager to support the country management responsibilities. This role would require a dynamic person with good organisational skills.  

The successful candidate should have a strategic understanding of business, risk and infrastructure issues as well as good insight into policy, reputation and operational matters.

Responsibilities

The Position Holder is accountable for managing the operations of Taiwan. This includes in particular the following tasks:

Governance:

• Establishes and maintains a documented proper governance framework on TW level to enable local management (CEOs and COOs/ BMs) to balance the different interests of DB Group’s matrix organisation (business divisions/ infrastructure functions (Units), legal entities and branches, and countries or specific regions under the administration of a given country).
• Exercises his/ her veto (together with the Co-COO Developed Asia (ex-Australia)) on matters that run counter local interests, including internal/external rules and regulations, with focus on the coordination of local infrastructure heads and local COOs/ BMs of Units in order to identify and resolve governance, control and operational challenges.
• Challenges Local Entities (legal entities and branches) and Units locally to ensure that an effective control and governance environment is in place in order to adhere with internal/external rules and regulations.
• Serves as a local escalation point for the COOs/ BMs of Units and infrastructure heads escalating, via the Co-COO Developed Asia (ex-Australia) to the Regional CEO, ultimately to the Management Board of DB AG.
• Ensures the consistent and compliant application of governance requirements in Taiwan, manages any periodic assessments in the location and facilitates similar assessments by Group Audit or other external evaluators if any.
• Provides leadership and takes ultimate decisions during a crisis as Crisis Manager in line with Crisis Management Standards.
• Is involved in major outsourcing decisions with the right to suspend any actions or change the terms thereof.
• Interacts with main local stakeholders (especially regulators), supporting the TW CEO and is generally the most senior interface to workers’ councils (if applicable), associations and unions in the location.
• Works with Local Entities and Units to define MI to enable Co-COO Developed Asia (ex-Australia), Regional CEO/COO and local management to challenge DB Group's operations in TW effectively (at minimum as laid out in Country Management Involvement Model), escalates if required MI is not made available.

Strategy and Client Servicing:

• Promotes DB Group’s brand in Taiwan.
• Ensures proper sign-off of new products (via NPA process), new transaction (via NTA process) and the establishment and liquidation of Legal Entities (via LEAP process) for matters concerning TW nexus as delegated by the Co-COO Developed Asia (ex-Australia) and TW CEO.
• Challenges the implementation of unit-level/global strategies and initiatives as well as ensuring consistency with internal and external requirements guarding adherence to (local) laws and regulations, as delegated by the Co-COO Developed Asia (ex-Australia) and TW CEO.
• Supports local Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in coordination with regional and/or central CSR.

People and Performance Management:

• Is involved in DB Group’s Appointment & Release process for Local Management positions.
• Involved in hiring and release decisions for local heads of infrastructure line functions and local COOs/ BMs of Units, where applicable and in line with regulatory requirements.
• Provides input to the Co-COO Developed Asia (ex-Australia) and TW CEO for the total performance process for local Heads of infrastructure line functions and local COOs/ BMs of Units, where applicable and in line with regulatory requirements.

General :

• Ensures that effective and adequate control mechanisms are in place towards the identification, assessment and management of risks.
• Represents TW towards internal/ external stakeholders; maintains and fosters internal and external key (business) relationships.
• Ensures regular involvement and information flow on the resolution of significant internal and external regulatory audit findings within TW.
• Drives collaboration and trust-based relationships across Units within TW.
• Supports and contributes to divisional, cross-divisional and global initiatives.
• Brings diverse teams together to collaborate on topics to achieve optimal ideas and recommendations.
• Creates an inclusive, open and speak up culture where team members are encouraged to express views and raise concerns.
• Sets clear direction for the team in line with overall business strategy and evolving regulatory expectations.
• Manages performance systemically by setting qualitative and quantitative goals, promoting individual accountability and removing impediments to success.
• Communicates specific and measurable business driven objectives at the beginning of the year, ensuring every team member has regular, continuous and constructive performance discussions.
• Empowers, manages and coaches direct reports and others in the organization and holds their teams accountable for strong people, system and control management practices.
• Ensures each direct report has sufficient time and skills to perform the correspondent role and proactively manages and mitigates potential conflicts of interests.
• Proactively manages performance and people issues to ensure alignment with the Bank's goals, values and code of conduct.
• Builds capability for competitive advantage by driving succession planning, prioritizing continuous development of people and fast tracking the mobility of high potentials within the team.
• Brings diverse teams together to collaborate on topics in order to achieve optimal ideas and recommendations.
• Creates an open and inclusive culture where team members are encouraged to offer and challenge ideas and practices.
• Acts as an escalation channel for the Group's benefit by ensuring matters are referred to the appropriate function within the Bank (i.e. HR, Compliance, AFC, Legal).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree/professional qualification 

Experience:  

• >10 years of professional experience in banks and/or financial institutions, including foreign bank branch in Taiwan.
• In-depth knowledge of financial products, operational processes and risk management in Corporate Bank or Investment Bank setup.
• Experience in supporting senior management, managing people and managing complex projects

Skills :

• Good analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to interact with senior management and regulators.
• Commercial orientation.
• Fluency in oral and written Chinese and English.
• Strong interpersonal and networking skills.
• Broad product and business knowledge.
• Competency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

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.