Assistant Vice President – Global Valuation Group recruitment
Global Valuation Group Overview (GVG)
The GVG team independently values assets and financial derivatives that the bank holds globally. This function requires specialized knowledge on different financial products such as bonds, options, credit derivatives, interest rate derivatives etc. Furthermore, it requires strong quantitative skills which need to be used in conjunction with knowledge of models, markets and specific products to come up with opinions on the valuation of such assets. It also requires extensive communication with onshore trading desks and other finance groups.
GVG is currently located across centers in New York, London and to a small extent Singapore. Mumbai is in a build out phase and will become the main GVG center in due course of time. The group is currently split into three asset classes: Rates/FX/Commodities, Global Credit and Global Equities. The Global Valuation Group takes only the most qualified and exceptional candidates looking for a challenging career, which will propel the individuals' professional progression making them one of the most hireable candidates in the market.
The GVG group in Deutsche is one of the first such groups in Mumbai and there are very few if any multinational banks that have done the same thing of now. Hence, it is our challenge to find bright, inquisitive, analytical minds who want to potentially build a career in valuations. We are also looking for people who are quick learners and who have a true passion for the valuation space.
Role Responsibilities:
Business coverage in one or more of the following areas: Global Credit, Rates, Equities, GFFX or Commodities for Deutsche Bank North America, EMEA or APAC portfolio.
Products coverage required:
Credit: Flow, Securitization and Correlation, Emerging Markets
Equities: Cash and Derivatives
Rates: Interest Rate Derivatives, Treasuries and Money Market Derivatives, Municipal Derivatives, Residential MBS’s, Emerging Markets.
Commodities: Power, Energy (Oil/Natural Gas), Metals, Agriculture Physical and Financial Products/Derivatives
- Working as part of a specialist global valuation team of European Investment Bank – the successful candidate will oversee and perform monthly/daily independent price verifications (IPV) on financial products, investigate drivers for variance, perform due diligence for reliability of price date from multiple sources such as Bloomberg, Markit, Lombard, Reuters, CME and other vendors/industry bodies
- Be involved in the development of methodologies to value new products or improve valuation methods of existing products
- Be involved in reserving policy/methodology related to liquidity, model uncertainty, etc. and will be required to suggest Fair Value Adjustments in case of IPV variances.
- Will need to be able to present, communicate and debate/defend IPV and reserve opinions to management and trading desk
- Be able to communicate on a technical level with quants, model review personell, Market and Credit Risk managers.
- Work with IT resources to develop solutions to optimize the efficiency of processes
- Become proficient with proprietary Derivative pricing software/tools used in the Bank.
Manager Responsibilities:
- Help to build out the Mumbai Valuation group and upgrade the skill level of the personnel
- Supervise the team and establish a control framework to ensure quality deliverables are produced on time for onshore clients’ review
- Build strong team performance resiliency, ensuring cross-training and back-ups are in place.
- Review team tasks processes on regular basis and contribute to process automation and re-engineering initiatives.
- Build maintain strong client relationships, report and discuss team performance with clients.
- Handle team conflicts, time management, discipline and general work ethic issues within the team.
- Manage the PMO cycle
- Manage the mobility of people across roles, succession planning etc.