Finance Apprentice

About DWS

DWS, publicly listed asset management division of Deutsche Bank, is one of the world's leading investment management organizations with almost 1 trillion of assets under management. DWS provides flexible products and solutions to a wide range of investment opportunities across all asset classes from pooled funds to highly customized portfolios for a wide range of investors and offers individuals and institutions traditional and alternative investments across all major asset classes.

About DWS India Pvt. Ltd.

DWS India (P) Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (part of Deutsche Bank Group). Our teams in Mumbai focuses on Research & Analytics, Portfolio Management Support, Business Management Support, etc. across all divisions of DWS Group.

Your key responsibilities

• Support research process in evaluation of demand, negotiation with vendor, contracting, invoicing, payments.
• Maintain DWS approved list of research providers on internal payment portal.
• Onboard new research providers/vendors as required in dbBuyer.
• Maintain updated contact details of all relevant counterparties and communicate regularly as needed.
• Raise Purchase Orders (POs) on internal portal based on data provided by Asset Management
• Reconcile incoming PO invoices.
• Track and monitor POs raised vs. invoices submitted by external vendors.
• Perform service receipt notification.
• Support vendors with their invoice submission related queries.
• Maintain coordination between payments teams and vendors for smooth payment release.
• Maintain close contact with other DWS Legal entities staff as budget owner.
• Provide dbBuyer Reporting (run, download and prepare predefined reports in dbBuyer. Manage /maintain S&P Global data relating to research valuation process as input for budgeting/payments.
• Raise Contract Workspace ID and upload agreements in dbBuyer.
• Perform new vendor's Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) assessment in cooperation with TPM team.
• Support DWS strategic initiatives as ESG integration (Environment / Social / Governance) and digitisation.
• Continuously seeks to improve team performance
• Observes areas requiring monitoring, reporting and improvement

Your skills and experience

• Commerce graduate with strong academic background.
• Organized with very high level of attention to work thoroughly, focussing on detail and data accuracy.
• Strong English communication skills (Oral and Written). Capability to interact successfully in a virtual, multi-vendor and multi-cultural environment.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
• Ability to independently pursue individual tasks to full completion and independently contact staff as needed.
• Flexible to support in various other business management functions as may be desired by the group.
• Ability to work independently and as part of the team.
• Capability to interact successfully in a virtual, multi-vendor and multi-cultural environment.
• Good coordinating skills (seeing the bigger picture)
• Flexible working

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.

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