Welcome to the team: Department Head Group Audit – Banking (m/f/diverse)
Your tasks
- You assume disciplinary and professional leadership of a newly established team of audit specialists with different levels of seniority.
- You actively build up the department, including team structure, processes, and audit methodologies, in close alignment with Group Audit standards, methodologies, and quality expectations.
- You serve as the primary point of coordination for Banking-related audit topics between the local Sofia team and Group Audit, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and information flows.
- You are responsible for the end-to-end delivery of internal audits across key banking topics such as Finance & Accounting, Credit Risk, Model Risk Management, Trade Finance, and Compliance Risk Management.
- You ensure effective planning, execution, and reporting alignment with Group Audit for cross-location audits and group-wide audit initiatives.
- Together with your team, you prepare clear, well-founded audit reports for senior management and the Board and coordinate key messages, assessments, and conclusions with Group Audit where required.
- You support the consistent application of audit methodology, assessment standards, and rating logic across locations and contribute to continuous improvements within Group Audit.
- You act as a trusted sparring partner for senior management of the audited units as well as for senior representatives of Group Audit, supporting the bank in strengthening its control and risk management framework.
- You foster talent development and continuous learning within your team and actively promote cross-location and cross-functional cooperation within Group Audit.
Your profile
- University degree (Master’s level preferred) in Business Administration, Finance, Banking, Economics, or a comparable qualification.
- Several years of professional and leadership experience, ideally within internal audit, external audit, risk management, or a financial institution.
- Strong expertise in at least several of the following areas: Finance & Accounting, Credit Risk, Model Risk Management, Trade Finance, Compliance / Non-Financial Risk Management.
- Solid understanding of regulatory and supervisory requirements applicable to banks.
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills, with the ability to understand and assess complex processes in a group-wide context.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly in an international and cross-location environment.
- Leadership personality with empathy, initiative, and the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic build-up and matrix environment.
- Very good English skills (written and spoken); German is an asset but not required.
- Open for business trips to Germany and our Commerzbank international branches.
In return, we offer:
- Good work-life balance, including 25 days annual paid leave (increasing with 1 day per year up to 31 in total), flexible working hours, work-from-home and work from abroad opportunities;
- Luxury package of additional health and dental insurance;
- Food vouchers in the amount of EUR 80 monthly;
- 6 additional annual days off for exceptional circumstances
- Employee assistance program for psychological, financial and legal consultations;
- Multisport card;
- Annual contribution of EUR 153.39 net per child for a summer camp/school/kindergarten for children up to age of 15;
- Possibilities for building career-advancing skills by covering training/certification courses and conferences based on individual learning and development needs, access to an online learning platform;
- Opportunities for long-term professional development in a stable, 150-year-old company while contributing to the vision of a new, just starting Digital Technology Center;
- Friendly and supportive multicultural environment, open to new opinions and ideas.
Commerzbank is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, or any other characteristics.
Our Benefits
Work internationally; Work-life balance; Health& Dental Insurance; Multisport Card; 25 up to 31 annual paid leave; 6 Exceptional Days Off; Food vouchers; Employee assistance program; Children Summer Camp Contribution; Learning Platforms
The company
Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so are we. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and we are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise.
As part of this strategy, Commerzbank continues the expansion of its Digital Technology Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. We need motivated people who will join us on this journey and we are looking for a Department Head Group Audit – Banking in our Group Audit team.
As Department Head Group Audit – Banking , you will be responsible for building and leading a newly established audit department in Sofia. Your team will consist of audit specialists covering a broad range of banking-related risk areas, including Finance & Accounting, Credit Risk, Model Risk Management, Trade Finance, and Compliance Risk Management.
In this role, you will act as a key interface between the local Audit – Banking team in Sofia and Group Audit, ensuring consistent audit coverage, methodological alignment, and effective collaboration across locations. You will actively contribute to the Group Audit strategy while ensuring high-quality, risk-oriented execution at local level.
Contact
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