Global Team Head, Energy Trading Credit Risk Management

Job Title Global Team Head, Energy Trading Credit Risk Management

Location London

Corporate Title Director

Join Deutsche Bank as Global Team Head, Energy Trading Credit Risk Management and take a central role in shaping credit risk oversight for our expanding energy trading business. You will oversee a newly established global team responsible for credit exposure across oil, natural gas, emissions, United Kingdom power and United States power markets, helping to define risk appetite, establish governance frameworks and support sustainable business growth. Working together with Front Office, Market Risk, Legal and senior Credit Risk Management partners, you will provide trusted guidance on complex transactions, portfolio risks and emerging market developments. This is an opportunity to build a connected, inclusive and specialist global team while contributing to a business area that is growing in both scale and strategic importance.

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

• Shape and oversee credit risk appetite for the energy trading portfolio, ensuring alignment with Deutsche Bank's wider risk framework and regulatory expectations

• Establish and maintain policies, procedures and risk management frameworks that support responsible growth across the energy trading business

• Steer the energy trading portfolio, providing strategic insights from financial/market, regulatory and macro developments and identifying emerging trends and concentration risks

• Review due diligence assessments, counterparty profiles and transaction request materials across oil, natural gas, emissions, United Kingdom power and United States power markets

• Evaluate transaction structures and documentation terms, proposing appropriate risk-mitigation approaches, setting counterparty credit limits and ratings, and providing approvals, declines or recommendations for larger exposures

• Oversee the full credit lifecycle, including onboarding, limit setting, exposure monitoring, portfolio reviews, early warning indicators and concentration risk assessment. Guide and support a global team of Risk Officers, driving continuous improvement in processes, analytics, and reporting capabilities and supporting digitalization or AI initiatives in this area, working together with business partners, regulators and senior stakeholders

Your skills and experience

• Extensive energy trading credit assessment experience, supported by a strong understanding of physical and derivative energy markets

• Proven expertise in derivatives transaction structuring, financial modelling, forecasting and credit risk evaluation

• Skilled in guiding and supporting specialist risk teams within a complex financial services environment, with an inclusive and collaborative approach

• Strong understanding of energy market fundamentals, risk drivers, regulatory developments and portfolio management practices

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to share complex financial concepts clearly and build trusted relationships

• Experience managing multiple strategic priorities while maintaining a structured, responsive and considered approach to risk oversight

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• 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 be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss.

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.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.