Head of Financial Institutions (all genders)

Job Overview

• Immediate start
• EURES flag This EURES flag means that the employer is particularly interested in recruiting workers from other European countries

Working languages: German
Job sector: Other monetary intermediation
Work schedule: Full-time
Contract type: Contract to hire

• Direct hire: "Hired directly by the employer, without any external staffing"
• Temporary: "Position only for a certain period"
• Temporary to hire: "Position starting as a temporary job, with the option of a permanent job"
• Contract to hire: "Position starting as a contract job, with the option of a permanent job"
• Contract: "Contract hire"
• Internship: "Work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time"
• Apprenticeship: "Combines job training with academic education"
• Seasonal: "Temporary and short-term job"
• On call: "Position on an "as needed" basis"
• Recruitment reserve: "Candidate is on the waiting list for the job vacancy"
• Self-employed: "Person pursuing a gainful activity for their own account, under the conditions laid down by national law"
• Volunteer: "Volunteer work"

Occupation: Product Manager
Number of posts: 1 This job vacancy offers one or more positions of the same type

Date: 21/1/2025

Job Details

Working with us means believing in the future; i 1 Head of Financial Institutions (all genders) Location: Wien
Working hours: Full-time
Occupational Area: Financial Markets
Company: Erste Group Bank AG

Your Tasks:
- Leading a very experienced Relationship Management and FI Product Sales Team with matrix management responsibility for local FI Teams in CEE.
- Assuming group-wide responsibility for the business with all FI clients (across all product areas) - Business steering but also First Line of Defense for any credit and NFR risks and the preparation of the yearly FI Business and Risk Strategy.
- Being accountable for optimising and steering overall FI client profitability as well as to compile and monitor KPI budget targets from interbank commercial FI product sales (cash, accounts, trade, guarantees, loans and other credit).
- Assuming responsibility for the entire bank credit limit management process (portfolio optimisation, applications, allocations to products and entities and process development).
- Defining the parameters and managing the maintenance of our international correspondent banking network.
- Interfacing with Treasury Trading, DCM, ALM, Group TB/TF Sales, Loan/TF Product Management, Legal, and Banking Services in the Holding and CEE banks and other international presences (primarily HK branch) involved in FI business as well as Credit Risk Management, Corr Banking Compliance, ROCC and ESG offices.
- Building personal relationships with domestic and international top priority clients and participating in any business dialogues - bilateral meetings, business trips, conferences.
- Participating and contributing to projects related to FIs (business strategies, infrastructure, regulatory, product development).

Your Background:
- University degree in business administration / economics / law or equivalent education.
- Long-term experience in FI or international business, transaction banking or large corporate business.
- In-depth knowledge in all interbank commercial products, good knowledge in treasury and capital markets products, strong understanding of credit (countries and FI) and non-financial risks.
- Strong customer orientation, communication and presentation skills, strategic thinking, experience in leading diverse teams.
- Preparedness to travel and flexibility in working hours.
- MS Office, KDB/Cockpit, Ralfi, RICOS, PAM Reporting and other standard apps.
- English and German according to the requirements, other CEE languages are of advantage.

Our Offer:
- Leading a committed team in a divisionalized business area with interesting and challenging tasks within an international environment with a broad product and market range.
- As Head of FI you have overall client and interbank commercial product P&L, and deep involvement in various topics related to this client group.
- Co-operation with various departments and levels within Erste Group e.g. Trading, Capital Markets, Group Transaction Banking, Back Office and Mid Office, Erste Digital, Risk Management and Compliance.
- Discover and enjoy the benefits of Erste Group.
- The minimum wage for this full-time position in accordance with the collective agreement with complete fulfillment of the functional profile is EUR 53.569, gross per year. But this is just a formality - we would be happy to talk about your actual salary in person!
- We offer our employees the opportunity to divide their hours between working from home and at the office.
- We consider the diversity of our employees as key to innovation and success. As an employer, we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.

If you are interested, apply at:

We are looking forward to your application! We look forward to you! Das Mindestentgelt für die Stelle als Head of Financial Institutions (all genders) beträgt 53.569,00 EUR brutto pro Jahr auf Basis Vollzeitbeschäftigung. Bereitschaft zur Überzahlung.

Job Location Employer

Name: Erste Group Bank AG
Sector: Other monetary intermediation
Organisation size: Large enterprise

Remuneration

Remuneration basis: Fix base paid Salary From Up to (Initial rate of compensation)