Supporting the bank
As a member of our Corporate Functions team, you will play an important and active role in the bank’s growth and success, ensuring that our operational processes run efficiently. We operate in constantly changing markets and a fast paced, dynamic business environment. You will enjoy a varied, challenging and exciting role, providing high quality advice and service to support our international business units.
Berenberg’s business units are growing constantly and deliver first class service to clients. Join one of our Corporate Functions teams and you will add value by delivering solution-oriented approaches that ensure our business divisions can realise their visions. You will discover a flat hierarchy and collaborative working environment, enabling you to work closely with decision-makers and subject matter experts across our corporate functions and really have an impact with your ideas and solutions. New strategies, products, international expansion and overarching projects will enable you to constantly develop your personal and technical skills.
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Client Services & Credit Risk Management
Client Services & Credit Risk Management
In Client Services & Credit Risk Management, we manage the entire client journey from opening a bank account, to operating payments and evaluating credit risks. Working closely with other Berenberg teams, we set up client accounts quickly, and are renowned for managing and enacting all bank-wide payments efficiently across Europe and the wider world. We also assess and evaluate each client’s financial situation before and during the lifetime of any credit transaction, and these credit decisions enable clients to move forward with their private, professional and corporate investment transactions.
Compliance
Compliance
Berenberg operates in a continuously changing regulatory landscape. In Compliance, we ensure the bank complies with all the relevant laws and rules to protect both our reputation and our people. This involves providing extensive knowledge and expertise to a variety of teams across Berenberg, enabling them to continue their business activities. We have specialist teams focusing on issues such as Anti-Financial Crime, Monitoring, Conflicts of Interest, Systems and Controls. Working closely with the bank’s stakeholders, we ensure they understand and implement relevant regulations and help to create a culture that enables Berenberg to thrive within the regulatory landscape.
Human Resources
Human Resources
In HR, we act as a business partner to the bank’s business units, helping them to develop our people, organisation and structures. We enable the bank to thrive by managing every aspect of careers at Berenberg. This includes recruitment, learning and development, ensuring a pipeline of talent by managing early careers programmes, compensation and benefits, policies, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and health management. We also act as a point of contact for all employees throughout their time with Berenberg. In Germany, this includes working closely with the works council.
Internal Audit
Internal Audit
Berenberg operates in a constantly changing international banking environment, which could expose the business to new potential risks. In Internal Audit, we act on behalf of the Executive Board to independently audit the bank’s approach to risk management. Our aim is to identify any potential new risks, initiate measures to reduce them and report on the state of the bank’s business processes. This involves analysing processes and regulations and keeping up to date with new, sometimes complex issues to ensure the bank manages risk effectively.
Legal
Legal
Our legal teams provide legal advice and guidance at every level across the bank. As well as handling legal disputes and managing litigation involving the bank, we draft and review contracts, agreements and policies to ensure they are both legally sound and aligned to the bank’s objectives. We also liaise with regulators and external counsel to ensure the bank’s business decisions are compliant and legal. By ensuring legal compliance, minimising legal risks and promoting a culture of integrity and trust, we play a key role in the bank’s long-term success.
Risk Controlling
Risk Controlling
As part of the central bank steering mechanism, in Risk Controlling we limit risk and providing vital financial information that supports senior managers in their business activities. We are responsible for managing market, credit and operational risks, including regulatory reporting, financial control, accounting and profit and loss. This is complex and interesting work, involving a variety of disciplines, from quantitative financial modelling to regulatory analysis and finance-related issues such as accounting and financial control.
Tax
Tax
We are responsible for tax across the entire Berenberg Group. This is a varied role, covering everything from US income tax to UK sales tax or branch taxes in different European countries, as well as all local and international taxes relating to our clients’ investments. With these responsibilities, we have two main roles. As the gatekeepers for global tax compliance, we ensure Berenberg and its customers comply with all relevant rules and regulations. At the same time, we act as consultants, offering expert advice to ensure the bank delivers economically effective solutions to customers.
Transaction Services
Transaction Services
In Transaction Services, we manage the entire value chain for the accounting, control and settlement of Berenberg’s securities and foreign exchange transactions. We work closely with other bank departments to provide them with high quality, professional and efficient transaction solutions, based on innovation and reliability. By standardising and optimising processes and introducing workflow technology, we aim to make transaction processes more efficient and secure.
What we offer you
At Berenberg, we recognise that our people are a huge part of our success. This is why we invest in our employees by providing a supportive working environment and lots of opportunity for development and growth.
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Meet some of the team
Marc-André H.Consultant Digital Transformation
One of the great things about working for Berenberg is how it promotes a strong sense of teamwork and collaboration. Across departments and hierarchies, employees are encouraged to share their ideas, voice their opinions, and contribute to the decision-making process. This allows us to thrive and find fulfilment in our work. I’m very proud that, in my role especially, I can directly see the positive impact that I have.
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Indre D.Head of Legal
There are many exciting and challenging tasks, and Berenberg lets you take things forward without feeling left alone or overwhelmed. The team is great, with everyone bringing a different strength to the table. From a working mom’s perspective, flexibility and pragmatism are not just buzzwords here.
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Nadja C.HR Learning & Development
I’m one of the team responsible for Learning and Development, so we advise our employees on all kinds of training or qualifications and foster their personal growth at Berenberg. I’m always happy to be able to support people and give them something valuable to take with them - even if it’s just a small thought-provoking impulse from a session that they want to try out. You often need to get the small stones rolling first to move something big.
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Gregor A.Head of Accounting & Reporting
Berenberg has a unique working culture, blending entrepreneurship, cooperation, and accountability which for me is very appealing. The training programmes are also generous – I’ve recently enhanced my project leadership skills with the Scrum Master certificate. I’m proud to work for a bank with more than 430 years of tradition and offices in the major European financial centres.
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Christine A.Controller
Personal responsibility and initiative are important to me, and my superiors have always supported me in this regard, assigning me to new projects and tasks that helped me to develop. The dynamism with our quick and flexible decision-making is a good motivator, and the team spirit and cooperation between colleagues are excellent. I’m proud to contribute to the strategy and management of the bank, and to have a share in Berenberg’s success story.
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Katrina D.Co-Head of Investment Banking Compliance
I really like the culture at Berenberg. Working on varied tasks that require a quick turnaround, I get to speak to a wide range of colleagues across the bank on a daily basis. There’s a real team spirit and everyone is approachable. I’ve had the opportunity to significantly expand my professional network since joining - participating in industry round-table discussions, panels, and forums.
