R0413557 Commercial Real Estate Risk Officer - Assistant Vice President

Commercial Real Estate Risk Officer - Assistant Vice President

Corporate Title Vice President

Location New York, NY

The Commercial Real Estate (CRE) credit team is tasked with managing the real estate credit risk for Deutsche Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Group. In particular, the Risk Officer is responsible for handling approvals for all real‑estate related transactions retained on the balance sheet. Additional tasks include setting and monitoring counter party credit limits, negotiating term sheets, reviewing due diligence and underwriting, and interfacing with senior management and business personnel.

The Risk Officer will act as the primary intermediary between the business units, departmental heads, and credit committees, assist in structuring transactions to achieve optimal risk/return outcomes, and monitor portfolio and financial/market developments within commercial real estate and related sectors. Experience leading/managing internal and external audit coordination is required.

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration.
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in‑office / work‑from‑home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days.
• Employee Resource Groups that support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement.
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits.
• Educational resources, matching gift, and volunteer programs.

• Analyze and recommend credit approval/declines, or suggest new loan terms for proposed commercial real estate transactions involving stabilized, transitional, ground‑up construction, conversions, and acquisition/rehabilitation properties.
• Act as the primary intermediary between the business units, departmental heads, and credit committees.
• Monitor portfolio and financial/market developments within commercial real estate and related sectors to enhance response capability and corporate knowledge. Analyze and assess approves for the balance sheet portfolio, including construction loans and transitional loans.
• Interact with internal business unit personnel to prepare credit reports and due diligence documentation that support Deutsche Bank’s business strategies while operating within the constraints of the bank’s risk appetite for commercial real estate in a manner consistent with its policies and procedures.
• Monitor an existing portfolio, sponsor/guarantor financial capacity, watchlist credits, and prepare impairment analyses and memoranda as necessary; assist in structuring transactions to achieve optimal risk/return outcomes.
• Maintain data integrity for all names/transactions in information technology (IT) systems and assist— and at times lead—CRM‑CRE’s interactions with internal/external auditors, regulatory authorities, and other Deutsche Bank infrastructure teams (Finance, Regulatory, Risk Analytics, etc.).

• Provide guidance and support to junior team members.
• Train new team members on commercial real estate fundamentals.
• Interface with auditors by providing succinct analysis and responses to queries, as well as conducting presentations when required.

• Ability to analyze/review highly structured loans.
• Experience working with internal and external auditors.

• Highly motivated VP with ability to work independently.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Ability to multi‑task.
• Structured lending experience.

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York City office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $125,000 to $222,500. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

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