Apprentice Role for Non-Technology hiring, NCT

Your key responsibilities

• Support research process in evaluation of demand, negotiation with vendor, contracting, invoicing, payments.
• Maintain DWS approved list of research providers on internal payment portal.
• Onboard new research providers/vendors as required in dbBuyer.
• Maintain updated contact details of all relevant counterparties and communicate regularly as needed.
• Raise Purchase Orders (POs) on internal portal based on data provided by Asset Management
• Reconcile incoming PO invoices.
• Track and monitor PO´s raised vs. invoices submitted by external vendors.
• Perform service receipt notification.
• Support vendors with their invoice submission related queries.
• Maintain coordination between payments teams and vendors for smooth payment release.
• Maintain close contact with other DWS’ Legal entities staff as budget owner.
• Provide dbBuyer Reporting (run, download and prepare predefined reports in dbBuyer. Manage /maintain S&P Global data relating to research valuation process as input for budgeting/payments.
• Raise Contract Workspace ID and upload agreements in dbBuyer.
• Perform new vendor’s Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) assessment in cooperation with TPM team.
• Support DWS strategic initiatives as ESG integration (Environment / Social / Governance) and digitisation.
• Continuously seeks to improve team performance
• Observes areas requiring monitoring, reporting and improvement

Your skills and experience

• Commerce graduate with strong academic background.
• Organized with very high level of attention to work thoroughly, focussing on detail and data accuracy.
• Strong English communication skills (Oral and Written). Capability to interact successfully in a virtual, multi-vendor and multi-cultural environment.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
• Ability to independently pursue individual tasks to full completion and independently contact staff as needed.
• Flexible to support in various other business management functions as may be desired by the group.
• Ability to work independently and as part of the team.
• Capability to interact successfully in a virtual, multi-vendor and multi-cultural environment.
• Good coordinating skills (seeing the bigger picture)
• Flexible working

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.