Xtrackers Sales Specialist CEE

Employer: DWS Group

Title: DWS – Coverage Vice President – Xtrackers (ETF/ Passive Products)

Location: Vienna

Salary:

The annual gross salary for this position is for 38.5 hours from € 66.667,30. However, your final salary depends on your individual qualification and the respective professional experience.

About DWS:

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As investors on behalf of our clients, it is our role to find investment solutions. Ensuring the best possible foundation for our clients' financial future. And in return, we'll give you the support and platform to develop new skills, make an impact and work alongside some of the industry's greatest thought leaders. This is your chance to achieve your goals and lead an extraordinary career.

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Team / division overview

Xtrackers, the ETF brand of DWS, offers one of Europe's most comprehensive and innovative ETF platforms. It spans both passive and active strategies, with over 20 years of experience in passive investing and more than 60 years in active management. Xtrackers is among the top 3 ETF providers in Europe by assets under management.

The Xtrackers Sales Specialist team within the Client Coverage Division is responsible for managing professional clients in Germany, Austria, and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with DWS's passive product offerings. The team combines direct client engagement with specialist knowledge of ETFs and passive mandates. It serves, among others, asset managers, private banks, retail banks, wealth managers, family offices, corporates, pension funds, and insurance companies. The team is actively involved in regional outreach through roadshows and macro-outlook events in different cities, helping clients stay informed on market trends and product developments.

Your responsibilities:

As our Coverage Specialist, you will:

• Product focus: ETFs, Index Funds and Indexed Mandates

• Broad market coverage across the Austria & CEE region, across multiple client segments with KPI's focused on asset growth, revenue growth and client retention

• Specialist sales role, aligned to broader market coverage and client specialists based primarily in Eastern Europe and Austria

• Management and implementation of client related activities such as client meetings, events, road shows, conferences, etc.

• Business planning, client tiering and segmentation and execution of sales strategy

• Handling of client requests while ensuring a prompt and accurate response as well as finding quick solutions to such issues as compliance guidelines, modification of mandates or investment guidelines, performance calculations, valuation reconciliation and general developments in the client segment

• Organizing and coordinating regular communications and reports to clients and prospects

• Management of periodic client communications and holdings reporting

• Collaboration with sales support, the passive product division and capital markets

• Collaboration across the wider EMEA Passive coverage team

We are looking for: 

• Education: Educated to degree or equivalent, higher education degrees or Bank apprenticeship with relevant business experience and further education

• Business Experience: Minimum 4 years experience in financial markets and sales roles

• Markets: Strong know-how of current drivers for change in the wholesale market – regulatory environment, changing client needs, competitor positioning

• Skills: technical asset allocation, trading and/or product structuring as well as fund/index MF product and trading know-how

• A strong client service mentality

• Team player

• English and German language needed, other European language, especially CEE, is beneficial

What we'll offer you:

At DWS we're serious about diversity, equity and creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can be themselves sand it's important to us that you enjoy coming to work - feeling healthy, happy and rewarded. At DWS, you'll have access to a range of benefits which you can choose from to create a personalised plan unique to your lifestyle. Whether you're interested in healthcare, company perks, or are thinking about your retirement plan, there's something for everyone.

DWS' Hybrid Working model is designed to find the right balance between in-person collaboration and engagement in the office, which is core to our working culture, and working from home. Each business group varies on the split between time spent in the office and at home, but this will be discussed and made clear as part of your application and interview process. We will continue to review and evolve our working environments and methods to ensure that we are working in the best way possible for our people.

If you require any adjustments or changes to be made to the interview process for any reason including, or related to a disability or long-term health condition, then please contact your recruiter and let them know what assistance you may need. Examples of adjustments include providing a change to the format of the interview, or providing assistance when at the DWS office. This will not affect your application and your recruitment team will discuss options with you

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.