Senior Compliance Officer, Group Compliance Central Monitoring

Job ID:  26380 
 

We are looking for a Senior Compliance Officer, to join the Compliance Testing and Monitoring area in Group Compliance and contribute to the overall planning, execution, delivery and quality of compliance testing and monitoring activities. 

About our team
 

Meet the Group Compliance Central Monitoring team. Our role is to enable the Nordea Bank Board of Directors and senior management to manage their accountabilities for compliance risks by providing verified assessments of risk mitigating actions and controls in place. Our activities also enable management’s fact based decision making on compliance risks. In addition we give support, advice and training on monitoring to our colleagues in different business area compliance units.

Our team consist of 12 passionate compliance specialists located in Poland, Finland, Norway and Estonia. 

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.    

What you’ll be doing  
 

Main responsibilities in this role 

• Leading and/or delivering monitoring activities by assessing the compliance risk management practices focusing on key regulatory and conduct compliance areas (non- financial crime), such as market integrity, customer outcomes, data privacy, etc., across Nordea Group.
• Assessing the effectiveness of processes and controls for managing compliance risk within the organisation, evaluating root causes and providing opinions on the overall risk management practices for processes.  
• Providing leadership and direction on the application of the monitoring/testing methodology to your colleagues.
• Validating monitoring observations with key stakeholders ensuring factual accuracy.
• Performing quality checks on testing and monitoring documentation and ensuring timely reporting of activities and updates in the Annual Testing and Monitoring Plan.
• Updating the existing guidelines and instructions and taking part in the development of the testing and monitoring methodology.

Who you are
 

This is the right role for you if have several years’ work experience (within regulatory compliance/risk and internal/external audit or testing), have a high degree of integrity and an ability to take initiative and ownership of your work. To succeed in this role, we believe that you are structured, pragmatic, able to express thoughts in a concise manner, and you are known for your analytical thinking and a keen eye for detail. We hope you are flexible and open minded team player and take the responsibility for developing your own skills. 

Your background and skills include:

• A solid experience in leading compliance monitoring/ testing or internal/external audit activities preferably from the financial sector. 
• An experience in managing various projects/audits at the same time in an effective and efficient manner.
• Excellent communication skills in English language, and find it easy to build relationships at all levels.
    

It would be ideal if you also…

• Have a good understanding of best practices related to control framework and risk management from a compliance angle.
• Are proficient in using Excel and SharePoint.
• Have an experience with data visualisation. 

What we offer  
  

People come here when they want to get somewhere. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.  

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.  

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.   

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.  

If this sounds like you, get in touch!  

Next steps  
 

Submit your application no later than 23/10/2024.  For more information, you’re welcome to contact Monika Wolska at monika.wolska@nordea.com.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.  

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.  

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.   

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.   

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

Only for candidates in Finland: A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.

Only for candidates in Poland: Please include permit for processing personal data in CV as following:   

In accordance with art. 6 (1) a and b. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) hereinafter ‘GDPR’. I agree to have: my personal data, education and employment history proceeded for the purposes of current and future recruitment processes in Nordea Bank Abp.   

The administrator of your personal data is: Nordea Bank Abp operating in Poland through its Branch, address: Aleja Edwarda Rydza Śmiglego 20, 93-281 Łodź. Your personal data will be processed for the recruitment processes in Nordea Bank Abp. You have a right to access your personal data, right to rectify and right to delete. Disclosing the personal data in the scope specified by the provisions of Polish Labour Code from 26 June 1974 and executive acts are mandatory. Providing personal data is necessary to conduct the recruitment processes. The request for the deletion of your personal data means resignation from further participation in recruitment processes and causes the immediate removal of your application. Detailed information concerning processing of your personal data can be found at: https://www.nordea.com/en/doc/nordea-privacy-policy-for-applicants.pdf.  

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