Legal/Senior Legal Counsel, Helsinki (permanent position)

Job ID: 5424

Would you like to play an important role in developing the best possible solutions for customers within a complex legislative framework in the financial sector? We are now looking for a Legal Counsel or a Senior Legal Counsel to support our high-quality savings and insurance business.

About our team

Meet the Nordea Life Law team. Our team ensures that legal requirements are met and support business growth as well as keep our insurance companies prudently governed and compliant. We provide inhouse legal advice to business and corporate governance of one of the biggest insurance groups, Nordea Life & Pensions, in the Nordic market.

You'll join an energetic team that is known for its great atmosphere filled with humor and teamwork which generates a great momentum for your professional growth. The role is based in Helsinki.

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

As the Legal/Senior Legal Counsel, you'll play a valuable and trusted role in supporting the company's top management, business and product development, risk management, customer and sales support and communications by providing solutions and ensuring compliance.

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Taking the responsibility to provide legal support to Nordea Life's management and business both independently and together with the legal team both in Finland and on the Nordic level 
• Striving to find the best possible solutions for the business and for the customers within the financial sector's legislative framework 
• Advising in challenging corporate, contract and insurance regulation related matters among others 
• Participating in business development processes from a legal perspective and take part in internal projects relating to products together with colleagues in the other Nordic countries 
• Keeping our company up to date on the legislative changes related to the financial industry, and implement the requirements of the regulations into our daily operations 
• Collaborating with legal colleagues across the Nordic countries and contributing to Nordic-level projects and initiatives 
• Working with a great, positive, proactive and professional attitude 

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you have an open and curious mindset with a positive attitude. You bring a strong sense of ownership and drive, work systematically using legal methods and competencies, and have a proven ability to find solutions to complex problems with a business-oriented approach. You demonstrate high integrity with a willingness to speak up and possess excellent people and stakeholder management skills.

Your background and skills include:

• Master of Laws degree
• A few years of relevant work experience
• Fluency in English and Finnish (professional level)
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills

It would be ideal if you also have:

• Have knowledge and understanding of insurance related legislation
• Have knowledge and understanding of Finnish legislation related to financial sector, especially corporate governance, financial crime prevention, data privacy and tax law

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.

With us, knowledge sharing, collaboration and helpfulness are keywords. We offer workdays where a lot happens at once, and you get to dive into different legal areas, build solid business understanding and work within one of the most complex legislative frameworks. The role offers a unique opportunity to build a wide network within the Nordics.

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 18/09/2026. For more information, you're welcome to contact General Counsel Laura Oksama at laura.oksama@nordea.com. We process the applications on an ongoing basis.

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.

A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.