Senior Compliance Officer, Markets Compliance

Job ID:  26622 
 

Senior Compliance Officer, Markets Compliance (permanent position)

We are looking for a Senior Compliance Officer in Markets Compliance to advise Nordea Markets in managing Compliance risks and team up with a group of highly skilled Compliance Professionals.

About our team
 

Meet the Markets Compliance team. Our role is to ensure fair treatment of clients and prese high integrity in the financial markets we operate in. Our unit is a respected and trusted advisor to Nordea Markets. 

Our team consists of eight highly skilled Compliance Professionals located across the Nordics and we collaborate closely with other second line colleagues across Group Compliance and Group Risk. Our team is a part of the Large Corporates and Institutions & Business Banking Compliance unit where we strongly believe in building an environment where addressing compliance risks is a natural part of business.   

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:   

• Compliance Advisory: Provide Compliance advisory across Research, Sales and Trading, offer proactive support (through advice and training), and constructive challenge (mainly risk assessment, testing, monitoring, and reporting) to Nordea Markets, collaborating closely with your colleagues
• Regulatory Expertise: Maintain expertise in key regulatory areas affecting capital markets business, ensuring a strong understanding of business best practices and compliance risk management related to products, processes, and regulatory changes
• Cross-Functional Projects: Participate in cross-functional programmes and projects (e.g. regulatory implementations) as needed and facilitate Group Compliance activities across GC impacting Nordea Markets business

Who you are
 

This is the right role for you if you aspire to become a trusted compliance adviser, and you are able to successfully combine regulatory knowledge with understanding of business and effective compliance risk management. Strong communication skills are key. We hope that you have the ability to tailor complex information for various audiences, influence decisions but also have the willingness and ability to listen and understand others’ point of view. You should enjoy building and maintaining relationships, and be comfortable taking ownership of your work while also being a team player. Moreover, we expect that you present a solution-oriented approach and base your advisory on sound analysis and facts.

Your background and skills include: 

• 5+ years of experience within Legal, Risk, Compliance or Audit
• Master's degree in economics, law or similar
• Understanding of MiFID II, MAR and other relevant financial regulations
• Understanding of capital markets business across products, services, systems, infrastructure and general operating model
• Proficiency in English

It would be ideal if you also:

• Mastered applying a risk-prioritisation approach in your day-to-day work
• Have demonstrated success in stakeholder engagement and collaboration
• Are comfortable communicating in one of the Nordic languages

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 22/11/2024. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Adrian Adler via mail adrian.rindorf.adler@nordea.com or phone +45 2849 9043 or Mytalip Kasami via email mytalip.kasami@nordea.com or phone +45 6161 2579. 

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 Sweden: For union information, please contact Finansförbundet at finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACO at SacoNordea@nordea.com.