Chief/Senior/Business Risk Manager, Nordea Finance

Job ID: 23203

Are you looking for an interesting opportunity in the centre of Nordea Finance?

Good news! We are looking for Business Risk Managers to join the Management Oversight team, working with some of the most important and interesting parts in the Finance companies.

While Nordea Finance is a separate division and a Product Responsible Unit (PRU) in Nordea, it works closely as a partner with Nordea Bank and Business Banking to deliver on the Group’s overall strategic priorities. This is a new team, that understands the Nordea Finance business model – customers, products, organisation – and combines risk management with a focus on customer value and business efficiency in all deliveries. We work in close collaboration with BB Management Oversight team and COO as well as relevant Group Functions.

At Nordea, we’re committed to being a partner our customers and society can count on. Compliance and integrity go hand in hand. Joining us means you’ll have an impact on how we do banking – today and tomorrow. So bring your ideas, skills and unique background. With us, you’ll be in good company with plenty of opportunities to collaborate, grow and make your mark on something bigger.

About this opportunity

As the Business Risk Manager, you will play an integral role in providing the expertise necessary for Nordea Finance to manage its risks, especially non-financial risk and associated risk and compliance processes. As the team is new, you will have the possibility to influence your tasks depending on your competence and areas of interest. In this role you will get the opportunity to work across a broad range of risk topics. Your specific focus will be on managing and developing the governance structure and risk processes in Nordea Finance. You will be driving interactions with stakeholders within Nordea Finance as well as units across the bank, coordinate requests and manage the delivery pipeline - the backbone of how we function as a unit. 

More specifically, tasks may include:

• Be facilitator of risk forums which includes agenda setting, structure and action follow-up
• Coordinate Internal Rules review and implementation
• Coordinate annual or as required updates of NF specific Guidelines and SOPs
• Maintain and update INTRA Nordea Finance governance
• Follow up on issue closure, and when needed, support Nordea Finance units in issue closure
• Risk reporting, both to provide input to reports created by other units and create reports
• Support in various risk processes, such as RCSA, CRMA, Product Approval, BIA, BCCM Incident handling
• Act as project manager and/or participate in projects, task forces and working groups representing Nordea Finance on specific non-financial risk topics with focus on issue management and incident development and Integrated Risk Management Application.
• Depending on the candidate, having focus areas such as Product approvals, Conflicts of Interest, Personal Account Dealing, Tax, Data Privacy, Data governance, Operational Risk Processes

Our team is diverse, with members with different educational backgrounds, competencies and nationalities. This diversity makes us sharp and resilient. We are proud of having a strong team culture where we are transparent, listen to, respect and support each other. Personal wellbeing and work life balance is respected, and we believe it is crucial to ensure top quality deliveries. The role is based in Oslo.

Who you are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.  

To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Are good at collaboration, creating relationships and networking
• Be comfortable interacting with stakeholders at levels, showing respect and trust
• Are structured and organized to be able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, including the ability to break down initiatives into concrete tasks and plan for execution
• Can quickly get an understanding of a large variety of topics
• Work independently, have an agile mindset and are able to adapt to evolving requirements
• Have a high feeling of ownership and never leave anything until it is fully delivered

Your experience and background: 

• Minimum 5 years of experience working with risk management, non-financial risks and/or audit/assurance processes
• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree  
• English spoken (professional level) and English written (professional level)

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 12/05/2024. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Richard Gabler at richard.gabler@nordea.com.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.