FCIIA Senior Data Expert

Job ID: 3306

Are you passionate about data, AI and eager to make a difference in the fight against financial crime? At Nordea, we are committed to protecting our customers and the financial system, and we are now looking for a talented and driven expert in data management to join us in the Financial Crime Intelligence, Investigation and Analytics (FCIIA).

In this role, you will play a key part in helping us achieve our strategic goals, supporting the bank with critical AI related initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to grow and develop in a dynamic environment shaped by innovation, digitalization, and the pursuit of a safer, more sustainable financial system. Join us and make your expertise matter!

About our team

The Data Governance, Data Quality, and Operations team within the Group Financial Crime Prevention is a multicultural, collaborative, and solution-driven team that bridges the gap between business and technology functions. We work with experts from diverse technical backgrounds to tackle complex challenges, enhance data quality, and optimize operations, all while driving innovative solutions to prevent financial crime. If you’re passionate about problem-solving, taking ownership and working in a collaborative team, and are eager to make an impact in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment, this is the role for you.

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 Senior Data Expert, you will play a key role in establishing proper data management and governance frameworks and practices for FCIIA. Your primary focus will be on the disciplines of data management and data quality management, ensuring that our data is reliable, accurate and a true asset for the business, including critical AI initiatives. You will help us ensure our data can drive business decisions, financial crime investigations and operational excellence. You will ensure the implementation of processes for managing data and helping foster trust in our data assets through data quality. 

Main responsibilities in this role: 

• Lead and implement best practices for Data Management and Governance across the bank’s data landscape, ensuring alignment with financial crime prevention strategical objectives. 
• Drive initiatives to integrate effective Data Management and Governance practices into business processes, ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and fit for purpose in combating financial crime. 
• Define, implement and enforce standards, principles, and procedures for Data Quality Management, with a focus on continuous improvement to support the detection and prevention of financial crime. 
• Develop and oversee processes for Data Quality Incident Management and Analysis, ensuring swift resolution and incorporating lessons learned to strengthen future resilience. 
• Guide Data Domain Owners, act as and support Data Stewards in defining, measuring, and reporting KPIs for Data Quality, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and business goals. 
• Collaborate with Data Domain Owners, Data Stewards, and legal teams to ensure compliance with data-related laws and regulations, including those pertaining to privacy, data retention, and financial crime prevention. 
• Partner with cross-functional teams, acting as a bridge between stakeholders, business users, IT teams, data owners, and data consumers to align needs and ensure seamless collaboration. 
• Foster a culture of communication and teamwork to enhance understanding and application of Data Management and Data Quality Management principles within the financial crime prevention framework. 
• Evaluate, design, configure and implement tools and systems for effective Data Management and Data Quality, staying up to date on emerging technologies and solutions. 
• Shape and contribute to the bank’s long- and mid-term data strategy to ensure scalability, innovation, and alignment with objectives to mitigate financial crime.

Who you are

Your background and skills include:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Finance or other relevant fields. 
• Proven experience in Data Management and Data Quality Management, preferably in contexts relevant to banking and financial crime prevention. 
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a strategic mindset, with the ability to analyze, enhance, and optimize complex data processes critical to combating financial crime.
• Creativity and resilience in tackling challenges are highly valued. 
• Demonstrated excellence in communication and collaboration, enabling effective teamwork across diverse groups, including business and technical stakeholders.  
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to lead without formal authority are essential. 
• Fluency in English, with outstanding communication and presentation skills crucial for explaining complex data concepts in a clear, inspiring, and impactful manner. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft tools such as Office 365, Power BI, Qlik, or other reporting tools, is beneficial, but a proactive curiosity and openness to new ideas and technologies are what truly set you apart.

It would be great if your background also includes:

• Familiarity with frameworks such as CDMC.
• Experience with data management for enterprise scale AI solutions
• Experience with Cloud solutions, especially in AWS. 
• Experience with Hadoop or Databricks.
• Experience with Snowflake.
• PhD in a relevant field.

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 26/03/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Tiago Vieira at tiago.vieira@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.

For candidates in Sweden: For union information, please contact finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACONordea@nordea.com.