Lead Complex Corporates KYC Analyst - Banks and Payment Service Providers

Job ID: 3487

Are you interested in correspondent banking, global trade flows and financial crime prevention? This might be the opportunity for you. We are now looking for a new colleague to join our team of Due Diligence Experts within Group Financial Crime Prevention, analysing Nordea’s customer base of banks and payment service providers (PSPs), both by conducting KYC due diligence and through customer compliance calls.

Our customer base includes some of the world’s largest and most prominent financial institutions and you will gain great insight into the world of correspondent banking, anti-money laundering, sanctions risks and transaction flows. You will be given the opportunity to become a true expert in the field of financial crime prevention and work in close collaboration with customer units and other stakeholders throughout Nordea.

You will work in a team with a good team spirit and talented members from various different countries and backgrounds. The field of financial crime prevention has grown rapidly and financial institutions play a key role, offering the right candidate excellent career opportunities. 

Your future responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for performing KYC due diligence on your customer portfolio of banks and/or payment service providers. You will be supported in some administrative tasks and collaborate with customer units, but are expected to independently plan and conduct KYC due diligence and deliver results on time. When you are ready ou will be involved in customer compliance calls, and potentially site visits, as part of our enhanced due diligence procedures.

More specifically, your tasks will include:

• Collect and assess information on banks and/or PSPs and summarize your findings and conclusions in KYC files, i.e. conduct KYC due diligence (CDD/ODD/EDD) with focus on financial crime prevention.
  
• Analyse, describe and conclude on bank’s and PSP’s business with special focus on their financial crime governance and control procedures.
  
• Assess, describe and conclude on risks related to money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, corruption, adverse media, sanctions, transactions, ownership structures, corporate governance etc.  
  
• Assess, understand and describe the local political and regulatory environment in relation to financial crime prevention and correspondent banking.  
  
• Plan, organize and conduct compliance calls to verify information and collect intelligence on customers. 
  
• Briefly present your KYC files in Nordea’s Evaluation Board meetings and answer questions in relation to your findings together with the customer’s Relationship Manager.
  
• Provide expertise knowledge to the Relationship Managers on financial crime risks and mitigating factors related to bank and/or PSP customers.
  
• Co-ordinate activities with various internal stakeholders and support improved processes and procedures. 

Who you are

We are looking for a diligent person with an eye for detail.  You have an analytical mindset while at the same time being a good administrator. You are organized, efficient, solution oriented and able to work independently in a deadline-driven environment, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver results on time.

You collaborate and engage naturally with stakeholders, colleagues and customers with different nationalities and backgrounds. You also have the courage to speak up and ask difficult questions while ensuring great customer experiences at the same time.

Your experience and skills include: 

• Fluency in English - written and spoken is a prerequisite. Fluency in Mandarin and Cantonese is highly advantageous.
• Experience in performing KYC on large corporates or institutions, preferably correspondent banks.
• Knowledge on PSPs is considered an advantage
• Strong analytical, administrative, planning and organizing skills.
• Strong reading and writing skills.
• The ability to interpret and follow guidelines and work instructions.
• Good presentation skills.
• trong collaborator and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in performing customer due diligence calls or site visits is considered advantageous.

What we offer

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.

People are driven by many different factors. 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 03/03/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Emilie Thibault at emilie.thibault@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.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

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