Financial Crime & Regulatory Expert

This role is for a Financial Crime & Regulatory Expert at Saxo Bank's Hellerup headquarters, within the Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) Regulatory & Governance team. The specialist will support the implementation of a new governance framework, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and oversee Management Information (MI) tasks, including preparing quarterly reports for the Board of Directors on Financial Crime Prevention. The role involves analyzing AML regulations, providing advice, and collaborating with various internal stakeholders globally.

Must Have

• Develop and implement a new governance framework for FCP, including committees and reporting lines.
• Design and document reporting, approval, and delegation processes.
• Develop supporting materials like approval/delegation matrices, charters, and work instructions.
• Assist with committee work, including taking minutes and managing documentation.
• Analyze AML regulations, assess operational impact, and ensure accurate implementation.
• Provide concrete and succinct advice on financial crime compliance to the organization and management.
• Develop and run a quarterly reporting process for the Board of Directors on Financial Crime Prevention.
• Establish a strong MI foundation, ensuring accuracy and consistency in data sources.
• Regularly validate MI data to maintain integrity and gather relevant information from stakeholders.
• Produce comprehensive reports providing actionable insights for the Board.
• At least five years of experience in the financial sector, ideally with a focus on governance structures and management information for preventing financial crime and ensuring compliance.
• Relevant expertise in AML governance, interpreting financial crime-related regulatory requirements, risk management, and compliance.
• Skilled in data analysis and management information, capable of designing and implementing reporting processes.
• Experience working with financial crime regulations and drafting policies, procedures, charters, and work instructions.
• Advanced writing and editing skills in English.
• Professional fluency in English.

Good to Have

• Danish or other languages are considered an advantage.

Perks & Benefits

• Modern office facilities
• Assigned desks
• Meeting rooms
• Company lunch scheme
• Included Friday bar
• Investment in employee development
• Robust career from day one
• Open feedback culture
• Supportive team environments

This position, based at Saxo’s Bank Hellerup headquarters, is part of the Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) Regulatory & Governance team within the 1st Line of Defence.

The FCP Regulatory and Governance team manages regulatory interactions and ensures FCP commitments to supervisory authorities are met. It also provides timely, high-quality regulatory and management reporting for internal and external stakeholders, maintains governance across FCP, and supports non-financial risk management.

About the role

We are seeking a Governance and Management Information Specialist to support the implementation of a new governance framework, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and safeguarding the roles and responsibilities of the Bank's Anti-Money Laundering Responsible Person. Additionally, this position will oversee MI tasks, including the preparation of quarterly reports to the Board of Directors on matters related to Financial Crime Prevention.

Furthermore, this role involves handling a broad range of tasks that demand comprehensive knowledge of financial crime risks. You will collaborate extensively with subject-matter experts, internal control functions, and colleagues in client-facing departments. Effective communication across various organisational levels and seniorities is essential, as is the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into actionable measures for the organisation. Given Saxo’s global presence, a strong international mindset is essential.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing a new governance framework for the FCP, which involves setting up committees and establishing reporting lines throughout the organisation, including its branches and subsidiaries.
• Designing and documenting reporting, approval, and delegation processes.
• Developing supporting materials such as approval and delegation matrices, charters, and work instructions.
• Assist with committee work and handle administrative tasks like taking minutes and managing documentation.
• Analyse AML regulations, assess their operational impact, and ensure accurate implementation.
• Provide concrete and succinct advice and guidance on financial crime compliance to the organisation and management.
• Develop and run a quarterly reporting process for the Board of Directors on Financial Crime Prevention. Establish a strong MI foundation by ensuring accuracy and consistency in data sources, regularly validate MI data to maintain integrity, gather relevant information from key stakeholders, and produce comprehensive reports that provide actionable insights for the Board.

Your Profile

You thrive in fast-paced environments where change and uncertainty are part of everyday life, yet you maintain a strong attention to detail. Acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, you enjoy contributing to cross-functional projects and consistently aim for commercially sound solutions that meet regulatory standards.

Your professional judgment enables you to navigate and balance competing priorities effectively. With at least five years of experience in the financial sector - ideally with a focus on governance structures and management information for preventing financial crime and ensuring compliance - you bring relevant expertise in AML governance, interpreting financial crime-related regulatory requirements, risk management, and compliance.

You are skilled in data analysis and management information, capable of designing and implementing reporting processes that guarantee robust data integrity and thorough validation. Your experience includes working with financial crime regulations and drafting policies, procedures, charters, and work instructions, as well as providing informed guidance in these areas.

You possess advanced writing and editing skills in English, with the ability to simplify complex matters for diverse audiences. A strong sense of ownership and a drive for continuous improvement define your approach, as you seek the best solutions while managing multiple projects and tasks simultaneously. Proactive and quality-driven, you enjoy solving challenges and building relationships across all levels and borders in a global, dynamic environment.

While you are a team player, you also work independently with ease. Professional fluency in English is essential, and although Danish or other languages are not required, they are considered an advantage as they can help you understand local laws and foster cultural connections.

At Saxo bank we believe that collaboration has the best conditions when it is possible to meet face to face in the office, therefore, your primary place of work will be in our headquarters in Hellerup (at least four days a week). To create the best environment for this, Saxo’s headquarters offer modern office facilities, including assigned desks, meeting rooms, a company lunch scheme, as well as an included Friday bar, and many other perks.

If you are living abroad, we are looking forward to learning more about whether you plan to relocate or commute to the office in your application. Please note that no financial relocation support is offered as part of joining the role.

We conduct interviews on a continuous basis, so send your application sooner rather than later. We are looking forward to your application!

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You will join 2,500 other ambitious colleagues across 15 countries and become part of an international organisation. Working in Saxo, you will get to meet colleagues from many different cultures and backgrounds, and you should know that we value diversity and inclusion and see it as a genuine source of strength to drive growth, foster innovation and position us for long-term success.

We encourage an open feedback culture and supportive team environments enabling employees to grow and fulfil their career aspirations.

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