Financial Crime Regulatory Specialist or Expert

About the job

Working with financial crime prevention in Saxo, you will take part in our continuous efforts to fight financial crime globally by assessing risks, and implementing controls to ensure our business is compliant with regulations in all the countries where Saxo operates.

The Financial Crime Prevention - Foundation & Requirements department is part of 1st line of defense and located in Saxo’s headquarters in Hellerup. We are more than 40 dedicated employees with diverse backgrounds and experience, and we are looking for several new colleagues to join the three teams

• Group-Wide Risk Assessment & Policies: The team is responsible for assessing the financial crime risks associated with its business model as well as drafting and overseeing the implementation of policies to ensure compliance with the applicable financial crime-related legislation.
• Standards & Controls: The team is responsible for drafting business procedures, approving step-by-step instructions to the operational teams, and setting requirements for digital KYC processes and risk models.
• Regulatory and Governance: The team is responsible for interactions with the Group’s supervisors, managing financial crime governance tasks such as reporting to senior management and maintaining oversight of Compliance and Internal Audit recommendations.

You will be working with a wide variety of tasks requiring in-depth understanding of financial crime risks and will collaborate closely with other subject-matter experts, internal control functions and colleagues in the client-facing departments. It is important that you can communicate across organisational levels, and seniorities, and that you are able to make regulatory requirements understandable and operational to the organisation.

Given Saxo’s global presence, a strong international mindset is essential.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess financial crime risks for corporates and institutions
• Compose and maintain clear policies and procedures for onboarding and ongoing due diligence to mitigate financial crime risks including communication and training of client facing teams
• Understand, analyse and present the operational implications of new and existing AML regulations and ensure correct implementation in systems, processes, and controls – with the ultimate goal of automating the processes as much as possible
• Provide concrete and succinct advice and guidance on financial crime compliance to the organisation and management
• Serve as a trusted advisor and guide on industry financial crime risk trends
• Assist with analysing and advising on complex and high-risk clients and organisational structures (able to visualise convoluted structures and fund flows into a digestible and interactive organisational chart for stakeholders to make educated risk appetite decisions)

Your Profile

You thrive in an environment with constant changes and with a level of ambiguity, but have an eye for the details. You can act as a trusted advisor to your stakeholders, enjoy being part of cross-functional projects where you strive to find a solution that is commercially viable without jeopardising on regulatory requirements, and can apply professional judgment in order to handle competing priorities.

You have experience from the financial sector within financial crime prevention and financial crime legislation. You may have an education in law or other relevant education, or at least 5 years of experience working with regulatory implementation.

You are the ideal candidate for the job, if

• You have a relevant educational background and/or experience with assessing and understanding financial crime risk, interpretation of financial crime-related regulatory requirements, risk management or compliance
• You have experience in working with financial crime regulations and writing policies, procedures, and work instructions and providing advice based on this
• You have a strong sense of ownership and strive after continuous improvement in order to find the best solutions
• You are analytical and can handle multiple projects and tasks at a time. You have a proactive approach, are driven by delivering the right level of quality, and enjoy finding solutions to address challenges
• You find it easy to build relationships and communicate effectively on all levels and across borders in a global and dynamic environment
• You are a team player, but with the capacity to work independently
• You possess in-depth knowledge and experience with complex corporate and institutional contracts and market-access needs is an advantage
• You master English on a professional level. While Danish, as well as other languages are not a requirement, but will be considered as merit as they can help you to understand local laws and requirements, and can be a bridge to other cultures

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.

Please state in your application which team/s you are applying for or provide us with some further narrative on your specific preferences and experiences in order to assess which team could be the best fit.

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

We get curious people invested in the world

When you work at Saxo, you become a Saxonian and part of a purpose-driven organisation, where good ideas are always taken seriously, and where you can make a true impact. We are invested in your development, and you can expect a robust career from day one when you join Saxo – no matter which role you take on.

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.

When you bring passion, curiosity, drive and team spirit, your learning journey will be dynamic and your career opportunities in Saxo will be immense.

At Saxo we don’t just offer a job – we offer an opportunity to invest in your future!

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