Senior AML & Payments Compliance Officer

Saxo Bank is seeking a Senior AML & Payments Compliance Officer to join its Financial Crime & Group DPO team in Group Compliance. This role involves supporting the organization in meeting regulatory business requirements, managing compliance risks, and contributing to prudent business development. The officer will perform risk assessments, provide advice, conduct monitoring, prepare reports, and develop the bank's compliance framework, focusing on financial crime prevention, anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, and corruption.

Must Have

• Perform compliance risk assessments.
• Provide advice and compliance opinions to the business on managing compliance risks and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct compliance monitoring activities.
• Prepare compliance monitoring reports and contribute to regular compliance reporting to senior management.
• Participate in developing the bank’s compliance framework.
• Interact with the business across organizational levels and seniority.
• Drive activities across jurisdictions to ensure continued compliance with applicable legislation, market practices, and internal rules.
• At least 6 years of experience within the compliance area.
• In-depth knowledge of the payment regulation area, including PSD2 and the Instant Payments Regulation.
• Thorough knowledge of anti-money laundering, tax evasion, sanctions, adverse media, and terrorist financing risks and AML requirements.

Good to Have

• Detail-oriented mindset.
• Ability to work independently while actively engaging in teamwork.
• Thrive in an environment with constant changes.
• Bring a positive and curious mindset to work.
• Always bring a positive attitude when liaising with the business.

Perks & Benefits

• Investment in employee development and robust career opportunities.
• Opportunity to make a true impact in a purpose-driven organization.
• Join an international organization with 2,500 colleagues across 15 countries.
• Work in a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Benefit from an open feedback culture and supportive team environments.
• Dynamic learning journey and immense career opportunities.

About the role

Are you ready to become part of an ambitious Compliance team and do you thrive in a role where you play an important role in supporting organisations in meeting regulatory business requirements in a dynamic environment? And do you have substantial experience and knowledge within AML and the payments area? In that case, we have the right job for you!

The Compliance department supports the management of compliance risks while supporting prudent business development and growth. We have several teams in Denmark as well as abroad, each of which has their own area of responsibility, but where close collaboration is key to achieving our common goals.

You will be a part of the Financial Crime & Group DPO team in Group Compliance. The team is a part of 2nd Line of Defence and is located in Saxo’s headquarters in Hellerup. We are responsible for assessing compliance risks related to financial crime, such as anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption. We are supporting the business in its continued compliance with regulatory requirements, market practices as well as internal policies and procedures.

As a team, we balance professionalism with a sense of humour and have an informal atmosphere – we make it fun to go to work.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will play an important role in supporting Saxo’s efforts to prevent financial crime, and you will use your experience within compliance and payments by working on a broad number of tasks:

• Perform compliance risk assessments
• Provide advice and compliance opinions to the business on managing compliance risks and regulatory requirements
• Conduct compliance monitoring activities
• Prepare compliance monitoring reports and contribute to regular compliance reporting to the senior management of the bank
• Participate in developing the bank’s compliance framework
• Interact with the business across organizational levels and seniority
• Depending on your profile, you will drive activities across jurisdictions to ensure continued compliance with all applicable legislation, markets practices and internal rules and procedures

Your profile

For this role, we are looking for an experience colleague to join our team. We expect you to have at least 6 years of experience within the compliance area and moreover it is a must for this positions that you have in depth-knowledge of the payment regulation area, including PSD2 and the Instant Payments Regulation.

Aside from the payments area, we expect you to have experience withing compliance, financial crime prevention, interpretation of AML regulatory requirements, risk management or similar, combined with a relevant education background. You must have thorough knowledge of anti-money laundering-, tax evasion-, sanctions-, adverse media-, and terrorist financing risks and AML requirements.

As a colleague, we value a detail-oriented mindset and that you can work independently while actively engage in teamwork and enjoy collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across our global organisation. As Saxo is a wonderfully dynamic entity, it is definitely an advantage that you thrive in an environment with constant changes and bring a positive and curios mindset to work and that you do not buy into the word ‘cannot’.

You must have great stakeholder management skills and use your communication skills to ensure positive collaboration and progress in joined tasks, and we are looking for a colleague who always bring a positive attitude when liaising with the business.

Apply no later than 15th January

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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