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Financial Crime & Regulatory Expert
full-time•Headquarters
About this role
Copenhagen, Denmark
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 – Standards & Controls team is part of 1st line of defense and located in Saxo’s headquarters in Hellerup. The team is responsible for drafting business procedures in relation to KYC, approving step-by-step instructions to the operational teams, and setting requirements for digital KYC processes and risk models.
About the role
We are looking for a new colleague to join our team and drive initiatives in relation to improvement of Saxo’s client risk model and further digitalization of our onboarding and ODD flows. The role requires in-depth understanding of financial crime risks and how to translate KYC requirements into digital processes and models.
You 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 organizational levels, and seniorities, and that you are able to make regulatory requirements understandable and operational to the organization.
As Saxo is an international organization with entities across the world, it is important to have a global mindset.
Responsibilities
Managing and coordinating projects and initiatives in financial crime prevention. Ensure buy-in and proper implementation across the organisation
Understanding and analysing the operational implications of new regulations and ensure correct implementation in systems, processes, and controls – with the ultimate goal of automating the processes as much as possible
Ability to define key risk indicators and suggest and evaluate data sources for development
Creating visualizations and documentation to represent model and risk metrics effectively
Ability to communicate findings and risk insights to stakeholders through reports and presentations
Creating and documenting business requirements for IT development and follow up on IT deliveries
Developing supporting materials and give input to procedures and work instructions to ensure correct implementation
Your Profile
You thrive in an environment with constant changes and with a level of ambiguity but have an eye for the details. You enjoy being part of cross-functional projects where you strive to find solutions that are commercially viable without jeopardizing regulatory requirements and can apply professional judgment to handle competing priorities. You have experience from the financial sector with risk management and regulatory project work. You may have an education in law, business risk management 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 possess a combination of technical, analytical, and FCP domain-specific knowledge and know what is required to develop and maintain a model framework
You have experience in creating and documenting business requirements for IT deliveries
You are analytical, structured and can handle multiple 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 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, 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!
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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What you'll do
- Manage and coordinate projects related to financial crime prevention while ensuring compliance with regulations. Analyze operational implications of new regulations and automate processes where possible.
About Saxo Bank
At Saxo we believe that when you invest, you unlock a new curiosity for the world around you.
Discovering an intuitive desire within to actively learn, explore, and ask questions, you will engage with new companies, new communities, maybe even new countries. You could call this an appetite or passion for new knowledge and skills. We call it curiosity. Ultimately everything we do as a company is focused on getting curious people invested in the world by giving our clients more ways to make more of their money.
We began in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1992 with a clear vision: to make the global financial markets accessible for more people. In 1998, we launched one of the first online trading platforms in Europe, providing professional-grade tools and easy access to global financial markets for anyone who wanted to invest.
Today we are a well-capitalised Danish (EU) bank with top capital ratios and positive rating from S&P, trusted by over 1.2 million clients. As an international award-winning investment firm for investors and traders who are serious about investing, our clients enjoy regulated and reliable access to over 71,000 financial instruments on our industry-leading platforms. Keeping our headquarters in our beloved Denmark, we have expanded our reach to having more than 70 nationalities employed in offices in 14 countries.
We are proud of our Scandinavian heritage and we are committed to the values of trust, fairness, and security. We believe this gives our clients the confidence to be adventurous and curious.
Curiosity can lead you to places you never could have imagined. When you invest, you stimulate the mind, you see new perspectives, and you broaden your horizons. Personal transformation is inevitable as you develop a sincere interest and curiosity for not only the world, but also for others.
At Saxo our greatest hope is for everyone to become engaged, to feel empowered, and to Be Invested.
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