AML Risk Rating Model Expert

Saxo Bank A/S; Gentofte Kommune; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Modern office facilities

Company lunch scheme

Friday bar

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Hellerup is seeking a Risk Rating Model Expert to enhance their client risk models while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The role involves collaboration with developers, data scientists, and analysts to assess risk management needs and legal implications. Ideal candidates should have at least 5 years in risk management within the financial sector, along with strong analytical and communication skills. The position is primarily on-site at headquarters, promoting face-to-face collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial sector risk management.
• Deep understanding of financial crime risk models.

Responsibilities

• Assess regulatory requirements with support from the data team.
• Define key risk indicators and evaluate data sources.
• Create visualizations and documentation for risk metrics.
• Create visualizations and documentation to represent model and risk metrics.
• Be the Subject-Matter-Expert on Risk Rating Models with proper documentation and reports.

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory project work

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Technical knowledge in FCP

Education

Education in law, business risk management or relevant field

Job description

Copenhagen, Denmark

Are you curious about working with financial crime prevention in Saxo?
We are looking for a risk rating model expert who has a deep knowledge of Financial Crime risk models.

The role will be part of the Financial Crime Prevention – Modelling and Development team located in Saxo’s headquarters in Hellerup. The team is responsible for modelling and development activities across the FCP organization in Saxo, and ensures that regulatory requirements are met, in the intercept between tech development and regulatory FCP requirements.

About the job

We are looking for a new colleague to join our team and drive initiatives in relation to improvement of Saxo’s client risk models and ensuring a documented and effective risk rating model across the bank.

You will be working with a team of developers, data scientists, data analysts, and experts who will support you in the requirements and assessments. 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 organisation.

As Saxo is an international organization with entities across the world, it is important to have a global mindset.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and analysing regulatory requirements, with the support of the data team, enabling correct and proper risk management
• Understanding and analysing the operational implications of new regulations and ensure correct implementation in systems and processes – 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
• Be the Subject-Matter-Expert across the team on Risk Rating Models, ensuring proper documentation, reports and presentations
• Ensuring that the down-stream impact of risk rating models is addressed
• Communicate impact and analysis to support stakeholders cross-organization

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. You have an understanding of the intersection between regulatory requirements and digitalized solutions and models.

You have experience in 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.

Ideal Candidate

• You are self-driven and can easily take on projects that require multiple stakeholders
• You understand client risk rating models, and have a deep understanding of the end-to-end impact of FCP risk calculations across organizations
• 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 find it easy to build relationships and communicate effectively on all levels and across borders in a global and dynamic environment
• 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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