Data Protection Expert (m/f/d)

Riverty; Turku; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverty in Helsinki or Turku invites a Data Protection Expert to join our team with hybrid work options. You will advise business units and management on data protection topics, manage the PDM system, and contribute to projects involving Big Data and AI while ensuring compliance with data protection requirements.

We seek a candidate with 2–3 years of data protection experience, a university degree in a related field, and strong analytical, negotiation, and language skills in Finnish and English.

Qualifications

• University degree in business/economics or law, ideally with a legal qualification.
• Two to three years of professional experience in data protection.
• Ability to analyze data protection requirements and develop targeted solutions.
• Independent and proactive with a service- and solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking, assertiveness and negotiation skills.
• Fluent Finnish and English; Swedish language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the contact for business units and management on data protection matters.
• Manage the data protection management system within an integrated management system.
• Collaborate in projects on Big Data and AI ensuring compliant processes.
• Develop data protection policies, conduct audits, and implement measures.
• Monitor legal developments and customer requirements to derive actions.
• Design and deliver data protection training sessions.

Skills

Data protection expertise

Analytical thinking

Negotiation skills

Finnish & English communication

Education

University degree in business/economics or law

Job description

Company Description

Everyone’s story matters. Come shape your story with us at Riverty.

But where does that take you?

To one of our 30 hybrid workspaces – designed for exchanging ideas, learning from others, and shaping the way we work. An international community of over 4,000 people, representing almost 80 nationalities across 11 countries. United by one mission: Combining empathy, advanced technology and data-driven insights to keep people and businesses in flow. With payments made for them. So that they don’t have to worry about it.

And there’s more.

We are part of the family-owned Bertelsmann group. Established. Corporate. In a fast-paced industry. We enable flexible payments in various industries, simplifying the financial management of known brands and helping people repay debt to build financial confidence. In short: shaping FinTech.

Job Description

Data Protection Expert (m/f/d) (unlimited, full-time) Join our team at our location in Helsinki or Turku – flexible working conditions available

Your Responsibilities

• You are the point of contact for business departments and management, providing advice on data protection matters and related topics.
• As part of our international and diverse team, you manage the data protection management system and take a broader view as part of our integrated management system (e.g. information security and compliance).
• You work in project teams on exciting topics such as Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, ensuring that processes and services are designed in compliance with data protection requirements.
• You develop data protection policies and concepts, conduct data protection audits, and derive appropriate organizational and technical measures from the findings.
• You monitor legal developments in data protection as well as customer requirements and derive appropriate measures.
• You design and deliver data protection training sessions.

Qualifications

Your Profile

• You have a completed university degree with a focus on business/economics or law, ideally with a legal qualification.
• You have specialist expertise in data protection and already have two to three years of professional experience.
• You have strong ability to analyze data protection requirements and develop targeted solutions for both operational activities and projects.
• You demonstrate an independent and proactive way of working, combined with a strong service and solution-oriented mindset.
• You have strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills, assertiveness, and excellent negotiation skills.
• You enjoy working in an international environment and communicate confidently in Finnish and English.
• Knowledge of Swedish would be an additional advantage.

Additional Information

Disclosure requirements pertaining to the collection of your personal data: Responsible for processing the information provided in your application is the company specified in the job advertisement, with its registered office as indicated. The company processes your data for the purpose of establishing an employment relationship on the basis of Art. 6 (1) b GDPR / Section 26 (1) sentence 1 BDSG. The retention period for your data is determined by the statutory time limits applicable in the respective country, beginning upon completion of the recruitment process. You can find these here. You can contact the company’s Data Protection Officer at the above-mentioned postal address. Further information on data protection and your rights can be found here.

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