Lead Developer - Financial Crime Prevention Models

Nordea; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea seeks a Lead Developer for Financial Crime Prevention Models to design, analyse and optimise transaction monitoring models within the GFCP TMU. You will contribute to model development, validation, governance and documentation, collaborating with analytics to strengthen AML/CTF controls across the Nordea Group.

The role offers responsibility for setting the direction of model development, prototyping tests and guiding the team in data governance, tuning and monitoring of model operations.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (e.g., CS, actuarial science, statistics, mathematics).
• Experience in Financial Crime/AML and with transaction monitoring is preferred.
• Experience as model validator or quantitative risk analyst is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own development and validation of transaction monitoring models, focusing on documentation and governance.
• Drive model governance activities within TMU, including validation assessments and second-line feedback.
• Set direction for model development and experimental design, balancing rigor with practicality.
• Document model design and outcomes, iterating with analytics team on assumptions and limitations.
• Provide hands-on support for prototyping tests and analytical methodologies.
• Mentor analytics team to design, test and implement model SOPs (data lineage, tuning, monitoring).
• Represent the organization professionally with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Model risk mgmt

Model governance

Validation

Data science

Statistics

Technical writing

Stakeholder mgmt

English fluency

Education

Advanced degree in quantitative field

Job description

Nordea seeks a Lead Developer for Financial Crime Prevention Models to design, analyse and optimise transaction monitoring models within the GFCP TMU. You will contribute to model development, validation, governance and documentation, collaborating with analytics to strengthen AML/CTF controls across the Nordea Group.

The role offers responsibility for setting the direction of model development, prototyping tests and guiding the team in data governance, tuning and monitoring of model operations.