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Senior Risk Expert, Financial Reporting Risk, Copenhagen or Stockholm

jobbeskrivelse:

We are looking for several business or IT Expert profiles to join us within the Financial Reporting Risk (FRR) team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in building and strengthening the risk oversight and control function which provides independent reviews and assessments of financial reporting risks. This is also an opportunity for you to develop analytics-enabled approaches to business and IT assurance.  

In today’s world, change is the one thing you can count on. But whatever the future brings, our customers remain at the heart of everything we do.  

That’s where you come in. Working with dedicated colleagues in an exciting, fast-paced environment, you’ll help meet our customers’ changing needs.  

We aim to be courageous and explorative in our approach to innovating better ways of delivering banking services – anytime, anywhere. This means you’ll have many opportunities to learn and grow as you build your career with us. Will you help us lead the way in creating great customer experiences? 

Your future responsibilities 

You’ll join Financial Reporting Risk, a team within Balance Sheet Risk Controls (BSRC), an independent risk oversight and control function with Group Risk and Compliance (GRC). The FRR team is responsible for the independent monitoring and oversight of financial reporting risks and Nordea’s implementation of the Accounting Key Control (AKC) framework. The AKC framework is Nordea’s framework for identifying, assessing and managing Financial Reporting Risks. 

What you’ll be doing:  

• Supporting Group Finance and Treasury department in assessing potential Financial Reporting Risks, by taking responsibility for a business area, developing an understanding of their E2E processes and their risks and engage with stakeholders. For the IT role, there will also be specific focus on refining the Group-wide approach to IT risk and assurance
• Carrying out independent reviews and assessments over areas of focus and priority e.g. hedge accounting, impairments, conduct risk, one-off transactions, trade surveillance, toxic combinations 
• Supporting strategic initiatives to review frameworks, simplify the controls landscape and enhance the Group’s awareness and oversight of the control environment. This also includes developing new approaches to assurance i.e. data-driven analytical solutions 
• Working with teams within Group Finance & Treasury department and across the Nordea Group stakeholders to quantify the potential financial reporting impact of ineffective controls and/or data quality issues resulting from IT or process limitations, and to identify appropriate remedial actions 
• Supporting Business function activities to ensure that controls within the current control population are sufficient to mitigate financial reporting risk 
• Liaising with other Nordea-wide regulatory project teams and assurance providers, to identify synergies and collaboration opportunities where possible. This includes the development of a consolidated heat map of financial reporting risks 
• Identifying and articulating control inefficiencies and remedial actions for communication to senior stakeholders up to and including Board Audit Committee and Group Executive Management 

The role is based in Copenhagen or Stockholm.   

Welcome to a team which sits at the heart of GRCs efforts to ensure robust and transparent financial and regulatory reporting across our Group.  

Who you are 

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the four key values that guide us in being at our best. We imagine that you enjoy learning and are excited about bringing your ideas to the table. You’re dependable, willing to speak up – even when it’s difficult – and committed to empowering others. To build a successful career with us, you'll work well with others and always act with the customer's needs in mind. You love learning and trying new things, and you're excited about bringing your ideas to the table. You're honest and dependable, willing to speak up even when it's difficult, and committed to empowering others. You're passionate about doing a great job.  

Your profile and background:  

• Excellent interpersonal skills, and professional fluency in both written and spoken English, with strong organisational skills; ability to work reactively under pressure as well as to plan effectively and deliver work to agreed timescales 
• Ability to collaborate and work as part of a team, but also with a high degree of personal autonomy, taking ownership and delivering on commitments whilst managing stakeholders effectively 
• Ability to identify and articulate process and control inefficiencies, and to influence others in driving progress on remedial actions, including demonstrating the courage to do what is right under challenging circumstances 
• Understanding of the various risk and control frameworks (e.g. COSO/COBIT), experience of providing and delivering assurance over regulatory requirements (e.g. Sarbanes Oxley) would be advantageous 
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel is required. Experience of delivering attestations under defined FRR frameworks such as Sarbanes Oxley within a complex organisation would be a big advantage, as would a strong background in developing innovative or automated data analytic solutions that support Big 4 risk assessment and audit conclusions 

Specific qualifications for Senior Risk Expert (Business profile):  

• 5+ years’ experience interpreting financial statements, key disclosures and regulatory returns, with a proven ability to recognise and advise on the remediation of control ineffectiveness. Also, an in-depth understanding of stakeholder requirements including those of internal and external audit 
• Education to Degree level in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration is required as a minimum. Ambition coupled with a proactive and autonomous nature, and a strong desire to drive projects and add value, is essential 

Specific qualifications for IT Risk Expert (IT profile):   

• Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject is required as a minimum. Professional technology risk and audit certifications (CISA, CRISC etc.) are preferred, 5+ years’ experience in IT audit or technology risk function, with the skills required to identify design and operational deficiencies within control and process end to ends, and to influence others in driving progress on remedial actions 
• An interest or ambition to becoming a subject matter expert in established and emerging areas of risk such as data lakes and analytics, toxic combinations, robotics, Fintech

If this sounds like you, get in touch! 

More information 

At nordea.com, you can read more about us, our business and our focus on integrating sustainability into everything we do. 

At Nordea, we recruit from the widest possible pool and hire the best person for the job. Because diversity makes us stronger. And once you are on board, you will find that we offer equal opportunities to everyone. 

Please submit your application no later than 24 May 2019. For more information about the position, please contact Christa Malki on +46 721459427 or christa.malki (at) nordea.se (SE) or Brandon Davids on +45 92439800 or brandon.davids (at) nordea.com (DK) 

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To all recruitment agencies: Please note, we don’t accept unsolicited resumes for any of our positions. All contact regarding agency resumes should be directed to Nordea Talent Acquisition which handles everything related to recruitment. 

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