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Job ID: 28009

Are you interested in correspondent banking, global trade flows, and financial crime prevention? This might be the opportunity for you.

We are now looking for a new colleague to join our team of Due Diligence Experts within Group Financial Crime Prevention, analyzing Nordea’s customer base of banks and payment service providers (PSPs), both by conducting KYC due diligence and through customer compliance calls.

Our customer base includes some of the world’s largest and most prominent financial institutions, and you will gain great insight into the world of correspondent banking, anti-money laundering, sanctions risks, and transaction flows. You will be given the opportunity to become a true expert in the field of financial crime prevention and work in close collaboration with customer units and other stakeholders throughout Nordea.

You will work in a team with a good team spirit and talented members from various different countries and backgrounds. The field of financial crime prevention has grown rapidly, and financial institutions play a key role, offering the right candidate excellent career opportunities.

Your Future Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for performing KYC due diligence on your customer portfolio of banks and/or payment service providers. You will be supported in some administrative tasks and collaborate with customer units but are expected to independently plan and conduct KYC due diligence and deliver results on time.

When you are ready, you will be involved in customer compliance calls and potentially site visits as part of our enhanced due diligence procedures.

More specifically, your tasks will include:

• Collect and assess information on banks and/or PSPs and summarize your findings and conclusions in KYC files, i.e., conduct KYC due diligence (CDD/ODD/EDD) with a focus on financial crime prevention.
• Analyze, describe, and conclude on banks’ and PSPs’ business with a special focus on their financial crime governance and control procedures.
• Assess, describe, and conclude on risks related to money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, corruption, adverse media, sanctions, transactions, ownership structures, corporate governance, etc.
• Assess, understand, and describe the local political and regulatory environment in relation to financial crime prevention and correspondent banking.
• Plan, organize, and conduct compliance calls to verify information and collect intelligence on customers.
• Briefly present your KYC files in Nordea’s Evaluation Board meetings and answer questions in relation to your findings together with the customer’s Relationship Manager.
• Provide expertise knowledge to the Relationship Managers on financial crime risks and mitigating factors related to bank and/or PSP customers.
• Coordinate activities with various internal stakeholders and support improved processes and procedures.

Who Are You?

We are looking for a diligent person with an eye for detail. You have an analytical mindset while at the same time being a good administrator. You are organized, efficient, solution-oriented, and able to work independently in a deadline-driven environment, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver results on time.

You collaborate and engage naturally with stakeholders, colleagues, and customers from different nationalities and backgrounds. You also have the courage to speak up and ask difficult questions while ensuring great customer experiences at the same time.

Your Experience and Skills Include:

• Fluency in English - written and spoken is a prerequisite. Fluency in other additional languages is highly advantageous.
• Experience from either KYC for large corporates or institutions, preferably correspondent banks.
• Knowledge of PSPs is considered an advantage.
• Strong analytical, administrative, planning, and organizing skills.
• Strong reading and writing skills.
• The ability to interpret and follow guidelines and work instructions.
• Good presentation skills.
• Strong collaborator and stakeholder management skills.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

More Information

Please submit your application no later than the 24/01/2025. For more information about the position, please contact hiring manager Emilie Thibault, [email protected].

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. It is our deep belief that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, qualities, and personalities together make us better equipped to help our customers and contribute to the communities we operate in. So be who you are.

For union information, contact Finans förbundet at [email protected] or SACO at [email protected].