Risk Manager/Senior Risk Manager

Copenhagen, Denmark

About the job

Would you like the opportunity to be part of a visible and outgoing Group Non-Fiinancial Risk Department, where you can contribute to bring further value to Saxo?

We are in the midst of an exciting journey to bring non-financial risk management (NFRM) at Saxo to the next level, and have an opening for a passionate candidate to join our Business Risk Management team at the Group’s Headquarters in Copenhagen. Within Group-NFRM, the Business Risk Management team is responsible for the execution of the second line NFRM responsibilities towards the Group’s business lines, and also for the subject matter content of the NFRM framework domains.

You will be working with highly skilled and motivated colleagues and engage directly with peers in the business units across Saxo, both as part of our journey and your daily responsibilities. Our team acts as a partner to the business and engages with all functional areas to support the practical implementation and embedment of non-financial risk management to enable the our team to identify and manage its non-financial risks effectively and promote sound risk culture and awareness.

Responsibilities

As a Non-Financial Risk Manager, your responsibilities will among other include:

• Supporting the implementation and embedding of NFRM framework, policies and minimum standards
• Advising and challenging first line business units in how to respond to non-financial risks identified as a result of risk assessments, risk events, etc.
• Facilitating and/or participating in various risk assessments, including business processes and change projects
• Providing risk advice and review of processes related to changes in governance, material projects, and the development of new products and services
• Monitoring the execution of risk mitigating actions
• Evaluating key controls’ design and operating effectiveness
• Contributing to the Group’s risk culture, providing NFRM training to first line
• Providing timely, relevant and value creating risk information

The position requires experience in one or more of the following areas, where especially experience with and interest in securities trading, operations, back office, payments environment is an advantage:

• Non-Financial risk management
• Change risk management
• Risk and control assessment
• Internal controls review and monitoring
• Facilitating/implementing risk and control frameworks and testing of controls
• Risk event management incl. root cause/impact investigation and mitigation strategies

We offer a great opportunity to join a motivated and dedicated team of non-financial risk managers of diverse professional and cultural background and nationality. Part of the team is based in Amsterdam and cross-team collaboration in various activities is encouraged.

Your profile

You are positive, open-minded, and you have great people skills and can understand and explain complex situations. You are able to build valuable business networks, which require good communication and stakeholder management skills – connecting people with different functional and cultural backgrounds.

You take pride in delivering high quality work, sometimes acting as a trouble-shooter, and always strive to create win-win solutions. You are flexible and curious to learn new concepts and adapt to new ways of working.

Your academic background could be a university degree or similar within Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Audit and preferably you have previously worked as a risk manager, business risk consultant, internal auditor or similar.

Furthermore, you are expected to:

• Bring at least 5 years of relevant risk management experience obtained within a first, second or third line, preferably in the financial sector
• Have strong affinity with non-financial risk management
• Be independent in mind and capable of driving change and engaging others
• Understand current industry and risk management trends, threats and opportunities
• Be a self-starter, who is both able to work independently and as a team-player
• Have international or cross-cultural experience and enjoy working with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences
• Excellent English language skills, both verbal and written.

We expect to conduct interviews during August.

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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