Senior Risk and Governance SME

Gdańsk, PL, 80-309 Gdynia, PL, 81-537 Stockholm, SE, 111 46 Helsinki, FI, 500 Warszawa, PL, 02-460 Łódź, PL, 93-281 Taastrup, DK, 2630

Job ID: 25473

Are you passionate about making Nordea better? Are you inspired by managing the fundaments for how a Technology organisation is governed? Do you have a mindset to make organisations effective and efficient through collaboration with stakeholders in a fast-paced working environment?

If so, we are looking for a Senior Risk and Governance SME (Subject Matter Expert) to the Technology CIO Management Office within the Technology unit. We possess a variety of different competencies that support synergies and better results. The team is responsible, amongst other things, for ensuring that policies, guidelines, and procedures are developed, maintained and implemented to ensure a sufficient system of internal controls in the Technology organisation.

About this opportunity

As a Senior Risk and Governance SME you will be part of our Technology CIO Management Office, where you will have the opportunity to build a truly exceptional experience by working with a broad range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation e.g. Group Risk and Group Compliance.

In this role you will be meet with a broad range of assignments that will enable you to grow professionally in a personalised way. You will be surrounded by committed and engaged colleagues and will have flexibility to plan and organise your own work, allowing you to work from home 2 days per week. We offer a collaborative environment where you will contribute to organisational growth and maturity. You will have the opportunity to be innovative and work independently. Professional growth in this positions can be combined with many future options both within existing organisation as well as in the rest of Nordea.

Who are you

First you are excited about risks and governance in a technology context. We imagine that you will do well in this role if you:

• Are passionate about developing, maintaining, and implementing policies, guidelines, and procedures to effectively govern and manage a Technology organisation
• Have strong stakeholder management skills that enable you to navigate in a complex matrix organisation
• Are able to drive initiatives independently and work collaboratively with a large amount of stakeholders across the Bank
• Have outstanding problem solving and analytical skills, with an ability to translate complex reports/data into tangible recommendations
• Are able to communicate clearly and precisely – both written and spoken – to Nordea internal and external stakeholders
• Are passionate about driving change both independently and as a part of a wider team
• Have a positive and solution-oriented mindset that inspires others

Your experience and background:

• +5 years of experience from management of Governance/Quality systems, preferable with a background in a Technology Risk or Compliance organisation
• Experienced in ICT risk framework will be beneficial for the role
• A successful track record of driving change of Governance/Quality systems, e.g. creating, maintaining, implementing and monitoring policies and procedures, from previous positions
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with attention to details
• Background within the Financial Sector and understanding of processes relating to Technology (preferable)
• Fluent in English

What you’ll be doing

As the Senior Risk and Governance SME, you will be accountable for driving and supporting Governance related initiatives, as well as, safeguarding that Technology policies, guidelines and procedures are developed, maintained, and implemented in line with internal and external regulations, including:

• Manage the life cycle of Technology Governance process and drive changes in policies, guidelines and procedures
• Secure consistency and linking between policies, guidelines and procedures across Technology
• Drive and participate in initiatives that is impacting policies, guidelines and procedures e.g. DORA
• Follow-up and report on controls related to policies, guidelines and procedures
• Support and guide during audits from internal and external auditors
• Interact with other parties responsible for policies and procedures in Nordea
• Interact with Nordea Risk and Compliance organisations

You will join a passionate and driven team that wants to make a difference. The role can be based in Nordics or Poland.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 30/11/2024.

For more information, you’re welcome to contact Fredrik Lundqvist ([email protected]) who is the hiring manager or Rikke Smidt Bang-Jensen ([email protected]) Head of Technology CIO Management Office.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

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