AML Risk Rating Model Expert

Are you curious about working with financial crime prevention in Saxo?

We are looking for a risk rating model expert who has a deep knowledge of Financial Crime risk models.

The role will be part of the Financial Crime Prevention – Modelling and Development team, located at Saxo’s headquarters in Hellerup. The team acts as a vital function within Financial Crime Prevention, responsible for the development, maintenance and governance of risk models and methodologies across the organization.

Operating at the intersection of AML regulatory requirements, risk management and technology development, the team ensures that regulatory expectations are correctly interpreted, embedded into risk frameworks, and implemented in scalable and sustainable solutions.

About The Job

We are looking for a senior colleague to join our team and take a leading role in driving the continuous improvement of Saxo’s AML Client Risk Rating Models, ensuring a well‑documented, robust and regulator‑ready risk rating framework across the bank.

You will work closely with IT, data scientists, data analysts and Financial Crime Prevention experts who support you in assessments, requirements definition and implementation. It is essential that you can communicate effectively across organizational levels and seniority, and that you are able to translate AML regulatory requirements into clear, operational and scalable risk solutions for the organization.

As Saxo is an international organization with entities across the world, it is important to have a global mindset. 

Responsibilities

• Assessing and analysing regulatory requirements, with the support of the data team, enabling correct and proper risk management
• Understanding and analysing the operational implications of new regulations and ensure correct implementation in systems and processes – with the goal of automating the processes as much as possible 
• Ability to define key risk indicators and suggest and evaluate data sources for development
• Creating visualizations and documentation to represent model and risk metrics effectively
• Be the Subject-Matter-Expert across the team on Risk Rating Models, ensuring proper documentation, reports and presentations
• Ensuring that the down-stream impact of risk rating models is addressed
• Communicate impact and analysis to support stakeholders cross-organization

Your Profile

You thrive in an environment characterized by continuous change and a certain level of ambiguity, while maintaining strong attention to detail. You are comfortable working in cross‑functional settings and are motivated by contributing to AML risk solutions that are both regulatorily sound and commercially viable. You have a solid understanding of the interaction between AML regulatory requirements, risk frameworks and digitalized solutions or models.

You bring experience from the financial sector working with risk management and regulatory initiatives, preferably within Financial Crime Prevention or AML. Your educational background may be within law, business, risk management or a related field, combined with a minimum of five years of hands‑on experience in regulatory interpretation and implementation.

You are the ideal candidate for the job, if… 

• You are self-driven and can easily take on projects that require multiple stakeholders
• You understand client risk rating models, and have a deep understanding of the end-to-end impact of FCP risk calculations across organizations
• You have a relevant educational background and/or experience with assessing and understanding financial crime risk, interpretation of financial crime-related regulatory requirements, risk management or compliance
• You possess a combination of technical, analytical, and FCP domain-specific knowledge and know what is required to develop and maintain a model framework
• You have experience in creating and documenting business requirements for IT deliveries
• You are analytical, structured and can handle multiple tasks at a time
• You find it easy to build relationships and communicate effectively on all levels and across borders in a global and dynamic environment
• You master English on a professional level. While Danish, as well as other languages are not a requirement, but will be considered as merit as they can help you to understand local laws and requirements, and can be a bridge to other cultures 

 

At Saxo Bank, we believe collaboration works best when colleagues meet face‑to‑face. Your primary place of work will therefore be our headquarters in Hellerup, with an on‑site presence of at least four days per week. The headquarters offer modern office facilities, a company lunch scheme, an informal Friday bar and other employee benefits.

If you are living abroad, please indicate in your application whether you plan to relocate or commute. No financial relocation support is offered for this role.

We conduct interviews on a continuous basis and look forward to receiving your application.

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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.

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