Senior Regulatory Specialist

About the job:

Would you like to join a first line of compliance with a focus on technology and operational resilience on a global scale? Then you may be the right candidate to join our team

We are seeking a highly skilled and detailed-oriented Senior Regulatory Specialist to join our Enterprise Foundation department where you will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards. You will be part of a regulatory team responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and implementing regulations in technology and operational resilience, including resolution preparedness.

Since the recent appointment as a SIFI bank, we have been strengthening our compliance program by hiring highly qualified professionals to lead the compliance effort. As our new Senior Regulatory Specialist, which is a first-line role, you will be in close contact with the business, while using your regulatory experience to support the business in reaching its regulatory compliance goals across the global organization.

Responsibilities:

• Perform compliance gap analyses across relevant legislation, identify and implement controls and mitigation strategies.
• Stay updated on regulatory developments in technology and operational resilience, regarding Danish and EU regulations. Assess their impact on Saxo and recommend appropriate actions.
• Collaborate with colleagues across different areas, at times coordinating their effort to achieve compliance with relevant legislation.
• Contribute to our compliance culture by providing support and education to employees on regulatory matters, policy and procedures.
• Support international offices in their effort to maintain regulatory compliance across difference jurisdiction, by being responsible for knowledge of compliance of Saxo.
• Ensure that the area of Enterprise Foundation stay compliant with Danish and European relevant legislations.

Your profile:

As a person you are positive, open-minded, and you have great people skills and can understand and explain complex situations. You can 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. In Saxo it is important to be able to adapt to changing circumstances and quickly switch focus between different responsibilities as needed. Further, you can communicate complex regulatory requirements to internal stakeholders with no regulatory background.

Furthermore, you:

• Bring at least 5 years of relevant regulatory experience (in technology, operational resilience and/or resolution) obtained within a first, second or third line, preferably in the financial sector;
• Have an academic background in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Law, Audit or similar;
• Understand current industry and risk management trends, threats and opportunities;
• Have strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and apply complex regulations;
• Have documented track record of leading and delivering independently projects from start to finish;
• Can critically assess compliance processes and identify improvements in the delivery of regulatory products;
• Have international or cross-cultural experience and enjoy working with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences
• Are proficient in English, both verbal and written.
• Have knowledge of Danish (advantage).

We offer:

The COO organisation is responsible for building, constantly developing and improving the full digital value chain that we deliver to our clients and partners. This is done in close collaboration with the Saxo Experience Office and supports the bank in always providing a world-class digital Saxo experience in an efficient, stable and scalable way.

At Saxo IT and the business are integrated, ensuring end-to-end ownership. We are organized based on what we want to do for our clients rather than on subject matter expertise. Within COO you will work together with people from different disciplines, but all with the same goal in mind: making a positive difference for our clients.

The COO umbrella includes the following departments: Operations, Security & Financial Crime Prevention, Trading and our 'Backbone' consisting of Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Data Platforms, Workplace Service Management, DevOps Lifecycle Management and IT Business Management.

We aspire to be a non-hierarchical, purpose-driven organisation. At Saxo, it is not about entitlement; it is about impact – no matter where you sit in the organisation. A good idea is always taken seriously and you can truly make a difference.

When you work here, you become a Saxonian. Obviously you will get an attractive compensation package. But we also invest in your personal development and offer you large responsibility from day one. We encourage an open feedback culture and a supportive team environment. If you show a collaborative spirit, drive and passion, your learning curve will be steep and your (international) career opportunities with Saxo immense.

At Saxo we don't just offer a job – we offer an opportunity to invest in your future

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