Head of Legal and Compliance

5 days ago

København, Denmark PARETO SECURITIES AS Full time

Head of Legal and Compliance

Continia is seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Legal and Compliance to lead our efforts in navigating regulatory landscapes, ensuring robust compliance across our operations and evolving our legal agreement framework. If you excel in strategic oversight and tactical execution, we want you on our team

About your role

You will be pivotal in ensuring Continia's adherence to legal and regulatory frameworks, enhancing our compliance initiatives, and providing strategic legal advice across the organization. You will lead, mentor, and grow a team dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of legal integrity and compliance.

Continia provides software for accounts payable automation, expense management solutions, and bank integration to more than 20,000 customers worldwide. You will be instrumental in ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our software and customer data, as well as compliance with relevant standards and regulations, including GDPR, ISO 27001, and CIS8.

What you will be doing:

  1. Lead and mentor the legal and compliance team.
  2. Oversee all legal and compliance matters, including KYC/KYB, data privacy, and information security.
  3. Evolve our compliance program, ensuring it aligns with industry best practices and regulations (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001, CIS8).
  4. Conduct regular risk assessments and audits to identify and mitigate compliance risks.
  5. Monitor changes in relevant legislation and regulations, and update the compliance program accordingly.
  6. Maintain a solid legal framework for all standard legal documents, such as SaaS Terms of Use, Partner Agreements, and End-Customer Agreements, ensuring they are always up-to-date and aligned with products, industry best practices, and relevant regulations.
  7. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure compliance across all departments.
  8. Oversee all legal agreements and documentation for Continia's offices in 7 countries, providing guidance and support on legal matters in those regions as needed.
  9. Engage with regulatory bodies and industry groups to anticipate compliance trends and prepare the organization accordingly.

As a Continia employee, you will enjoy the following benefits:

  1. Flexible working hours at the office and in your home office. You can be based in either Aalborg or Copenhagen.
  2. Competitive compensation package.
  3. Local benefits such as subsidized lunch and an active employee association.
  4. Spectacular company events where you get to see colleagues from all around the world.

About you

We're looking for a proactive, results-oriented leader with a strong work ethic and a passion for compliance. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You are a strategic thinker with a hands-on approach and the ability to motivate and inspire a team.

We imagine you have the following qualifications and characteristics:

  1. A law degree and relevant professional qualifications.
  2. 8+ years of experience in a similar role, preferably within an international company or financial institution. Experience in the EU tech sector is highly beneficial.
  3. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  4. Strong leadership and team management skills.
  5. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
  6. Experience in developing and implementing compliance programs such as ISO 27001, NIST, or CIS8 is an advantage.
  7. Knowledge of PCI DSS is an advantage, but not a requirement.
  8. Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

If you think you'd be a great fit for this position, please upload your CV, including a few lines about why you're interested in this job. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, it is your choice whether you wish to add a photo in your CV.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. If you are interested in hearing more about this position, please contact Tommy Olesen, Chief Technology Officer, Email:

Continia commits to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants with a Danish residence and work permit.

We look forward to hearing from you

About Continia

At Continia, we value diversity and encourage authenticity. We are team players who respect each other's thoughts and ideas, and we expect everyone to take ownership of their work. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organization.

In our day-to-day work, we are pragmatic and result-oriented, and aim to stay entrepreneurial by keeping things simple and focusing on our employees. We celebrate our wins and releases and aim at having one major event each year where all employees meet up in one place.

We recognize that time is what matters most. Continia solutions give customers more time daily – time to work and live. That's why "It's About Time" is our motto. Our success is built on partnering with more than 1,800 reselling partners - serving more than 20,000 customers worldwide.

We are proud of our company culture, value diversity, and encourage authenticity. You will work in an informal environment with open dialogue and high team spirit in your everyday life. You will be part of a strong community where we celebrate small and big successes.

For more than 30 years, we have been adding value to users of Microsoft Dynamics by developing and offering solutions to effectively handle different types of administrative processes.
Today more than 26,000 Microsoft Dynamics NAV& 365 Business Central installations actively use one or more of our products to speed up or to automate various administrative processes. More than 1,400 partners worldwide in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ecosystem are experienced in delivering, implementing and supporting Continia solutions to their customers.

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