Copenhagen, Denmark

Do you want to work with the AML advisory team on high risk assessments globally? Are you interested working in a highly important area within Financial Crime Prevention in a complex and exciting organization? Then we have the right opportunity for you!

With an important focus on Financial Crime Prevention across the financial sector, we in Saxo are looking for a new brilliant colleague to join our team and contribute to our efforts within this area.

When joining our AML Advisory team, you will help to ensure optimal decision making around our high-risk clients – both direct, corporate and institutional. As a team, we are working towards making the right assessments and mitigating the risks of our high-risk clients in our different segments.

Saxo is located in several countries across the globe, and together with your team members you will become responsible for assessments across all represented offices, and you will collaborate with various partners in many countries.

Responsibilities

You will join us in an important role to help fight financial crime. You will be working with a variety of tasks requiring in-depth understanding of money-laundering, tax evasion, sanctions, adverse media, and terrorist financing risks.  

• As part of the AML Advisory team, perform complex high-risk assessments as part of our due diligence process in Saxo
• Ensure that the correct appropriate level of analysis is made on different risk-related assessments
• Take ownership of and confidently present material to senior management, ensuring that it is sufficient and concise for the management to approve the risk of the client
• Give input in relation to Saxo’s risk appetite and initiatives for mitigating risk measurements
• Take part in various wider financial crime related projects internally and ensure continuous improvement on existing initiatives and new commercial aspects
• Give input and seek new knowledge on how we continuously keep up to date with new digital ways of working

Your profile

You are the right colleague if you take pride in your analytical approach and enjoy converting complex assessment cases into concrete action points. Furthermore, we are looking for someone who enjoys working on multiple projects and tasks at a time and you have good decision-making skills.

As Saxo is a global organization with many important stakeholders, it is essential that you understand the importance of building relationships and communicate effectively with clear arguments. Moreover, we want a team player to join us, but you will also work independently on tasks, so you must enjoy both ways of working.

We will look for profiles that

• Have a relevant educational background and/or experience with different financial crime typologies, interpretation of AML regulatory requirements, risk management and compliance or similar.
• Have experience with at least two client segments; direct, corporate and/or institutional.
• Preferably have certifications such as CAMS/ACAMS, ICA or similar.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the financial sector working with making assessments of high-risk cases.
• Are proficient in English both oral and written, Danish is not a requirement.

We are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.

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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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