Senior Officer in Financial Crime Operational Risk Assessments Team

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Would you like to become a subject‑matter expert and work with a broad range of stakeholders across countries? Are you interested in reviewing business processes, products and services offered to the customers from perspective of risk management? Danske Bank is searching for a Financial Crime Senior Risk Officer to join the 1st Line Financial Crime Operational Risk Assessments Team. You will become a member of a team located in Warsaw and cooperate with stakeholders from a wider Business Risk Management and Advisory community from Poland, Lithuania and Nordic countries.

Your Responsibilities

Together with your team you will work on identifying and managing Financial Crime risks and controls for Danske Bank’s Business Processes, products and services across various jurisdictions, using your financial crime expertise through different risk assessment methodologies. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as subject‑matter expert for money laundering and terrorist financing. In this role, you will work closely with owners of products, services, and processes across the Danske Bank organization.
• Acting as a Single Point of Contact for assessment and all questions related to financial crime under the RCSA and NAPA framework.
• Having a close partnership with subject‑matter experts responsible for other FC risks: bribery and corruption, fraud, sanctions evasion and tax evasion.
• Conducting Control‑Self Assessment process on Financial Crime key controls.
• Managing and providing ad‑hoc subject matter input to FC Risk Assessment projects.

Essential Abilities And Expertise

In this role you will collaborate with a lot of people – from your peers to stakeholders of various seniority. It is therefore important, that you have the ability to establish trust through clear and timely communication, and presenting a consensus‑building mindset when resolving arising issues. The job involves managing tasks on your own while ensuring deadlines are met, which is why we hope to see a strong sense of resourcefulness and effective work and time management skills from you. In terms of other skills and aptitudes, we expect you to possess the following:

• +5 years of experience, good working knowledge and understanding of Financial Crime risks or controls, to be able to provide clear and justified Financial Crime related feedback.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple streams simultaneously, effectively managing a variety of tasks and stakeholders.
• Understanding of financial services, products, and banking industry processes.
• Advanced skills in English, both speaking and writing.

Beneficial qualifications / skills, that can help you kick the ground running from the start, include:

• Experience working with NAPA/RCSA/CSA processes.
• Experience in producing quality dashboards, PowerPoints, etc. for senior management.
• Experience in managing additional financial crime risks beyond money laundering and terrorist financing.

What We Offer

We will ensure that the exact salary offered to you will be based on your qualifications, skills, professional experience, and requirements for the corresponding job function. On top of that, we offer all our employees a rich and comprehensive benefits package. We work in a hybrid model, where physical presence in the office in Warsaw is required 3 days per week.

Does this sound like you? Then please get in touch with us.

If you find this role interesting, please apply through the job portal. Please be aware: we may select candidates for interviews on an on‑going basis, and this job posting will be closed once we find our preferred new colleague. Note, that only applications in English will be reviewed.

If you have any questions related to this role, please contact Dawid Smolarek via email: dsmo@pl.danskebank.com.

We look forward to hearing from you!

About Us

Danske Bank is a Nordic bank with bridges to the world around us. For 150 years, we have supported people and businesses in releasing their potential. A career with us is an opportunity to join a community of 22,000 colleagues in a culture where we are committed to Teaming Up, Owning It and Being Open. Together, we are on a journey to transform Danske Bank into a better bank. For our customers, our employees and the societies around us.