Head of Financial Crime Control Testing

Are you ready to take on a Leadership position within the second line of defence and drive Control Testing for Financial Crime risks?

As Head of Financial Crime Control Testing, you will lead six people based in Denmark, Poland and Lithuania.

The role of Control Testing is to test the design and operational effectiveness of controls against Group Policy and external regulatory requirements/expectations to determine their effectiveness in managing/mitigating risk. We have a global remit and our annual plan consists of various types of testing activities across all Financial Crime risk types and business areas, which creates a versatile work life with many different and varied tasks.

The Head of the team will directly manage team members and own the annual testing plan for Financial Crime, overseeing the day-to-day testing, coaching and developing team members and managing stakeholder relationships.

You will be part of the Control Testing & Compliance Assurance (CT&CA) management team - reporting directly to the Head of CT&CA and represent the function to stakeholders such as first line business, second line compliance and audit teams.

The workplace can be located either in Vilnius, Lithuania; Warsaw, Poland; Copenhagen, Denmark or Helsinki, Finland. Danske Bank supports workplace flexibility (we currently use a hybrid work model, where we work at least 3 days in the office.

You will:Own and maintain the Financial Crime Control Testing Annual Plan.

Proactively engage with key stakeholders (such as Compliance Advisory and Financial Crime Risk Prevention teams) and build positive relationships, gaining support for CT&CA initiatives.

Coach and develop team members to enhance skills and capabilities.

Manage the day-to-day operations for Financial Crime testing activities, notably:Support team members through execution of work, particularly during key stages of test planning, execution and reporting.

Review and challenge control testing materials (i.e. scope document,