About this opportunity

• Working with the Group Finance department and relevant stakeholders across Nordea on business areas of your responsibility in order to develop an understanding of their end-to-end processes and risks. This also includes to quantify the potential financial reporting impact of ineffective controls and/or data quality issues resulting from IT or process limitations, and to identify appropriate remedial actions.
• Controlling the Accounting Key Controls framework across Nordea, which is Nordea’s framework for identifying, assessing and managing financial reporting risks.
• Conducting independent reviews and assessments over focus areas e.g. hedge accounting, impairments, conduct risk, one-off transactions, IFRS implementation, toxic combinations etc.
• Participating in strategic initiatives to review frameworks, simplify the controls landscape and enhance Nordea’s awareness of the control environment. This also includes developing new approaches to assurance i.e. data-driven analytical solutions.
• Articulating control weaknesses and remedial actions for communication to senior stakeholders, up to and including Board Audit Committee and Group Leadership Team.

Who you are

• Are a self-motivating and result-oriented professional with a curious mind.
• Thrive in learning and trying new things, and you're excited about bringing your ideas to the table.
• Are dependable and courageous, willing to speak up even when it's difficult.
• Are a keen team player, with a “service” mindset that the whole is stronger than one.
• Enjoy collaborating with others and are committed to empowering others.
• Are passionate about making a difference.
• Take pride in delivering high quality outcome.

• Relevant tertiary or higher education in e.g. Finance, Accounting/Auditing or Economics is required as a minimum. Further certification in Accounting, e.g. CA/CPA, is considered an advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in interpreting financial statements, key disclosures and statutory returns, ideally in a large bank / financial services firm or as an academic.
• Sound working knowledge of the standard risk and control frameworks (e.g. COSO/COBIT).
• Expert ability to identify risks and articulate process and control weaknesses, with a proven ability to recognise and advise on the remediation of control ineffectiveness.
• Experience in providing and delivering assurance over regulatory requirements (e.g. Sarbanes Oxley) would be advantageous.
• An in-depth understanding of stakeholder requirements, including those of internal and external audit.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and can effectively navigate through complex and at times challenging organisational dynamics.
• Strong organisational and time management skills. Ability to work actively under pressure as well as to plan effectively and deliver work to agreed timeframes.
• Proficient or expert skills in Microsoft Office including Excel is required.
• Professional fluency in both written and verbal English.

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