Handelsbanken
Financial Crime Compliance Officer
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Financial Crime Compliance Officer
Financial Crime Prevention Specialist – Handelsbanken Hwealth Advisors (HWAM) EMEA
About Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken is a relationship bank built on trust, long-term thinking, and local decision-making. We deliver tailored banking and wealth management solutions to private and corporate customers.
Our decentralized structure ensures decisions are made close to the customer, driven by our network of branches. Central Functions teams provide the necessary expertise, governance, and infrastructure to support branches, enabling them to deliver exceptional service sustainably.
We are consistently ranked as Europe’s safest commercial bank, maintaining outstanding credit ratings among peers and industry-leading customer satisfaction for relationship banking.
Our culture is performance-driven—rooted in trust, respect, and long-term thinking. We empower employees to leverage their expertise, make confident decisions, and foster long-term careers. We seek professionals who share our long-term vision and aim to drive meaningful impact in their communities and within the Bank.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise, advice, and counsel to the First Line of Defence on:
- Financial crime risk
- Regulatory expectations
- Policies and procedures
- Support the Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) in investigating, escalating, and reporting suspicious activity and other material financial crime concerns as required
- Contribute to the enhancement and continuous improvement of the financial crime framework, including:
- Policies
- Procedures
- Systems
- Controls
- Governance processes
- Assist in delivering the annual financial crime compliance monitoring programme by:
- Conducting high-standard monitoring activities (e.g., High Risk review, High-risk onboard quality assurance)
- Producing timely results
- Proactively identify control gaps and weaknesses, determine root causes, and escalate with viable solutions to mitigate identified risks
- Work with the Deputy MLRO to:
- Agree action plans with the business based on monitoring findings
- Facilitate follow-up to ensure risks are mitigated as per agreed plans
- Evidence and document rationale for risk closure
- Provide support in completing annual Business Wide Risk Assessments
- Produce or assist with relevant financial crime reporting and management information (MI) to inform:
- Management, internal committees, Executive Committee, Board, and Handelsbanken Group stakeholders
- Contribute to horizon scanning activities to assess emerging trends in:
- Financial crime typologies
- Regulatory developments
- Industry best practices, and their potential impacts
- Assist in training and educating the business on relevant financial crime matters
- Champion a strong compliance culture within Hwealth Advisors (HWAM), helping teams manage compliance risks effectively
- Maintain an independent, objective view of internal practices while fostering constructive relationships with decision-makers
- Provide secretariat support (as required) to the Financial Crime Prevention Committee (chaired by the MLRO)
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What We’re Looking For
We actively encourage qualified applicants—particularly women—who may feel uncertain about meeting all criteria; your case may be stronger than you think. Get in touch regardless!
Our ideal candidate has:
- Previous experience working in small to medium asset wealth management firms, demonstrating ability to function as a financial crime generalist with broad responsibilities
- Minimum 7 years’ experience in financial crime prevention or compliance—including at least 3 years in a Second Line of Defence (2LOD) function
- Experience in:
- Assessing financial crime controls independently
- Conducting quality assurance testing
- Performing compliance monitoring reviews
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills to effectively influence decision-makers across departments
- A proactive and solutions-focused mindset
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment
- Confidence in making informed decisions when required
- Commitment to self-driven development
- Adaptable, resilient, and comfortable operating within a growing and evolving business
- High ethical and moral standards
- Organised approach, with a keen attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
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Why Join Handelsbanken?
We foster a supportive, motivating work culture where employees:
- Thrive alongside dedicated colleagues
- contribute to meaningful work
- access training and development opportunities
In addition to these key benefits, we offer a competitive benefits package tailored to employee well-being and flexibility. Key highlights include:
Specific benefits details available upon request.
Application Next Steps
- Your journey with us begins once you submit your application
- A Handelsbanken Talent Acquisition Partner will review your details
- If alignment with the requirements exists, they will initiate a phone interview
- An interview invitation may follow
Advert closed for applications after a minimum of 2 weeks, though the deadline may be extended depending on response volume.
The Bank remains committed to fostering equality and diversity, creating an inclusive workplace that encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from varied socioeconomic groups, ages, abilities, parental statuses, racial or ethnic backgrounds, veterans, maritally varied, religious affiliations, sexual orientations, identities, or those seeking gender reassignment, and beyond.
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