AdressJob ID: 22321
Would you like to join our great Nordic Transaction Banking Legal team and further develop your competences by working together with the team and all colleagues in Group Legal?
We are now looking for a Legal Counsel / Senior Legal Counsel to support a transforming and extremely interesting business area responsible for e.g. payments, mobile payments, cards, cash management, open banking, trade finance and digital services to corporates. Our team is located in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway, and the Legal Counsel we are now looking for can be located in any of these Nordic countries.
At Nordea, we’re committed to being a partner our customers and society can count on. Compliance and integrity go hand in hand. Joining us means you’ll have an impact on how we do banking – today and tomorrow. So bring your ideas, skills and unique background. With us, you’ll be in good company with plenty of opportunities to collaborate, grow and make your mark on something bigger.
About this opportunity
Welcome to the Transaction Banking Legal team. As the Legal Counsel / Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll play a valuable role by providing proactive legal advice and developing our operations in a compliant manner by being a trusted partner with a good commercial understanding.
What you’ll be doing:
- Work closely with business area to find and create right legal solutions
- Provide excellent to the point legal support and advice related to product/process development/maintenance
- Draft standard customer documentation
- Provide legal support for co-operation and infrastructure agreements / arrangements
- Provide legal support to regulatory implementation
You’ll join a team of inspiring and supporting working environment with great and helpful colleagues. The role is based in any of the Nordic countries.
Who you are
Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.
To succeed in this role, we believe that you have:
- Strong sense of ownership and drive
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to recognize and manage legal risks
- Passion to find solutions for complex matters and ability to communicate them in understandable way
- A true team spirit, an open mind and positive attitude
- A curious mindset for new technology and eagerness to apply legal design
Your experience and background:
- Master’s law degree from one of the Nordic countries
- Any of the Nordic languages and fluent English language
- Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience in a financial institution or a law firm
- Knowledge of payment products and digital services, and related legislation is an advantage
If this sounds like you, get in touch!
Next steps
Submit your application no later than 10/03/2024. Interviews will be held on ongoing basis and the position can be filled before the last application day. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Head of Transaction Banking Legal, Leena Kaarina Villman-Hurri at leena.villman-hurri @nordea.com.
At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.
Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.
For candidates in Sweden only - For union information, please contact finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACONordea@nordea.com.
