I currently work as an Assistant Controller in the Business Risk Control team. I have not previously worked in risk control but I believe my experience in other analytical positions has helped me a lot.
My team is responsible for the management of non-financial risks. We perform various controls in different risk areas to enhance Nordea’s compliance with regulatory requirements. We do this to ensure that other employees do what they should be doing and refrain from doing what they should not do.
We follow many things in the trading floor and thanks to this, we get a good overview of various functions at Nordea. Our team operates on a Nordic level, which means that we are responsible for the business risk control of operations at other Nordic countries also. Currently three of my team members work at Helsinki and six at Copenhagen. So, we often have Teams meetings and the language spoken in our team is English.
My typical day is 9–17 but my hours are not fixed. This means that I can sometimes start my days earlier or end them a bit later. My daily work consists of performing daily, monthly, and quarterly controls. My work is never the same, but varies from day to day which I like. The controls I perform make for example sure that orders sent to Nordea are handled correctly, and that trades are only done at correct times and in the correct places. I also participate in improving our controls which means that I get to be innovative and to improve our performance instead of just performing the controls.
I have worked here at Nordea almost two months now, and I have learned a lot about for instance derivatives, regulation, order handling and execution processes, and the activities at Nordea Markets in general. I have really enjoyed my time here, and I am looking forward to spending the next months here, learning more and having fun with the other FFPs and my colleagues.