Head of Non-Financial Risk, Large Corporate & Institutions

Do you want to play a key role in driving and supporting the non-financial risk discipline in Danske Bank and be responsible for overseeing non-financial risks? If yes, then we have an exciting opportunity to join us as Head of Non-Financial Risk in LC&I! 

Head of Non-Financial Risk, Large Corporate & Institutions
In Non-Financial Risk (NFR) we have the responsibility of strengthening, driving, and steering our non-financial risk management practices. One of our most important success factors is to mature the risk discipline and the understanding of non-financial risks in Danske Bank. We strive to activate the benefits of learnings from non-financial risk events as well as performing sample testing of the risk & control assessments to support business decisions in one of the largest financial institutions in the Nordics.

NFR is a 2nd line of defense with the role to set the standards, support and with an oversight function and provide supporting systems and tools for forward-looking non-financial risk management.

We are organised in two dimensions, business facing teams providing single point of contact towards the business and Centre of Excellent working with Framework, Reporting and IT. In this structure, we focus on cross-functional collaborations, communications, non-financial risk awareness and training for the bank.

Your responsibilities
You will be responsible for the oversight on non-financial risk within LC&I, a business unit facing team which serves the needs of our large corporate and institutional customers within wholesale banking and asset management products and services. Furthermore, the team has responsibility for oversight of the CFO-area, Group Legal and Danica as well as Tax Risk and Sustainability Non-Financial risk.

You will lead a team of eight dedicated specialists in Denmark and Lithuania with focus on having the oversight of the main risks within the product portfolio, underlying processes and change projects.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

Your qualifications
We are looking for someone who can communicate and pro-actively interact with stakeholders in a complex environment and can demonstrate strong integrity and a capacity to maintain high standards. The ability to work with many different stakeholders across Danske Bank is an essential prerequisite for achieving good results. You should be able to challenge your stakeholders and help them deliver high quality.

As Head of NFR LC&I it is important that you have solid people management skills, good understanding of wholesale banking and asset management and are knowledge within the risk management discipline.

We imagine that you are:

The team works out of our new Domicile in the Centre of Copenhagen.

Like to join us? 
If you have questions, please reach out to Malene Lindhart, Head of Non-Financial Risk on