Senior Risk Manager | SEB, Solna
SEB · Sweden · 5d ago
Are you a senior risk professional who can connect risk expertise with business strategy, lead complex initiatives and influence decisions across an international organisation? We are looking for an experienced Risk Manager who will help strengthen first-line risk management across Business Services and Group Risk & Regulatory Services.
Since SEB was founded in 1856, our focus on customers and long-term relationships has been at the heart of our success. We aim to drive positive change by providing capital to help everyone reach their goals and accelerate progress towards a sustainable tomorrow. As a leading financial services group in northern Europe, we'll help you grow and empower you to take on more responsibility to create a real difference. Welcome to SEB.
About the role
Business Services and Group Risk and Regulatory Services are cross-divisional functions that support customer flows across SEB’s product areas and client segments. Its broad remit includes transaction processing and customer support, data and reporting, regulatory and risk services and group-wide process management and automation. We are now looking for a Senior Risk Manager to join our first-line Risk Management team in Solna. In this role, you will help shape the function’s risk strategy and target state, strengthen risk-informed decision-making and enable effective implementation of SEB’s risk management framework. You will work across business areas, processes and geographies, combining deep risk expertise with commercial understanding to provide clear recommendations to senior management.
As part of the first line of defense, Risk Management enables the functions to manage financial and non-financial risks in line with internal and external requirements while supporting sustainable business opportunities. The team provides an end-to-end view of key risks and controls, identifies emerging exposure and helps management translate risk insight into timely action. You will be part of a team located in Solna, Riga and Vilnius.
You will have responsibility for one or more complex processes, services or products, often with international and cross-SEB reach. Working independently, with guidance from senior managers only in the most complex situations, you will lead strategic risk initiatives, improve existing processes and risk frameworks, and coordinate assignments to ensure that tactical and strategic objectives are achieved.
Your responsibilities
- Enable effective implementation of SEB’s risk management framework and advise the division on compliance with internal and external requirements.
- Contribute proactively to the division’s overall strategy, risk tolerance and target state, based on SEB Group requirements and management expectations.
- Identify, assess, monitor and review risks, controls and mitigating actions across complex business and process environments.
- Provide management with an integrated view of key risks, controls, trends and emerging exposures, translating analysis into conclusions and actionable recommendations.
- Improve risk frameworks, processes, tools and reporting, and coordinate assignments while monitoring delivery against agreed objectives.
- Guide colleagues in resolving complex issues share standards and best practices across divisions.
- Deliver training and awareness activities that strengthen risk ownership, effective use of risk tools and a proactive risk culture.
To thrive in this role, we believe you have:
- A university degree in Finance, Business, Law or another relevant field, together with at least 7 years of professional experience and relevant risk management competencies.
- In-depth practical and theoretical knowledge of risk management, supported by broad experience across a wide spectrum of concepts and principles
- The ability to combine risk and business knowledge, assess diverse information, draw sound conclusions and make clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Strong business understanding and relevant financial and regulatory knowledge, with the judgement to balance robust risk management and pragmatic business needs.
- Excellent stakeholder-management, collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to influence, develop and motivate others.
- High integrity, critical thinking and the ability to consider different perspectives, together with a proactive, adaptable and solution-focused approach.
- Fluency in written and spoken English, as the role works across SEB’s international network.
- Experience with data visualisation and analysis tools such as Tableau or Power BI, as well as advanced Excel skills, is an advantage.
What we offer:
- Empowering, professional and international work environment.
- Continuous learning and engagement with colleagues across divisions and geographies.
- Interesting and diverse career development opportunities.
- Opportunity to contribute to qualitative and efficient non-financial risk management in Group & Business Services.
Do you want to be a part of SEB?
It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.
Since we select candidates continuously, feel free to send in your application today via the link in this ad, but no later than 2026-10-05. If you have questions about the position, please contact Anna Edlund, Head of Risk Management, Group & Business Services, anna.edlund@seb.se.
Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and history of crime. In some cases, we also apply random drug checks. During employment, employees within SEB can also expect to undergo recurring background checks.
SEB Sweden has a redeployment responsibility, which means that this position might be covered by internal redeployment.
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