Compliance i Verdipapirforetak og AIFM

Swiss Life Asset Managers Nordic is a leading manager of real estate through funds and direct investments in the Nordics. The team comprises close to 50 employees within Transactions, Funds, Business Management and Property Management, covering the whole value chain of real estate investments. The gross total value of real estate investments under management and administration is approx. NOK 30 billion. The properties are located in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
Swiss Life Asset Managers Nordic’s clients include family offices, private investors, investment companies, foundations, and institutional investors.

Swiss Life Asset Managers is a leading institutional real estate manager in Europe established in 6 countries, has over 2,500 employees and is headquartered in Zurich. For over 165 years, Swiss Life Asset Managers has managed the assets of the Swiss Life Group and of institutional and private clients. As a European investor and asset manager, we bear a responsibility to both society and the environment, in addition to our fiduciary duty to our clients. We believe that by evaluating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria along with financial metrics and risk factors, we achieve a more sustainable outcome over the long term and consequently enhance the quality of our investment portfolios.

Further information is available on no.swisslife-am.com.

Swiss Life Asset Managers Nordic AS is looking for a skilled and committed Compliance & Risk Officer, who in a team of three compliance & risk officers will handle ongoing compliance and legal issues, help ensure compliance with applicable regulations, contribute to improve and develop business and operational processes, the group’s ESG profile and contribute to the group’s risk management.

We are looking for a candidate with either legal or financial background.

The Compliance & Risk function in Swiss Life Asset Managers Nordic reports to the Board of Directors and management of the Nordic units, and has functional reporting lines to the head office in Zurich. The group has units with investment firm and AIFM licenses in Norway, and an entity which is an authorized accounting firm.

Tasks:

•  Advice of and handling financial regulatory compliance issues, including anti-money laundering, privacy regulation, ESG issues, and legal issues as company law, contract law, HT-relates topics.
• Contribute to ensuring compliance with regulations, including assessing whether guidelines, procedures and measures are sufficiently effective.
• Monitor outsourcing of services, framework agreements for service purchases, etc.
• Participate in work on the establishment of new funds and projects
• Contact and coordination with the Financial Supervisory Authority, external legal assistance, etc.
• Contribute to updating the Group's and companies' directive systems, including training.
• Participate and contribute to Swiss Life Asset Managers' international network.
• Keep professionally updated through participation in professional forums and external courses.
• Ad hoc tasks

Desired qualifications:

• University degree on a Master’s level within finance, economics or law
• 2-5 years of experience from relevant roles, preferably within the finance industry
• Industry experience in finance is an advantage, especially from securities- and or fund management
• Professional expertise and interest in one or more areas such as compliance, securities law, company law, ESG, AML, GDPR and risk management
• Good oral and written presentation skills in Norwegian and English. Proficiency in German and/or French will be an advantage, but not a requirement.

Personal qualities:

It is important that you are a team player. We are looking for an energetic, result-oriented and confident candidate with a high degree of both professional and personal integrity. To succeed in the role, it is important that you are structured and accurate in your work and that you have good communication and cooperation skills. If you also are curious and committed, you will fit in well with us.

We offer:

• Varied and challenging tasks with a high degree of responsibility
• Professional and personal development in a company with a high professional level
• Competitive terms
• An international network in 6 European countries with approximately 30 compliance officers and a corresponding number of Risk Management Officers
• Offices centrally location in Oslo central business district

Some travel must be expected within the Nordic region and through participation in the Swiss Life Asset Managers network.

Application

Please submit your application by September 28. For further information, contact Fredrik Holter, Head of Compliance and Risk, on tel. + 47 922 93 414 / fredrik.holter@swisslife-am.com.

All inquiries are treated confidentially.