Senior Compliance Risk Officer

You and your job

On a day-to-day basis, you will have a variety of tasks, including project management, review and improve the global Risk and Control set, participating in working groups, data analysis and reporting on conclusions. You, as part of the Risk & Data team, are the first point of contact of the global compliance network and serve this network accordingly. 

Facts & Figures

• 36 hours per week;
• 9 colleagues within the Risk & Data team;
• 43,822 Rabobank colleagues around the world.

Top 3 responsibilities

• You drive the process of the yearly update of the Global Compliance Risks & Controls set. This entails the global project management in all phases and bank wide stakeholder management;
• You are a (compliance) risk management expert. You know what it takes to further develop clear and unambiguous risks and controls and how to improve business ownership of the Risk and Control Framework;
• You are key in embedding Operational Risk management within Compliance function, keeping up to date with relevant tech developments and sharing them with those involved.

As a Senior Compliance Risk Officer you will be part of the Risk & Data team, which  is one of the 4 teams of the Global Core Compliance department within the Compliance department of Rabobank Group. One of the most dynamic departments of the bank. Compliance has a key role in the promotion and safeguarding of the integrity as well as the reputation of Rabobank Group.

Compliance promotes and monitors that the integrity and compliance rules are closely adhered to through its teams dedicated to business line compliance for the various markets (e.g. Retail Netherlands, Rural & Retail, Wholesale, Member Banks), as well as the expertise centre on themes such as market abuse, conflicts of interests and financial economic crime.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. So we are very curious about what you can bring to our team at Risk &Data.

‘Dynamic risk Management within Compliance offers you the opportunity to see all aspects of Compliance and you get the chance to work with a wide variety of teams and people. there is a lot of room for development, innovation and initiative’.

Ashwin Hollart, Senior Compliance Risk Officer

Working together is the way we work; as 1 effective/purposeful/data-minded /expert team at Rabobank. Talking of Rabobank: We are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9,5000,000 customers. Together with these customers, our members and partners we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work and do business.

You and your talent

• Academic background preferably in Finance, Economics, Law or Business Administration;
• At least 5-10 years of relevant experience in a Financial Institution (preferably within a wholesale banking environment) or Financial Authority or as consultant/ external auditor;
• A completed certified Compliance Professional/Officer education or willing to start this education;
• Preferably working experience in and/or affinity with corporate banking;
• Experience with advising on compliance;
• Agile and take initiatives, enjoy meeting new challenges and know how to approach multiple hard deadlines;
• Able to provide the business pro-actively with clear advice and able to act as sparring partner;
• Combines analytic and professional judgement skills with tact and organization sensitivity;
• Able to multitask on several assignments at the same time;
• Fluent in English and Dutch.

We are also looking for the following soft skills:

• Customer-oriented;
• Collaborating;
• Result driven and good judgement & decision making skills;
• Ownership.