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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Additional Information
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Henrik Bjørn

Henrik Bjørn

Mårslet

Summary

Innovative risk and compliance professional with strong control knowledge

Solid background within the banking and insurance industry in variety of positions in both 1st and 2nd LoD.

One of my key objective is to bringing simple yet effective solutions alive through a structured mindset with a clear sight of the big picture as well as a strong attention to relevant details.

Excellent stakeholder management competencies through an active and involving dialogue on all levels including senior management.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head of Regulatory Compliance Oversight

Danske Bank
08.2021 - Current

- Management of central oversight team, supporting the department overall as well as the head of the function

- Drive selected strategic development activities

  • Drive and facilitate report actives to senior management & committees and external regulatory bodies, including Quality Assurance
  • Headcount and financial – coordination and planning, overview and control
  • Department communication – planning and execution i.e Townhall meeting and off-site meetings
  • Process centre of excellence for generic department processes and procedures, i.e. Monitoring Procedure

Process Owner – Controls

Nordea Bank
01.2020 - 07.2021

- Risk and quality improving initiatives in connection to regulatory implementation and authority interaction

- Strategic development activities

  • Develop and maintain control structure in connection to; 1) Regulatory change 2) Authority interaction, i.e. to ECB and local authorities
  • Plan and execute review activities ensuring sound operating controls and processes
  • Drive strategic development activities in connection to regulatory change and authority interaction

Functional Lead – Controls

Nordea Bank
08.2018 - 01.2020

- Risk and quality improving initiatives in connection to regulatory implementation

- Design of generic 1st Line Control test and review approach

  • Develop quality control strategy in relation to regulatory implementation
  • Develop guideline and supporting material forming a generic 1st Line Control test and review guideline

Nordic Functional Lead Assurance

Nordea Bank
08.2017 - 08.2018

- Nordic responsible for Assurance within Personal Banking

Head of Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Nordea Bank
11.2016 - 08.2017

- Heading Nordic Quality Controlling Team and initiating the start-up of a Nordic 1st Line Quality Assurance Team

  • Daily management
  • Implementation of Quality Assurance & Quality Control Frameworks within 1st Line in Retail Banking
  • Reporting on i.e. KYC file quality

Senior Quality Controller / Business Risk Implementation Specialist

Nordea Bank
06.2015 - 10.2016

- Optimization and development of Nordic processes and tools

- Design of manual quality checks in relation to compliance with internal and external regulation

- Regulatory Expert

  • Define system requirements for automated Nordic compliance tool enabled to monitor, address and report, based on data
  • Define scenarios enabled to preform automated data verification
  • Define common Nordic monitoring model
  • Monitoring activities - spot checks and reporting ('audits')

Complaince Officer

Nordea Bank
11.2014 - 06.2015

- Provide advice and guidance to 1st Line staff in relation to compliance with in- and external regulation

- Plan and execute monitoring activities

  • AML Guidance
  • Anti of Bribery and Corruption
  • EU and US sanctions
  • US-restrictions
  • Functional Lead on; Online and Mobile Banking

Business Controller / Process consultant

Codan Insurance
01.2008 - 01.2014

- Legal and compliance guidance

- Controlling activities

- Risk assessments

- Reporting

- Business development activities

  • Provide legal guidance in relation to affinity insurance sales
  • Facilitate implementation of new legislation
  • Process design and optimization
  • Project management
  • Risk assessment of affinity partners and concepts
  • Ensure internal and external compliance
  • Management reporting

Team lead

Codan Insurance
01.2007 - 01.2008

- Management and coaching of Call Center team

  • Recruitment
  • Sales follow-up
  • Management
  • Coaching
  • Budget responsibility
  • Campaign planning
  • Concept development

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Commercial Law

Aarhus University, School of Business
Aarhus
2005

Non-life Insurance Certificate 3.13 & 3.53 -

Danish Insurance Academy
Copenhagen
2005

Skills

  • Risk and compliance
  • Control and assurance
  • Change Management
  • Project Management
  • Analytical
  • Detail oriented
  • Structured
  • Constructive business partner
  • Team player
  • IT / MS Office (Super user)
  • IT / MS Excel (Certified)
  • IT / Visio (User)

Certification

Excel – Pivot tables

o 4D Consultants

Excel experienced

o Microsoft certified - 4D Consultants

Languages

Danish
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Swedish
Upper intermediate
B2
Norwegian
Upper intermediate
B2

Additional Information

Privately I live south of Aarhus together with my girlfriend and our two daughters (aged 11 and 13) and have for the last 12 year been commuting between my private residence and Copenhagen to work.

Timeline

Head of Regulatory Compliance Oversight

Danske Bank
08.2021 - Current

Process Owner – Controls

Nordea Bank
01.2020 - 07.2021

Functional Lead – Controls

Nordea Bank
08.2018 - 01.2020

Nordic Functional Lead Assurance

Nordea Bank
08.2017 - 08.2018

Head of Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Nordea Bank
11.2016 - 08.2017

Senior Quality Controller / Business Risk Implementation Specialist

Nordea Bank
06.2015 - 10.2016

Complaince Officer

Nordea Bank
11.2014 - 06.2015

Business Controller / Process consultant

Codan Insurance
01.2008 - 01.2014

Team lead

Codan Insurance
01.2007 - 01.2008

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Commercial Law

Aarhus University, School of Business

Non-life Insurance Certificate 3.13 & 3.53 -

Danish Insurance Academy
Henrik Bjørn