Compliance and Legal Officer to Real Estate Investment and Asset Management Group

Swiss Life Asset Managers Nordic AS is looking for a skilled and committed Compliance & Legal Officer, who will work in a team of three compliance & legal officers and 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 & Legal 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, legal issues as company law, contract law, HR-relates topics, operational risk, directives and ICT/cyber security issues.

·        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