Head of Financial Crime Risk & Prevention | SEB Kort Group
SEB Kort Group brings together AirPlus and SEB Kort under a Swedish banking license, combining scale, stability, and innovation. We serve corporate customers across Europe and North America and consumers in the Nordic region, with a clear ambition: to become Europe’s leading corporate payment provider while building long-term, sustainable profitability. With 1,400 colleagues across 14 countries, SEB Kort Group is a truly international organisation.
We are now looking for an experienced and passionate leader for the newly established role of Head of Financial Crime Risk & Prevention. In light of the planned legal merger with AirPlus and increasing regulatory expectations, you will play a key role in strengthening our financial crime framework and driving alignment across the organisation.
What you will be doing:
As Head of Financial Crime Risk & Prevention, you will lead SEB Kort Groups FCP organisation, covering KYC, Fraud, and Transaction Monitoring. You will manage four direct reports and oversee a function of approximately 65 employees.
As this is a newly combined organisation, your primary focus will be to establish a clear structure, set priorities, and ensure the right capabilities and quality in delivery.
Working closely with key stakeholders, you will drive the financial crime prevention agenda through the legal merger in August 2026 and beyond, enabling a harmonised and efficient way of working across SEB Kort Group, with a strong focus on both regulatory compliance and customer experience.
Who we are looking for:
- You are an experienced leader with relevant leadership experience from Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) and/or closely related areas.
- You have a passion for combining regulatory demands with effective internal processes and a great customer experience.
- You are self-driven and know how to set, communicate and deliver on a clear agenda.
- You are a strong collaborator who addresses challenges in a solution-oriented way, appreciating different perspectives and deliveries.
- You have proven experience leading regulatory or governance change in a complex, cross-border environment.
- You have experience managing communication with regulators and other authorities in Europe, including supervisory dialogues, audits and remediation follow-up.
- You bring strong working knowledge of key regulatory frameworks across AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud and payments regulation (PSD2 and upcoming PSD3/PSR), and can translate them into practical requirements and operating models.
What we offer:
- A unique leader opportunity to build a very important area at SEB Kort Group.
- Empowering environment.
- A possibility to realise a combination of regulatory requirements with effective internal processes to secure customer friendly deliveries.
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Welcome to submit your application!
Please attach your CV and a personal letter describing yourself and what you can contribute both in this role and at SEB.
Since selection and interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis, we encourage you to submit your application today, but no later than 21st of June 2026. The position may be filled before the application deadline. If you have questions about the role, please contact Marcus Sweeney, via marcus.sweeney@seb.de.
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. 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, why this position might be covered by internal redeployment.