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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Developer for Financial Crime Prevention Models - **Company:** NORDEA, INC. - **Location:** Warsaw, IN, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Performance Tuning, Information Technology, Data Lineage - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pm2uvs4m0w ## About the Role * Extensive experience in model risk management, model governance, and validation * A strong background in data science, statistics and quantitative methods * Experience in academic writing or technical writing, particularly in the context of model documentation Your experience and background: * An advanced degree in a quantitative field e.g. Computer Science, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent * Experience in Financial Crime/AML e.g. transaction monitoring and technology suppliers (preferred) * Experience as model validator or quantitative risk analyst (preferred) Soft skills: * Organised, structured and professional in taking initiative and work proactively under own direction * Assertive communication with ability to set the direction and achieve results * Ability to work in a dynamic environment with changing priorities * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills * You are fluent in oral and written English ## Description * Own the development and validation of transaction monitoring models, with a focus on model documentation, model review, and model governance * Drive model governance activities within TMU, including validation assessments and implementation of 2nd line feedback * Set and execute the direction for model development and experimental design by finding the right balance between analytical rigor and practical constraints * Document model design and outcomes, iterating with the analytics team to ensure accuracy, completeness and analysis of model assumptions, limitations and weaknesses * Provide hands-on support for prototyping tests and analytical methodologies * Mentor, uplift and collaborate within the analytics team to design, test, and implement model SOPs e.g. data lineage/governance, tuning and calibration, monitoring of model operations and outcome * Represent the organisation with high degree of professionalism in collaboration with both external and internal stakeholders. You'll join a team where you can bring your talent and engagement to work in an international and dynamic environment. The role is based in either Tallinn, Warsaw or Helsinki. Who You Are Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best - and that we imagine you share with us., We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers' needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges. We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy. We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us. Only for candidates in Finland: A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position. Only for candidates in Poland: Please include permit for processing personal data in CV as following: In accordance with art. 6 (1) a and b. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) hereinafter 'GDPR'. 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