Group Risk Manager – Scania Financial Services i Sodertalje

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

Scania Financial Services (SFS) is serving Scania customers, dealers and distributors in some 55 markets through 15 business units (BU’s) by offering competitive and innovative financing and insurance solutions. Over 950 dedicated professionals manage a portfolio consisting of more than 150.000 finance contracts representing around 88 bn SEK of assets. Furthermore SFS has built up an insurance portfolio of some 93.000 contracts.

The Group Risk control function and the Group Risk Manager’s purpose is to secure an adequate management and independent risk control of Scania Financial Services and secure follow-up and reporting to the Senior Vice President and the SFS Board of Directors.

Your Task

Your main focus is to provide strategic guidance to the Senior Vice President and Board of Financial Services on matters relating to Group Risk. As an independent review and evaluation body within the organization you ensure that group risk issues and concerns are being appropriately evaluated, investigated and resolved. This involves on a yearly basis presenting a risk review plan to the Board of Directors, describing the activities and controls that Group Risk Function plans to perform – and continuously follow up and report on the status of identified risks and actions taken to control them.

You mission will include to develop, initiate, maintain and revise policies and procedures for the general operation of the group risk management framework – and securing that measures are taken to properly educate and train the organisation in areas related to risk, incident and business continuity management.

To be successful in your mission you will also have regular interaction and collaboration with other departments within Scania Financial Services (e.g. Internal Audit) but also within Scania Group (e.g. Scania Governance, Risk and Compliance function).         

Your Profile

We are looking for a person with an academic degree and at least five years’ experience from Risk Management area, preferably within the Financial sector. A good knowledge in methodology and routines to manage risks, markets and products in order to report relevant and independent information and analysis  is crucial. The knowledge should include a good understanding of regulatory requirements for credit institutions, e.g. capital, liquidity and reporting requirements in the capital requirements directive (CRD IV) and the capital requirements regulation (CRR).

To succeed in the role you need to be able to communicate effectively at all levels of the business, being fluent in English, both verbally and in writing. The job offers plenty of international contacts with our Finance companies, this also means that you are expected to travel from time to time

In this position you will be reporting to the Senior Vice President of Scania Financial Services.

You will be located in Södertälje, Sweden.

For further information

Please contact Hans Tardell, (SVP Scania Financial Services), 08-553 80545 or Stefan Öhlund (HR Manager Scania Financial Services), 08-553 855 62.