Compliance Governance Area Lead

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Rīga, LVA
Hybrid
44K-71K Annually
Entry level
Fintech • Financial Services
The Role
Lead and continuously improve Luminor’s Pan-Baltic compliance governance framework, including risk assessments, reporting, planning, training, tools, registries, and self-assessments. Drive process efficiency, standardization, and automation while ensuring high-quality management reporting. Lead, recruit, develop, and support the Compliance Governance team, strengthen cross-functional collaboration, and promote a risk-aware culture across the organization.
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Join our team as a Compliance Governance Area Lead!

Yes, you can! That's our attitude towards our work, ambitions, ideas, and relationships. We at Luminor believe that anyone has the potential to achieve big things and encourage everyone to achieve them, professionally and personally.

Whoever you are and whatever your role is, with Luminor, you will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a local banking champion.

As a Compliance Governance Area Lead, your mission is to shape and continuously improve Luminor’s Pan-Baltic Compliance governance framework while leading a high-performing team. You will ensure that Compliance processes, reporting, tools, and ways of working support strong decision-making, operational efficiency, and a risk-aware culture across the organisation.


How You Will Make an Impact:
  • Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Pan-Baltic Compliance governance processes, including compliance risk assessments, quarterly reporting, work planning, competence and capacity assessments, and compliance self-assessments

  • Own and develop the Compliance governance framework, including its training framework, tools, and registries

  • Improve operational efficiency by simplifying processes, strengthening ways of working, and identifying opportunities for standardisation and automation

  • Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality Compliance Division reporting to Luminor management while managing stakeholders effectively

  • Lead the Compliance Governance team by setting clear objectives, aligning priorities with Luminor’s strategy, and delegating responsibilities effectively

  • Recruit, onboard, retain, and develop the right talent while supporting team wellbeing

  • Foster cross-divisional and cross-departmental collaboration and promote a strong risk-aware culture across the organisation

What Makes You a Great Fit:
  • Professional experience in governance, risk and compliance, internal audit, banking, financial regulation, or a related area

  • A higher education degree, preferably in law, finance, economics, business management, or a similar field

  • A good understanding of banking governance, processes, and systems

  • Strong leadership, people management, and coaching capabilities

  • Strong process management, analytical, stakeholder management, and risk assessment capabilities with strategic and results-oriented mindset

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal

  • The ability to collaborate effectively across functions, departments, and Baltic countries

  • High integrity, strong ethical standards, and an impeccable professional reputation

  • Professional proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications and the ability to use AI tools to improve productivity, collaboration, analysis, and the quality of work

  • Fluent English and local language skills are required in spoken and written communication due to working on the Pan-Baltic level

Why You Will Love Working Here:
  • Flexibility. Flexible working hours, Hybrid work, and the possibility to work from anywhere in the EU, Iceland, Switzerland, and the UK (in total 90 days per year)

  • International teams. Teams that go outside Pan-Baltic borders, where people value challenging work together with good humor and having fun

  • Culture. You’ll be joining a team where things move fast, ideas flow freely, and change is part of the everyday. It’s a dynamic environment that keeps you learning, growing, and never bored

  • More vacation. Additional weeks of vacation are available to all employees who have been in the company for 1 year or more

  • Volunteer time off. We care about giving back to society, therefore, you will get additional days off for volunteering purposes

  • Paid leave. We are proud of our employees who are participating in military training. Therefore, Luminor offers 30 fully paid calendar days for military training every year

  • Health benefits. A competitive benefits package in addition to your salary that includes health insurance after the first 3 months pass in all three Baltic states, as well as Health days in case of your absence due to sickness without a doctor's note needed

  • Wellbeing. Access to tools and resources that help you feel good and be productive at work and in life

  • Professional growth. Internal and external training programs, LinkedIn learning, workshops, conferences, online training, etc

  • Special Offer for Luminor products & services. Enjoy special offers & pricing for products and services provided by Luminor

  • Gross salary. 3700-5900 EUR/month, which is to be determined depending on your level of experience and competencies

The application deadline is the 2nd of November. We are looking for a candidate primarily already located within the Baltics. Please apply with your CV in English and PDF format!

Skills Required

  • Professional experience in governance, risk and compliance, internal audit, banking, financial regulation, or a related area
  • Higher education degree, preferably in law, finance, economics, business management, or a similar field
  • Understanding of banking governance, processes, and systems
  • Strong leadership, people management, and coaching capabilities
  • Strong process management, analytical, stakeholder management, and risk assessment capabilities
  • Strategic and results-oriented mindset
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to collaborate across functions, departments, and Baltic countries
  • High integrity, strong ethical standards, and impeccable professional reputation
  • Professional proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications
  • Ability to use AI tools to improve productivity, collaboration, analysis, and work quality
  • Fluent English and local language skills in spoken and written communication

Luminor Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Luminor Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Luminor Bank.

  • Flexible Benefits — Work arrangements are highly flexible, including hybrid schedules and the option to work remotely from the EU, UK, Switzerland, or Iceland for up to 90 days a year. Flexible working hours and mobility policies add lifestyle value beyond base pay.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions include an extra week of vacation after one year and options for two additional vacation days, plus fully paid volunteering leave. Paid military leave further broadens leave coverage for civic duties.
  • Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is described as fair relative to the regional market, supported by annual equal pay reviews and adjustments to keep pay competitive. Competitive salary bands for certain roles reinforce perceptions of fairness and market alignment.

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The Company
HQ: Tallinn
2,300 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Luminor is a leading independent bank in the Baltics and the third-largest provider of financial services in the region, offering services such as term deposits, savings accounts, and loans.

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