IT Project Manager - Finance

Are you an experienced Project Manager who thrives in complex, regulated banking environments? Do you know how to bring together Financial Crime, Compliance, Risk, Data, Operations and Technology stakeholders around a common delivery plan?

Join a high-priority international transformation initiative focused on Transaction Monitoring and Contextual Monitoring. You will coordinate the delivery of new data integrations, monitoring scenarios, testing and activation across four countries. If you combine strong delivery governance with Financial Crime, AML or Transaction Monitoring experience, we would like to hear from you.

• Lead and coordinate the delivery of a Transaction Monitoring stream within a dedicated Contextual Monitoring solution across four countries.

• Own and maintain the model-management roadmap, translating business needs, Financial Crime strategy, model-risk priorities and regulatory commitments into an actionable delivery plan.

• Coordinate new data integrations, development of Transaction Monitoring scenarios, testing, implementation and activation activities.

• Drive governance, prioritisation and stakeholder alignment across Model Owners, Capability Leads, Financial Crime SMEs, Model Risk Management, Compliance, Data, Technology and Operations teams.

• Manage dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, validation findings and remediation activities across multiple workstreams.

• Ensure model-validation outcomes, audit observations, regulatory commitments and risk-acceptance actions are tracked, remediated and supported by robust evidence of completion.

• Proven senior-level experience in IT Project Management or Programme Management within banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment.

• Experience delivering cross-functional initiatives involving Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations, Data and Technology teams.

• Strong experience with project governance, prioritisation, stakeholder management, risk management and executive-level communication.

• Proven ability to manage regulatory requirements, audit observations, validation findings and remediation plans.

• Ability to translate complex business, technical and regulatory requirements into clear, structured and achievable delivery plans.

• Experience in Financial Crime, AML, Transaction Monitoring, model governance, model validation or model risk management will be highly valued.

• Knowledge of Quantexa, Contextual Monitoring or other AML/Transaction Monitoring platforms will be an advantage.

• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Location: Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm or Copenhagen

Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite in one of the listed office locations

Employment Type: freelance B2B contract through your own company (regular employment is also possible in Sweden)

Start date: ASAP

End date: 11 December 2026, with a potential extension to be confirmed

• Initial call with a KUBO recruiter

• Interview(s) with the client

• Decision and feedback

At KUBO, we genuinely care about people. We welcome candidates of all ages, backgrounds, identities, family constellations, health situations, and ways of thinking and interacting with the world. You’re welcome to be yourself — we value authenticity, and we’re committed to creating a fair and inclusive process for everyone.