Risk Operations Manager

Fidelity • Westlake, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Role We are searching for a motivated individual contributor who will learn and partner with business units and vendors to conduct Fidelity’s required vendor risk management process, as well as assisting with business process improvements and technical enhancements. The individual will be completing moderate to complex operational tasks and activities that assess and mitigate risk of vendors. This includes conducting tactical activities to ensure the Business is assessing the inherent risk, and vendors are providing information for risk domains’ due diligence. You will also be sharing findings on the due diligence of vendors to allow business and other collaborators to make decisions in a timely manner. In addition, the incumbent will be responsible for researching issues and communicating recommended solutions to management. The individual will also be responsible for identifying process gaps and/or issues and escalating with proposed solution(s) in a timely manner.
The Team The Vendor Risk Management and Operations Team is responsible for supporting a framework that protects Fidelity from vendor risks throughout the vendor life cycle. The program is continually evolving to mitigate emerging risks as vendor relationships, business needs, and regulations change. The program is highly collective and requires positive relationships with business units, centralized risk teams, senior leaders, and vendor managers across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent (and relevant) experience
• 5 years of experience in operations, risk, audit, compliance, or Procurement
• Your ability to learn quickly, uphold high performance standards and thrive in situations where ambiguity is to be anticipated
• You coordinate and lead multiple concurrent priorities and deliver results in an accurate and timely manner while working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Independent thinker, accountable for, and skilled in, exercising sound judgement
• You have influencing and interpersonal relationship skills
• You demonstrate the ability to make timely, informed decisions that advance critical priorities, capitalize on new opportunities, and resolve problems
• High degree of integrity and strong work ethic; decisive with orientation toward results, and a positive attitude
• You can present sophisticated information in a way that is easy for others to understand and articulate a point of view in a compelling and succinct manner

Nice To Haves

• Experience with vendor management or vendor risk management is a plus
• Familiarity with Fidelity’s businesses and risk programs is a plus
• Data analysis and visualization skills is a plus

Responsibilities

• Work with the Businesses to understand the scope of vendor services and assess inherent risk
• Apply sound judgment to recognize issues, assess risks, and identify items requiring intervention
• Conduct data quality analysis and vendor challenges to ensure that all internal and vendor data is aligned
• Leverage critical thinking and analysis skills in due diligence of the operational risk framework, evaluations, and decisioning
• Ability to coordinate various risk groups and business partners, and facilitate discussions to complete risk tasks
• Find opportunities to improve existing risk processes and develop new requirements for implementation
• Perform ad hoc tasks as it relates to vendor operational risk

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree