Vice President, FFIO Risk

Fidelity • Merrimack, NH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (FFIO) Risk Team within Fidelity’s Corporate Services function is looking for a passionate, hard-working Vice President to help support the business in identifying, monitoring and mitigating risks associated with Fidelity’s fund and investment operations. As Vice President of Risk, you will report to the Head of Risk for FFIO, and you will lead a team that has responsibility for proactively identifying risks within FFIO’s business and helping FFIO management develop and enhance controls to mitigate risks and protect the interests of the firm and our customers. In this role, you will develop strong relationships with senior leaders within the FFIO organization and partner closely with them to drive a risk program that is suited to their service line. Your team will also participate in FFIO incident management activities and lead many key risk programs (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley 404 and SOC1), and routines that contribute to FFIO’s operational health. FFIO provides accounting and investment management support services for Fidelity mutual funds and other retail and institutional investment products. These services include calculating and distributing NAVs, distribution rates and yields for a wide variety of investment products; preparing fund financial statements, dividend estimates and tax returns; monitoring delivery of fund trades to custodian banks; processing corporate actions; collecting securities income on behalf of the funds; reconciling, reporting and moving money in support of fund shareholder transactions; and managing data fund and investment data. FFIO is also responsible for providing operational and accounting support to Fidelity’s expanding Alternative Fund business.

Requirements

• Strong background and prior experience in collaborating and building trust with leaders in the firm
• Deep experience in Fund and Investment Operations
• Capability of seamlessly oscillating between tactical risk issue response and management of more strategic longer-term initiatives
• Strong collaboration and engagement with peers/leaders across Asset Management, the Risk Testing Center of Excellence, and external auditors
• 15 years of Risk Management, Audit and/or Investment Operations experience
• Understanding of complex middle and back-office investment operations a plus
• Demonstrated ability to build and develop high performing teams and develop associates
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex information to business leaders
• Proven problem-solving skills, including experience leveraging data analytics
• Bachelors’ Degree and Certified Public Accounting certification (CPA) preferred

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of complex middle and back-office investment operations

Responsibilities

• Proactively identifying risks within FFIO’s business
• Helping FFIO management develop and enhance controls to mitigate risks and protect the interests of the firm and our customers
• Developing strong relationships with senior leaders within the FFIO organization and partnering closely with them to drive a risk program suited to their service line
• Participating in FFIO incident management activities
• Leading key risk programs (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley 404 and SOC1), and routines that contribute to FFIO’s operational health
• Driving the strategic direction and execution of risk support for the highly complex and rapidly changing FFIO business
• Evaluating operational, financial, technology, compliance and reputational risks and helping the business develop solutions to mitigate areas of risk
• Driving and fostering a strong risk management mindset within the business
• Building and developing high performing teams and developing associates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive