Corporate Planning & Management, Vendor Management (TPRM), Associate, Dallas

Corporate Planning & Management Division Overview

The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) Division unifies Finance & Planning, Spend Management, Operational Risk and Resilience, and CPM Engineering teams to deliver business planning and analytics, expense management, third party risk management, and governance strategies across the firm. CPM has five operating pillars :

Finance & Planning supports the execution of the firm's strategic objectives through the management of the planning process, firmwide reporting and analytics and insights into the firm's business plans and budgets. They develop a consistent framework for revenue division projections creating transparency, accountability, and efficiency around projections. This pillar also includes the CF&O, EO, and Engineering divisional CFOs, who are strategic finance advisors helping the firm and the non-revenue divisions achieve commercial financial opportunities.

Product Finance is responsible for the overall governance and proactive management of the firm's noncompensation expenses.

Spend Management encompasses the functions responsible for managing all aspects of the firm's spend with third parties - advising commercial agreements and driving operating efficiency. Departments include Strategic Sourcing, Procure to Pay, Integrated Travel and Expense, Infrastructure and Transformation, and Sustainable Operations.

Operational Risk & Resilience (ORR) drives firmwide Operational Risk programs along with second line teams and implements required changes within CPM. This pillar also includes the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) team, responsible for identifying, managing, monitoring, and reporting third party risks and providing governance and operational frameworks for all the firm's third-parties (vendors, non-vendors, contingent workers, and interaffiliate services). The Corporate Insurance & Advisory team in this pillar identifies, procures, and manages corporate insurance needs for the firm and its investing businesses.

CPM Engineering team provides engineering solutions that enable the firm to manage third-party spend, data, and automation, plan budgets, forecast financial scenarios, allocate expenses, and support corporate decision making in-line with the firm's strategic objectives.

Role Overview

Professionals in CPM have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity, and are from diverse academic backgrounds. The Associate level role is based in Hyderabad and sits within TPRM's Program Design and Compliance capability which is responsible for the design and implementation of the firm's Third Party Risk Management program and control framework. This includes maintenance of the firmwide Policies and Standards of firm's Third Party Programs. The team ensures compliance with Program requirements and data accuracy and completeness via a quality assurance testing (QA) program. Additionally, the team manages and coordinates Third Party Risk Management's interactions with regulators (prudential, product, regional, entity) including third party information forming part of regulatory submissions and / or responses.

The role requires collaboration with different functions across the firm on a regular basis, an ability to work independently, and ability to interact with senior professionals across the firm. It also entails in-depth analysis and reporting for senior management, requiring diligence and a commercial mindset. The candidate is required to work closely with global counterparts. Should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Job Responsibilities

Job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to :

• Become a Subject Matter Expert of the TPRM Policies and Standards (Vendor and Contingent Worker), including process governance and controls, risk management, vendor oversight requirements
• Act as a key advisor to internal stakeholders and help address queries related to Third Party Risk program requirements
• Build strong business relationships with teammates and stakeholders firmwide to understand impact of the Program requirements based on the business and divisional initiatives
• Partner with the team to support deliver on and further evolve the Quality Assurance Program
• Participate and support Third Party Governance team for timely responses to regulators, and 2

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