Risk Manager - Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations

Job Description

The FFIO Risk Team within the Fidelity Risk Group is looking for a passionate, hard-working team member to help support the business in identifying, monitoring, and mitigating risks in order protect the interests of the firm and our customers.

The Risk Manager is responsible for protecting Fidelity’s customers and deepening their trust in Fidelity by partnering with the business to identify risks and develop innovative solutions to enhance controls, while fostering a strong risk mindset within the business.

To execute on this goal, the team is responsible for identifying, assessing, and reporting on significant risks and helping management improve the control environment.

The Businesses We Support

You will primarily support the Fund Administration team within Fidelity's Fund and Investment Operations (FFIO) business unit.

The FFIO business unit provides middle and back office operational support to Fidelity Retail and Institutional products, including books and records maintenance, securities' pricing, fund and security level performance analysis, financial reporting, and tax work.

The Fund Administration team is responsible for a number of critical functions including but not limited to shareholder reporting, proxy voting, new product implementation, and transfer agent consolidation.

This role is part of a larger Risk team that supports other groups within FFIO, as well as a variety of Fidelity’s Corporate Functions, including Fidelity Real Estate Company, Corporate Accounting, Corporate Treasury, Procurement, and Enterprise Human Resources.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelors’ Degree required
• 5+ years’ industry experience including Audit or other Risk Management activities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership or project management experience
• Understands, supports and can articulate the vision, mission and strategy of Risk
• Thinks strategically and approaches work with an open mind and sense of creativity by challenging current practices and recommending improvements to mitigate risks and drive positive change
• Well versed in data analytics capabilities and tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau); knows when and how to move from sample-based testing to analyzing full populations to surface risk or identify control deficiencies
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, and shift focus quickly based on risk / business need
• Communicates clearly, concisely and impactfully in order to influence others; tailors messaging to audience
• Builds strong and inclusive working relationships, in person and virtually, with business partners and colleagues
• Adaptable to new information, changing business priorities, input from others, and lessons learned
• Demonstrated risk management knowledge and experience, including risk assessment and control evaluation
• Subject matter expertise in Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) 404 preferred

The Value You Deliver

The candidate’s primary responsibility will be providing business unit risk support, including :

• Proactively engaging with the business and leveraging data to identify risks, provide guidance, execute risk assessments, and perform testing activities
• Continuously analyzing and assess the risk profile of the business
• Helping to advance our data analytics strategies and use of digital technologies to support risk assessments and activities
• Collaborating across our Risk team and its partners (e.g., Audit, Compliance, etc.) to optimize the Risk Management support provided to the business and advance the effectiveness of our program

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