Risk Manager

Job Description

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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 to protect the interests of the firm and our customers.

The Risk Manager is responsible for protecting Fidelity’s customers and deepening their trust by partnering with the business to identify risks, develop innovative solutions to enhance controls, and foster a strong risk mindset within the business. The team is responsible for identifying, assessing, and reporting on significant risks and helping management improve the control environment.

Our team provides Business Unit Risk support within Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (FFIO), including Global Product Solutions, Consolidated Data Services, and Alternative Accounting groups.

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 5+ years of industry experience, including Audit or other Risk Management activities
• Other applicable experience (e.g., data governance, accounting, mutual fund operations, etc.) helpful but not required
• Demonstrated leadership or project management experience

• Demonstrated risk management knowledge and experience, including risk assessment and control evaluation
• Understanding, support and ability to articulate the vision, mission and strategy of Risk
• Strategic thinking with an open mind and creative approach, challenging current practices and recommending improvements to mitigate risks and drive positive change
• Well versed in data analytics capabilities and tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, Power BI); knowing 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
• Clear, concise, impact‑oriented communication that influences others and tailors messaging to audience
• Strong and inclusive relationship building skills, in person and virtually, with business partners and colleagues
• Adaptability to new information, changing business priorities, input from others, and lessons learned

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 assessing 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 other business support partners to optimize Risk Management support provided to the business and advance the effectiveness of our program

The candidate’s additional responsibilities in support of FFIO key initiatives that impact multiple business areas may include:

• Coordinating engagement lifecycle activities for key initiatives, assisting with weekly huddles across risk verticals, tracking initiative schedules, and maintaining initiative inventory to ensure readiness assessments identify key risks and impacted service lines before production
• Driving consistent execution by maintaining engagement templates and tools, ensuring timeliness with work papers, process diagrams, and risk & control matrices to enable timely risk identification and escalations
• Supporting risk leads in reporting and documentation, including readiness checklists, Archer logging, and providing updates to Risk SLT and vertical teams to maintain alignment and transparency

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of onsite and offsite work experiences. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

Note:

If you are a FINRA registered internal employee who is considering moving to a non‑licensed role, you may want to proactively have a conversation with the hiring manager to understand the potential impact to your registrations before a final hiring decision is made.

Category:
Risk

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement‑related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self‑regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain criminal histories.