Analyst

Opportunity Overview

Asset Management Public Operational Risk The Asset Management Public Operational Risk team is a First Line of Defense (1LoD) risk function responsible for identifying, assessing, managing, and monitoring operational risks within the Asset Management Public business. The team works in close partnership with investment, operations, technology, and distribution stakeholders to support effective risk ownership and ensure that key operational risks are identified, mitigated, and managed in alignment with the firm’s risk appetite and risk management framework.

Position Overview

This role sits within Asset Management Public Operational Risk and supports the proactive management of operational risks across Asset Management Public businesses. The role requires a strong understanding of business processes, operating models, and key elements of the operational risk management framework, with an emphasis on risk identification, control design and execution, issue management, and ongoing risk monitoring within the business.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and functional stakeholders to identify, assess, and manage operational risks, taking a holistic and forward-looking view of the risk profile.

• Review and assess business changes (e.g., new products, process changes, volume shifts, system implementations, or vendor dependencies) to identify potential operational risk impacts and ensure appropriate controls are in place.

• Own and maintain comprehensive mappings of business processes, inherent risks, and key controls across Asset Management Public business segments.

• Monitor, analyze, and escalate operational risk events and near misses, including performing root-cause and thematic analysis to drive sustainable risk reduction.

• Leverage data analytics and reporting tools to enhance risk transparency, identify emerging risk trends, and support informed management decision-making.

• Prepare clear, concise, and actionable risk reporting for Asset Management Public leadership, highlighting key risk themes, control gaps, trends, and remediation progress.

• Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required

• 1–3 years of experience in Asset Management, or a related function within financial services, preferably with a risk focus.

• Strong understanding of operational risk management concepts, control design, issue management, and risk monitoring within a first-line environment.

• Proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and risk metrics development.

• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to effectively communicate risk matters, challenges, and recommendations to senior management and executive-level stakeholders.

• Ability to partner confidently with business leaders and influence risk outcomes through clear, credible, and well-structured messaging.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint; Tableau experience a plus.

• We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

• Healthcare & Medical Insurance

• We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

• Holiday & Vacation Policies

• We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

• Financial Wellness & Retirement

• We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

• Health Services

• We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

• Fitness

• To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

• Child Care & Family Care

• We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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