Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.
As a Control Management Senior Associate within our innovative alternative investments teams, you will collaborate with the business to evaluate, design, and uphold a sustainable and disciplined end-to-end control environment. This role involves working with fast-growing and innovative teams such as Private Equity, Project Black, Private Credit, and Infrastructure Investments. With the backing of our Control Management team and functional partners, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of each business. You will also work closely with business managers and investment teams on new product development, emerging issues, readiness for internal/external exams, change management, and effective handling of issues and errors.
Job responsibilities:
Collaborate with business partners, Legal, Compliance, Risk and other partners to perform ongoing assessment, monitoring and improvement of the operational risk and control environment, covering a specific business team Promote an environment where risk and control concerns are escalated and trends are anticipated, identified and remediated Provide control-related subject matter expertise to assist business partners in design and implementation of efficient, effective, repeatable processes and controls to mitigate risks for strategic business initiatives and ongoing business processes Leverage business expertise and judgement to thoughtfully challenge assumptions, ways of working and operating models Establish trusting partnerships and a culture of respectful, honest communication with other Control Managers and business partners as well as intersecting functional teams (e.g. Compliance, Legal, Operations, Technology, Internal Audit) while engaging diverse perspectives Drive business readiness and serve as liaison for Audit, regulatory, and Compliance responses and exams Collaborate with central support teams for administration and tracking of control testing, Issue management, change management and new business initiatives Where control gaps are identified, determine root cause, support execution of remediation plans, and share lessons learnedRequired qualifications, capabilities and skills:
4 years of experience in financial services industry Analytic and investigative mindset; dedication to continuously learning and continuously improving processes Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills, including capability to distill complex details into key themes and messages Experience structuring and driving multiple simultaneous initiatives to on-time completionPreferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:
Experience related to regulations and associated risks of investment and portfolio management processes Experience in Control Management; Risk and Control Self Assessments (RCSA); internal controls design, review and testing; Compliance; Operational Risk; Supervisory Management or Internal Audit