Hybrid Senior Risk Manager, Alternative Investments

at skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

• Job title: Senior Risk Manager, Alternative Investments
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $89,000 - $180,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Merrimack, United States

About the role

• Senior Risk Manager driving compliance efficiencies and collaboration with Business Units at Fidelity. Leading risk assessments, innovative controls testing, and maintaining key business relationships.

Responsibilities

• help drive efficiencies in the testing of controls supporting multiple compliance programs by minimizing redundancy and identifying innovative use cases for leveraging testing
• personify the Fidelity Leadership Principle 'Thinks and Works across Fidelity' by collaborating with multiple Business Units, Risk, and Compliance groups
• maintaining relationships with senior business leaders
• leading all aspects of the timely execution of high-quality risk assessments
• testing controls, identifying, and mitigating key risks
• reporting key performance indicators
• driving innovation
• Conduct in-depth risk assessments and promote a strong control environment by documenting robust risk and control statements, identifying potential regulatory gaps, and making sound recommendations for improvement
• Produce working papers that are thorough and succinctly articulate the results of control testing
• Work simultaneously on multiple projects and shift accordingly as priorities change
• Builds strong and inclusive working relationships, in person and virtually, with business partners and colleagues
• Participate in initiatives to improve existing processes within the Risk team and champion an inclusive team environment

Requirements

• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent with 7+ years of experience in the financial industry
• Prior experience in financial services, risk management, audit, or compliance
• Deep understanding of regulatory requirements applicable to registered investment advisers and registered investment companies
• Understanding of alternative investment products, such as direct lending, crypto, and real estate preferred
• Knowledge of investment management practices and strategies, particularly within the alternative or digital assets space a plus
• Proven problem solving, analytical, organizational, and project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead working groups and maintain effective working relationships internally with business partners
• Thrive in a dynamic organization where priorities shift to respond to business needs
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint
• You are accountable for delivering high quality results in an accurate and timely manner
• You are skilled in documenting and maintaining end-to-end process flows
• You are a strategic problem-solver who approaches work with an open mind and sense of creativity by challenging current practices and recommending improvements to mitigate risks and drive positive change
• You possess the ability to build strong and expansive working relationships with internal business partners to inspire change, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of risk management processes
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
• market-leading retirement
• generous paid time off and parental leave
• charitable giving employee match program
• educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career