Business Risk Analyst

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Risk Analyst to join their innovative InvesTech team. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to identify and manage risks, enhance control environments, and support process improvements. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and communication skills, with a background in financial services or asset management. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team focused on operational excellence and risk management. If you are a proactive problem-solver with a passion for risk analysis, we encourage you to apply and be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in operations or risk roles within financial services.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required.
• Ability to manage multiple competing tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on risk identification and monitoring processes.
• Identify gaps in business operations and recommend solutions.
• Document requirements and optimize risk metrics.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Tableau

Job description

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Tracing our roots to 1928, Wellington Management Company, LLP is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1 trillion in assets under management, we serve as a trusted adviser to institutional clients and mutual fund sponsors in over 60 countries. Our innovative investment solutions are built on the strength of proprietary, independent research and span the global capital markets, including equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative strategies. As a private partnership whose sole business is investment management, our long-term views and interests are aligned with those of our clients. We are committed to attracting a talented and diverse workforce, and to fostering an open, collaborative, and inclusive culture because we believe multiple perspectives lead to more informed investment and business decisions. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject-matter expertise.

JOB OVERVIEW

InvesTech is an integrated team of business operation and technology experts working together to drive Wellington’s innovation and operational edge to meet or exceed the investment and service expectations for our clients and business partners worldwide. The role of Business Risk Analyst (“Analyst”) is within the InvesTech Risk and ControlsTeam which is part of the first line of defense for InvesTech and aims to support each business team in their risk management, controls design and risk & controls monitoring processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with internal stakeholders across teams and lines of defense on risk identification, measurement, analysis, monitoring and reporting of risk and control relevant business processes

Understand business operations processes (e.g. Investment Guideline Monitoring or Client Service Operations) and identify gaps and defines solutions

Identify areas of improvement from a control or risk perspective based on incident and near miss analysis

Apply judgement to support process owners in improving their control environment by highlighting weaknesses in control design or operating effectiveness

Provide maintenance for InvesTech specific risk and control procedures and controls

Support the training and education across InvesTech on risk management standards and processes

Collaborate with internal stakeholders across teams and lines of defense on implementing visualization efforts through tableau, risk data sharing and other risk infrastructure build out

Understand project controls and with ability to define project criteria

Document and clarify requirements, specifications of processes and recommend solutions

Risk metric managementacross control, risk, and process performance indicators by being the key contact for InvesTech teams and maintain oversight

Maintain and optimize risk metric across business activities to enhance efficiencies and speed for risk-based decision making

Data aggregation and analysis through the leverage and design business risk and control data such as incident, issue, process exception, KRI, KPI information for risk and business decision purposes

QUALIFICATIONS

3 years or more of work experience in either operations or risk related roles within financial services or ideally asset management

3 years or more of experience in project or process managementwith data affinity

Ability and affinity to move between detail orientated and big picture frameworks

Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills

Strong communications and interpersonal skills with the ability to handle multiple competing tasks

A strong team player, with ability to work in collaboration across teams

Intellectual curiosity and interest to learn independently and from peers

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at .