Strategic Outsourcing & Third-Party Risk Lead

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Ltd

Dublin

On-site

EUR 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Ltd in Dublin seeks a Senior Manager to lead its Critical Supplier & Outsourcing framework, ensuring compliance with CBI guidance, DORA, and operational resilience within a regulated financial services group.

The role requires ownership of governance across supplier lifecycle, regulatory submissions, and Board reporting, partnering with Operations, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Legal to drive programme delivery.

Qualifications

Minimum 8–10 years’ experience in outsourcing governance, third-party risk, or related function within financial services.
Demonstrable hands-on experience designing or enhancing a critical supplier/outsourcing framework in a regulated environment.
Strong knowledge of the CBI Cross Industry Guidance on Outsourcing and CFIL notification/documentation obligations under that framework (and DORA).
Experience preparing regulatory-quality documentation, governance papers, and Board-level reporting.

Responsibilities

Own and continuously develop CFIL’s end-to-end critical supplier and outsourcing framework, aligned to CBI expectations, DORA, and EBA/ESMA outsourcing guidelines.
Maintain CFIL’s Register of Outsourced Functions and Critical/Important Functions (CIFs) with audit-readiness at all times.
Design and embed governance processes for supplier lifecycle management from pre-engagement due diligence through onboarding, monitoring, and exit.
Ensure contractual arrangements with critical/important suppliers contain regulatory provisions including SLAs, audit rights, sub-outsourcing controls, data protection, and business continuity.