Senior Enterprise Vendor Analyst

Ameriprise Financial Services; United States; Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameriprise Financial is seeking a Senior Enterprise Vendor Analyst to manage a portfolio of third-party providers, including call center and tax processing services. You will analyze performance data and ensure alignment with enterprise risk and compliance standards.

You will collaborate with procurement, legal, risk, finance, and IT teams to improve processes, reporting, and controls in a hybrid, US-based role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 3–5 years of vendor management, operations, or related experience.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or similar reporting tools.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Support contract governance and SLA compliance with vendors.
• Assist with performance reviews, SLA oversight, remediation tracking.
• Support onboarding, due diligence, and contract documentation.
• Assist audits and risk activities with documentation and remediation.
• Assist with vendor expenses, invoices, forecasts, renewals.
• Coordinate across business, procurement, legal, risk, finance, operations, IT.
• Document processes and identify workflow improvements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Vendor management systems

Job description

About Our Company

We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Job Description

Ameriprise Financial is looking to add a Senior Enterprise Vendor Analyst to the team! This is an opportunity for a high-performing professional to support enterprise vendor management activities that drive operational efficiency, service reliability, and risk mitigation. The Sr. Enterprise Vendor Analyst will support a portfolio of third-party vendors, including providers of call center technology and tax processing services, by executing core vendor management processes, analyzing performance data, and ensuring alignment with enterprise risk and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Provide vendor management support across a portfolio of third parties:

• Contract Governance: Support contract and SLA compliance through internal and external monitorization, analyze trends and provide insights to support contractual improvements, escalation point for any identified gaps.
• Performance Management: Support vendor reviews, service-level oversight, issue escalation, remediation tracking, and follow-up actions to promote accountability and service reliability.
• Contract Lifecycle Support: Assist with onboarding, due diligence, and contract documentation in alignment with procurement requirements.
• Risk & Compliance Support: Support audits and risk activities by gathering documentation and tracking remediation.
• Financial & Commercial Support: Assist with vendor expenses, invoices, licensing considerations, forecasts, and information needed to support renewals and commercial discussions.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate across business, procurement, legal, risk, finance, operations, technology teams etc to advance lifecycle or consolidation activities, decisions, issue resolution.
• Process Documentation & Improvement: Maintain procedures and identify opportunities to improve workflows, reporting, and controls.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3-5 years of vendor management, operations, or related experience
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify trends
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving capabilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or similar reporting tools
• Demonstrated interest in learning new technologies and processes quickly and adapt in a dynamic environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with vendor management frameworks, policies, or systems
• Exposure to third-party risk management or procurement processes
• Experience in financial services or operations environments
• Familiarity with call center software or tax processing service providers
• Familiarity with software licensing, service-level agreements, data protection, and business continuity considerations
• Experience supporting performance reporting, dashboarding, or process improvement initiatives

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders - clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Visa Sponsorship

Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).

Base Pay Salary

The estimated base salary for this role is $76,300-$104,900/ year. We have a pay-for-performance compensati