Risk Business Partner

Risk Business Partner

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

**Company Overview**

SS&C is a global provider of investment, financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

**Reports to: Senior Enterprise Risk Manager Snapshot**:
The Risk Business Partner will work closely alongside the Senior Enterprise Risk Manager to lead the delivery of risk strategy and framework and build strong partnerships within the Risk and Compliance team, Executive Management team and stakeholders across the business.

**Direct reports**:
Not applicable

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Review and challenge Line 1 risks and controls to ensure appropriate risk mitigation in line with SS&C's risk appetite.
- Respond to due diligence questionnaires from clients.
- Provide timely escalation of material risk and control issues to the Senior Enterprise Risk Manager
- Bring the Risk framework to life for the business to enable them to enhance their ability to manage their risks and controls.
- Support the delivery of risk awareness training to appropriate stakeholders.
- Ensure that risk and control assessments are up to date and reflect the organisational structure, including alignment to audit findings and ensuring action plans are relevant and tracked to completion.
- Facilitate internal and external audit reviews, including liaising with the business on internal controls, sample section and management actions.
- Lead and conduct targeted risk reviews and provide control assurance over key risks.
- Provide risk reporting input for escalation to the Executive Management team, Risk Management Committee and Board.
- Identify and lead improvements to risk reporting and dashboards.
- Support the Risk and Compliance team to build the capability of the Risk and Compliance system.
- Conduct risk training on the use of the Risk and Compliance system to new starters.
- Identify the root cause of systemic incidents in the business and provide support to the business to address the root cause.
- Promote a positive risk culture within the Organisation and be responsive to the needs of the business
- Partner with the business to monitor and update the business unit key risk indicators and risk appetite statements.
- Provide risk support to key projects to ensure risks are identified and managed appropriately and challenge the business where required.

**Education and qualification**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Law, Business etc is desirable
- Equivalent industry experience in a relevant discipline (risk, compliance, internal audit, law) (preferrable)

**Prior knowledge and skills**:

- Knowledge of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth), Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and relevant industry codes and standards is advantageous, including APRA Prudential Standards.

**Skills and Competencies**:

- Demonstrated leadership experience.
- Strong project risk management skills.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
- Display a high level of personal and business ethics.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Job ID R30515