Vendor Management Analyst

at  MFS Investment Management

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

THE ROLE

The Vendor Management Analyst is responsible for the day-to-day operational requirements of the MFS Vendor Management Program and ensuring the compliance of program requirements across all MFS business units are consistent. Additionally, this role assists in completion of day-to-day tasks, operational risk reporting and ad-hoc projects related to enterprise risk management programs including the Model Risk, Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) and Insurance Programs.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Accurately maintain vendor records and vendor reporting to ensure compliance with all related record keeping policies and practices.
• Coordinate the Vendor Program requirements for business units throughout the enterprise, including but not limited to: initiating periodic due diligence in a timely manner; tracking the receipt of due diligence documentation; reviewing documentation to ensure requirements are met; and managing related systems.
• Establish and maintain robust relationships with business owners, management and ERM team members to ensure requirements of the Vendor Program are understood and consistently applied across the enterprise.
• Understand the Vendor Program and answer questions from the business, as well as ERM team members, as needed to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Vendor Program.
• Assist Manager of Vendor Management to conduct meetings to facilitate resolution of questions and concerns.
• May assist with the ERM process as needed to review, analyze and track trade errors and operational risk events reported to ERM to ensure accurate reporting; may assist in the development of materials for risk updates across the enterprise, for various MFS Boards and to MFS’ parent company, Sunlife Financial Inc.
• Support departmental initiatives for process improvements and enhancements to the ERM Programs.
• Assumes additional responsibilities as requested.