Corporate Planning & Management – Vendor Management (TPRM) – Analyst – Bengaluru Full Time

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) division integrates financial planning, procurement, product management, and engineering teams to support strategic decisions across the firm.

CPM has 5 operating pillars.

• Finance & Planning supports the execution of the firm’s strategic objectives through the management of the planning process, firmwide reporting and analytics and insights into the firm’s business plans and budgets. They develop consistent framework for revenue division projections creating transparency, accountability and efficiency around projections. This pillar also includes the CF&O, EO and Engineering divisional CFOs, who are strategic finance advisors helping the firm and the non-revenue divisions achieve commercial financial opportunities.
• Global Procurement Strategically enables the firm’s engagement with third parties, ensuring robust commercial and compliance controls while driving sustainability. It optimizes value, fosters innovation, and mitigates risks across the end-to-end supply chain for services and non-compensation spend. Departments include Strategic Sourcing, Third Party Risk Management, Procure to Pay, Integrated Travel and Expense and Sustainable Operations.
• Product & Reporting Manages end-to-end product lifecycle and reporting capabilities for vendor-supplied and internally developed solutions. We empower CPM stakeholders with intuitive tools and actionable insights while ensuring solutions meet business needs and regulatory demands.
• The CPM Engineering team provides engineering solutions that enable the firm to manage third-party spend, data and automation, plan budgets, forecast financial scenarios, allocate expenses and support corporate decision making in-line with the firm’s strategic objectives.
• CPM Management team includes senior leadership and teams that provide strategic oversight and operational support across the division. This pillar encompasses the Chief of Staff function and Communications and User Engagement team, which oversee change management and people strategies for CPM.

Role Overview

Professionals in CPM have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity, and are from diverse academic backgrounds. This role sits within Global Procurement.

The role requires collaboration with different functions across TPRM including, the firm on a regular basis, an ability to work independently, and frequent interaction with senior stakeholders. It also entails in-depth analysis and reporting for senior management, requiring diligence and a commercial mindset. The candidate is required to work closely with global counterparts and should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

The Analyst role is based in Bangalore and will work across all TPRM capabilities, to ensure and support the delivery of TPRM’s run-the-bank book of work as well as TPRM’s transformation portfolio. Utilizing excellent program, design, and change management skills, along with a drive to become experts and lead our strategic transformation, TRPM aims to deliver various programs that meet divisional goals, adhere to global and regional regulations, and enhance the Firm’s TPRM risk landscape. TPRM Enablement team collaborates closely with senior leadership, functional owners, internal divisions, and Engineering to drive and achieve change, objectives, and key results.

The ideal analyst-level candidate for a Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) program is a high-energy, multi-disciplinary professional who balances technical auditing skills with the operational discipline of a project manager and the proactive drive of a problem-solver. This individual acts as a “risk gatekeeper,” a “process driver,” and a “strategic communicator,” ensuring that every vendor engagement is assessed thoroughly and efficiently, even when faced with ambiguity or resource constraints.

Job Responsibilities Will Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Become a Subject Matter Expert of the TPRM Policies and Standards, including process governance and controls, risk management, vendor oversight requirements
• Act as a key advisor to internal stakeholders and help address queries related to Policy and Standard requirements
• Build strong business relationships with teammates and stakeholders firmwide to understand impact of the Program requirements based on the business and divisional initiatives
• Partner with the team to support deliver on and further evolve the Quality Assurance Program
• Participate and support timely responses to regulators, and 2nd Line reviews (e.g., Compliance, Internal Audit, Operational Risk) related to third party risk management
• Identify and lead Program enhancements driven by evolving and changing regulatory guidance
• Collaborate with team members, Product Enablement team, other stakeholders and external vendors to design, test and implement new solutions or enhancements to existing processes and systems
• Be engaged and help drive key TPRM projects for continuous process improvement and bring innovation into the team
• Lead initiatives / projects from inception to completion
• Communicate progress and decision points for projects to relevant functions and maintain key documentation of approvals where required
• Coordinate content for internal senior forums and business engagement meetings (e.g., Committees, Governance Groups, etc.)
• Oversight of business-as-usual Program components (i.e, Program Modifications, Policy Exclusion Categories, Non Standard Payments)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in risk management, or Finance; 2-4 years in audit or TPRM.
• Vigilant, inquisitive, and detail-oriented with a focus on “trust but verify.” Experience in front to back process mapping and future state process re-designing for large scale process transformation projects
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project & Visio or other business process management software
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both written and oral; confident in interaction with all levels of employees and navigating organizations
• Ability to rapidly assimilate complex concepts and form practical solutions.
• Ability to break down complex processes into tasks and challenge status-quo
• Be highly collaborative, team orientated and a strong consensus builder
• Self-motivated and well organized. Proven track record: ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize accordingly and make decisions as required
• Strong background in product management and strategy and good numerical analytical ability
• Technical and operational problem-solving skills
• Proactive, enthusiastic and team-oriented approach

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