Vendor Management Analyst

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.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's Degree in a related area or equivalent experience.
• 0-2+ years of relevant experience, preferably in a vendor oversight, enterprise or operational risk role.
• Must be self-motivated, thorough, detail-oriented and persistent. Solid interpersonal, organizational, communication, team-working and problem-solving skills are essential.
• Proven ability to execute on assigned tasks end-to-end while operating in a cross-functional team environment.
• Must be able to work on multiple deliverables while meeting competing deadlines.
• Proven analytical skills to meet business needs.
• Ability to effectively communicate with personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Must be proficient in MFS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and able to develop proficiency in required systems.

#MBLI

At MFS, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply - you might be just the right candidate for this role or others.

What we offer:

At MFS, we view our employees as family - and like you, we want our family happy and healthy. That's why we provide competitive benefits programs and family-friendly policies which support the work-life balance needs of our employees.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting .

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