A financial services company in New York City is looking to add a new 3rd Party Risk Associate / Vendor Management Associate to join their growing team.

About the Opportunity:

• Start Date: ASAP
• Assignment Contract: 3 months
• Schedule: Monday to Friday (3 days on site; 2 days WFH)
• Hours: 9am to 5pm (35-hour work week)

Responsibilities:

• Support the full lifecycle of a vendor for bank-wide vendor risk and contract activities
• Perform directly or assist in ensuring that all vendor partners deliver services in accordance with their contracted & expected service levels.
• Asses all contractual risk and utilization of knowledge and experience to obtain successful solutions on key risk, compliance, and regulatory issues
• Manage vendor risk and contract management across all of the bank with emphasis on service levels, performance, and compliance
• Lead, plan, draft, and execute vendor assessment and performance program
• Audit and establish operational service levels and response, remedy, and resolution guidelines
• Establish and maintain internal relationships with other departmental peers to ensure proper alignment
• Facilitate and oversee the day-to-day processing of the full lifecycle of a vendor
• Act as a role model for professional vendor and contract management, delivering high quality strategic solutions to meet the needs of the bank, delivering value and having significant coverage and influence over third-party vendors compliance and performance
• Perform other duties, as needed

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in a developed Vendor Management, Procurement, and/or Finance Department
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, and/or a related field
• Experience supporting Corporate Procurement and Vendor management activities
• Demonstrates a track record of significant Financial delivery
• Strong knowledge of key Business and Contractual risks
• Previous experience with Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Accounting software, E-mail, and Database software
• Solid analytical and research skills
• Great interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly organized

Desired Skills:

• Working knowledge of Oracle and ServiceNow
• Microsoft Excel proficient