The Chief Administrative Office (CAO) is comprised of multiple global functions that support the firm's businesses in 60 countries, including Global Real Estate, Global Supplier Services, Global Business & Document Services, Amenity Services, Corporate Insurance, Global Security, Corporate Aviation and Finance and Business Management.
The Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Controls team’s primary function is to solidify an effective Firm-wide control framework, looking within and across its functions, to identify and remediate control issues with a sense of urgency regardless of the source. The team will work in partnership with the Control Managers across the business to provide a centralized view of all control functions, assisting in immediate, real time problem detection, reporting and escalation by utilizing the firm’s operational risk self‐assessment reporting process & system (CORE: Control and Operational Risk Evaluation). The team also support various firmwide control programs and operational risk initiatives.

Job Summary

As an Associate within the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) team, you will require significant cross-functional collaboration, including with line of business, legal team and their counterparts in the Firm’s corporate functions. The environment is fast-paced, often requiring that issues be addressed quickly to ensure that the Firm stays in compliance with the rapidly-evolving rules that apply to our highly regulated industry. You must have strong analytical and collaborative skills, be able to work independently.

Job responsibilities

Support and oversee the implementation of Office of Legal Obligations (“OLO”) and Compliance Risk Assessment (“CRA”) across CAO & its multiple corporate functions Participate on cross-functional teams to develop and maintain legal obligations Identify and manage ongoing risks and the design, execution, and evaluation of the associated mitigating Controls for CRA Build and manage product subject matter expertise, as required Prepare, and maintain on an ongoing basis, matrices and other job aids to support program reporting and project tracking Research and analyze laws, rules, regulations and prior project work in order to promote evergreen efforts of the Program, focusing on quality assurance and consistency Serve as a Program liaison through collaborative advocacy and excellent oral and written communication skills and work with legal, compliance, risk, and oversight and controls teams responsible for parts of the Program, as needed Build relationships and leverage subject matter expertise to driving conversations and/or influence decisions/direction with Business, Legal, Risk and Technology areas Adapt to shifting regulatory and legal landscape; able to work in a global, fast-paced, results driven environment 

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience require Minimum 3 years in either financial service experience in controls, audit, quality assurance, risk management, or compliance Strong leadership skills and experience working in matrix-reporting work environments Research, writing skills, deck design and presentation skills Proficient knowledge of control and risk management concepts with the ability to design, create, and evaluate a Risk & Control Self-Assessment in conjunction with business partners Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), knowledge of tools Alteryx, 

 Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

Knowledge Operational Risk, Controls, Regulations preferred Ability to translate business/functional problems into a conceptual analytical solutions Demonstrated ability to effectively manage all facets