Third Party Risk Analyst

Our Company
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We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

Adobe’s Vendor Risk Management Office (VRMO) is looking for a Risk Analyst to drive initiatives around Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) with regard to Adobe's global vendor base. The role will partner closely with team members across cross-functional risk verticals and source-to-pay teams. The Risk Analyst role will be responsible for delivering projects directly aligned with Adobe’s strategic TPRM objectives while ensuring that risk processes perform at scale and rapidly adapt to an evolving risk landscape at the company. The position will be instrumental in redefining the way risk is handled across the company’s global supply base.

What you'll Do

• Manage internal & external audit activities for TPRM team, including SOX testing
• Support risk acceptance governance process
• Risk assessment / due diligence activities, including oversight of 4th parties
• Support for the TPRM offboarding process
• Ongoing management & oversight of critical vendor population
• Perform quality control & audit checks over TPRM program and third party or business owner responses
• Work closely with leadership and become a part of a diverse team, to support the management of Adobe’s Third-Party Risk Management program.
• Using a risk-based sampling approach, perform an evidence-based review of vendor responses to validate the completeness and accuracy of vendor risk questionnaires.
• Deploy process controls to continuously supervise and mitigate process or data gaps.
• Partner with many cross functional teams across the globe within Legal, finance and operations.
• Ensure timely completion of risk mitigation activities by vendors and business owners.
• Perform ad-hoc project-based work, including reporting and analyses as the need arises.
• Own and manage various actions and task queues that will result from risk management and mitigation activities

What you need to succeed

Business Insight and Analysis:

• Familiarity with TPRM and governance concepts
• Ability to serve as a change agent for the TPRM function across the organization
• Ability to analyse large datasets and uncover insights that lead to process improvements
• Ability to prioritize and structure business optimization projects

Problem Solving Skills:

• Demonstrate ‘critical thinking’: i.e. to analyse complex deal issues, make decisions and solve problem self-sufficiently, without requiring ongoing direction setting.
• Passionate about rapid value creation through quick wins and long-term balanced value creation.
• A strong change manager with the tenacity to follow through to closure

Communication Skills:

Being a good communicator is essential to the role as we look to paint exciting visuals for overall project designs and operating models to influence partners and leadership. As such having good interpersonal relationship skills, with an ability to influence a broad organization is key. Being able to deal with ambiguity and work on your own initiative is a key success factor in this role.

Experience Level:

• 2-5 years of dynamic experience in IT, Procurement, or Operational Risk role(s) with a focus on third-party risk
• Understanding of the third party risk management lifecycle
• Experience conducting compliance or risk assessments, including ongoing monitoring of risk mitigation plans
• Understanding of risk principles, concepts, and best practices, including risk assessment methodologies and reporting processes
• Experience working with GRC tools & technologies

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent a must
• TRPM Risk qualifications preferred but not essential
• Experience in Risk/Audit management
• Proficient in MS Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, Teams (preferred))

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