SSGA is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutions.
SSGA’s EMEA Institutional Client Group (ICG) is responsible for all institutional client facing activities in the EMEA, including new business development, client service and on-boarding. This team includes over 100 individuals across our DB, DC, Global Cash and Official Institutions Group businesses.
In this role you will work with our ICG Head of Business Controls to develop and maintain an infrastructure to support governance responsibilities within ICG. You will have the opportunity to help craft our ongoing business processes and participate in efforts to continuously improve and evolve our operating framework.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop calendar of governance activities and training programmes
• Maintain, update and revise written processes and procedures for EMEA ICG
• Assist in testing of controls and support the EMEA ICG controls framework
• Handle error reporting and client communication
• Run various monitoring activities and review, assess and report policy/procedure  
  breaches and near-misses, and lead, implement and/or develop remediation
• Own the review of marketing material in compliance with internal controls framework
• Ensure that information on meaningful regulatory developments and their impact is 
  disseminated across the team including training programmes
• Provide insight on industry standard methodology on regulatory and governance matters 
  and assisting in resolving sales practice-related issues
• Assist with the administration and implementation of internal controls framework,
  working in collaboration with RMs/AEs, Legal and Compliance teams and other partners
• Provide support for the continuous improvement of controls related to SSGA’s 
  compliance oversight and operational risk management programs, including assisting in 
  the completion of assigned regulatory risk assessment activities and review of all 
  supervisory programs, and other key projects

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of compliance and/or risk experience required
• Excellent analytical and research skills
• Authority with database technology and Microsoft Office
• Creative and upbeat with strong work ethic and intellectually curious
• Strong organizational skills and detail-orientation
• Ability to work in a deadline driven environment
• Capability to take ownership and initiative, to negotiate, influence and build consensus
• Ability to work in deadline driven environment

We offer:

• Employee savings plan
• Premium life insurance package
• VIP medical package
• International operating environment
• Language classes
• Soft skills trainings
• Technical workshops
• Development sessions with a mentor
• Diversity of opportunities across a range of challenging and highly complex activities
• Technical or leadership career pathway