Job Description

About Raymond James:

Founded in 1962, Raymond James Financial, Inc. is a Fortune 500 diversified holding company providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies engaged primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to capital markets and asset management. Headquartered in Florida, Raymond James Financial has approximately 8,000 financial advisors in 3,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. With over 130 consecutive quarters of growth and Service 1st culture, Raymond James Financial aims to be the premier alternative to Wall Street.

Job Summary:

Under general supervision, assists IT Supplier Risk Management in research, organization, compilation, analysis, tracking and reporting of the Raymond James IT Suppliers. This position will also be responsible for monitoring, reporting and conducting analysis on the IT contingent workforce. Using knowledge and skills obtained through education and experience, this position supports IT Supplier Management in the following activities below -

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Execute against IT Supplier Management Office strategy and related programs to ensure they meet the IT business needs, using a pragmatic and integrated approaches.
Recommend process improvements for departmental and team enhancements as well as procedures to improve internal controls.
Ensure Supplier Risk Management and Procurement requirements are met, supplier related risks are identified with corresponding actions plans created, and cost optimization is achieved in the contingent worker program.
Lead assigned efforts to collect, cleanse, normalize, validate, analyze and report IT supplier and contingent workforce data for the IT departments. Develop standard reporting to accomplish strategic initiatives approved by IT Sr. Leadership.
Collaborates and influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve top projects/assignments associated with IT Leadership, Supplier Risk Management, Procurement, and HR.
Facilitate joint meetings with internal business clients to assist in IT contingent worker strategy, forecasting, demand management, requirement development, and supplier selection.
May help lead cross functional teams through required Supplier Risk Management requirements.
May help with internal business clients in developing and reviewing statements of work, service level agreements, contractual terms and conditions.
Develops and maintains profiles/overview of strategic suppliers and/or emerging strategic suppliers.
Benchmarks current industry best practices for IT Supplier Management in the financial industry.
Assist in the analysis of potential suppliers to strengthen our supplier inventory by assisting Procurement in the RFI/RFX process.
Develops and maintains an in-depth understanding of IT business areas, its products, and suppliers.
Partners with colleagues, clients and control community members to evaluate the control environment (supplier & contingent workforce) and develops recommendations to strengthen internal controls and mitigation strategies.
Stay up to date with evolving regulatory changes and market events impacting IT Supplier Management.
Prepare IT Supplier Management data for internal and external auditing.
Support Relationship Managers to track project savings on external resource spend.
Work with reporting tools such as Tableau and SQL.
Contribute to the design and improvement of IT Supplier Management report to fulfill all reporting deadlines (IT Supplier Governance meeting, IT Monthly Business Review, Weekly contingent workforce reporting, etc.)
Maintain IT inventory in IT SMO SharePoint site.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

Fundamental concepts of supplier management and controls.
Fundamental concepts of risk management processes, policies, governance and controls.
Fundamental concepts of contingent workforce analysis.
Fundamental concepts of project management methodology and execution.

Skill in:

Analytics, particularly with regard to assessing the probability and impact of internal control weakness.
Verbal and written communication with the ability to present complex and sensitive issues to senior management and influence change.
Thinking critically and structuring analysis to solve poorly defined problems.
Interpreting and applying policies, procedures, and processes.

Ability to:

Work well individually and in teams; share information, support colleagues and encourage participation.
Work within established stakeholder expectations to drive results across functions including IT, Finance, Procurement, Supplier Risk Management and Operational Risk teams.
Form analysis identifying trends, propose action plans and execute appropriate actions.
Interface, influence, articulate, and present at the highest corporate levels inside and outside of Raymond James.
Organize, manage, and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing in priorities and deadlines in a fast paced work environment with frequent interruptions.

Educational/Previous Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations or related field
Minimum one to three (1-3) years of relevant Supplier Management experience.
~or~
An equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience as approved by Human Resources.

Licenses/Certifications:

None required.