DORA Consultant

Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for over 50 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, and securities research, as well as wealth and asset management. Jefferies Private Wealth Management is a boutique practice serving the complex needs of entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and family offices.  Our growing business and open architecture platform brings sophisticated advisory services together with the global execution of Jefferies. Private Wealth Management professionals provide a full range of products, services, and capabilities to investors.

• Support implementation of the Third-Party Risk pillar of DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act), in particular, integration of DORA-requirements into the Firm’s established Vendor Risk Management/Outsourcing governance framework, to ensure the Firm is compliant with DORA regulations by mid-January 2025.
• Perform system and process assessment and provide analysis and guidance.
• Support the design and delivery of potential solutions, new automations of assessments/templates and workflows and integration into existing technology landscape.
• Oversee the implementation of key works streams and approved process improvements.
• Work closely with SMEs and broader business functions to facilitate compliance with DORA requirements.
• Contribute to EU and Global Policy and procedure developments to ensure the Firm has an effective internal governance and control framework.
• Support TPRM and Outsourcing remediation programs.

Experience / Requirements

• Previous experience working in Third Party Risk Management / regulatory Outsourcing within in Financial Services or consultancy.
• Experience in regulatory compliance projects and ability to analyze regulatory documents.
• Knowledge of EU DORA or Operation Resilience projects.
• Excellent knowledge of EBA Outsourcing and TPRM regulations / TPRM lifecycle.
• Excellent knowledge of process and internal controls design.
• Good stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with automatic workflow tools and other automatic solutions in the context of Outsourcing/TPRM is beneficial.