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Risk Director - Finance (Accounting, Treasury and Tax)

Fidelity

Fidelity

Accounting & Finance
Merrimack, NH, USA · Boston, MA, USA · Westlake, TX, USA
Posted on Sep 13, 2025

Job Description:

Risk Director – Finance (Accounting, Treasury and Tax)

Are you passionate about identifying potential risks before they become challenges while supporting business partners build strategies that keep our organization protected? The Corporate Services Risk Team within the Fidelity Risk Group is looking for a hard-working and experienced Risk Director to help support the Finance business functions in identifying, monitoring, and mitigating risks in order protect the interests of the firm and our customers. As Risk Director, you will be responsible for assessing and reporting on significant risks, developing strategies and solutions to help our business partners manage risk, ensuring risks are identified early, escalated appropriately, and addresses timely and effectively.

The Businesses We Support

Our team provides Business Unit Risk support to a variety of Fidelity’s Corporate Functions, including Corporate Accounting and Corporate Treasury. This role is part of a team that is responsible for driving the Risk Management programs (e.g., proactive risk assessment, risk monitoring, scenario planning, incident escalation, management and trending, risk monitoring, risk programs, and risk routines) that are tailored to the unique risk profile of each Corporate Function, with a focus on enhancing the existing risk support model and developing a new support model for other Corporate Functions. This role requires thinking and collaborating across Fidelity, encouraging partnerships with various teams for risk management.

The Expertise You Have

  • Bachelors’ Degree required; Certified public accounting certification (CPA) a plus
  • 10+ relevant experience; Finance, Audit or other Risk Management experience preferred
  • Proven leadership or project management experience
  • Ability to help drive and cultivate a strong risk management mindset within the business
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex information

The Skills You Bring

  • Demonstrated risk management knowledge and experience, including risk assessment and control evaluation
  • Strategic thinking by approaching work with an open mind and sense of creativity, and challenging current practices and recommending improvements to mitigate risks and drive positive change
  • Knowledge of data analytics capabilities/tools to analyze full populations to surface risk or identify control deficiencies
  • Works comfortably in a fast-paced and dynamic environment handling multiple projects simultaneously with minimal day-to-day supervision with the ability to prioritize and shift focus quickly based on risk/business need
  • Communicates clearly, concisely and impactfully in order to influence others; able to build strong and inclusive working relationships, in person and virtually, with business partners and colleagues
  • Provides supervision, coaching and direction to less experienced associates, as well as training/knowledge sharing as subject matter authority to others
  • Adaptable to new information, changing business priorities, input from others, and lessons learned

The Value You Deliver

As Risk Director, you will play a leadership role in setting and executing the Risk Management strategy for our Finance business partners, including:

  • Continuously analyzing and assessing the risk profile of the business
  • Proactively managing risks and responding to emerging issues
  • Developing innovative solutions and influencing meaningful outcomes
  • Serving as a trusted advisor to the business
  • Collaborating with business leaders and risk, compliance, legal and audit partners
  • Creating a culture of learning and development to improve our capabilities

Certifications:

Category:

Risk

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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Join us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

Giving back to our communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,500 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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