About this Graduate, Risk and Resilience PA26GRARQ3004 role at SS&C Technologies
SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
Job Description
Are you the type of person who enjoys understanding how things work, asking questions, analysing information and finding solutions?
At SS&C, we're looking for curious, proactive graduates who enjoy solving complex problems and using data to make better decisions.
As a Graduate Risk and Resilience Analyst, you'll help identify risks, strengthen business resilience and support critical services that our clients rely on every day.
You'll gain exposure to business operations, technology, data analysis and risk management while developing highly sought-after skills in problem-solving, stakeholder engagement and decision-making.
We don't expect you to have experience in risk management. We're looking for people with analytical thinking, curiosity and a proactive mindset who are eager to learn, take ownership and make an impact from the start of their career.
Why Risk & Resilience?
Risk and Resilience professionals help organisations prepare for uncertainty, respond effectively to disruption and protect the services their clients depend on.
This role offers a unique opportunity to understand how a global organisation manages risk, navigates challenges and builds resilience across people, processes, technology and third-party partners.
If you're someone who enjoys figuring things out, identifying patterns and improving how things work, you'll find plenty to challenge and develop you here.
What You'll Be Doing
As part of our Risk & Resilience team, you'll help the business identify, assess and manage risk while supporting operational resilience activities across multiple regions.
You'll:
- Analyse risk data to identify trends, insights and areas for improvement
- Support business risk assessments and emerging risk activities
- Produce reports, presentations and dashboards for stakeholders
- Help map critical business services across people, technology, premises and suppliers
- Contribute to business continuity and disaster recovery planning
- Support resilience testing and disruption scenarios
- Track risk actions and mitigation activities
- Collaborate with teams across the business to strengthen controls and improve resilience
Example projects could include:
- Investigating trends within risk data and presenting findings to stakeholders
- Supporting resilience exercises for critical business services
- Assessing the potential impact of technology, supplier or operational disruptions
- Creating management information and dashboards that support decision-making
- Contributing to responses to emerging risks and regulatory requirements
Your work will help colleagues make informed decisions, strengthen controls and improve the resilience of services used by our clients every day.
What Will Make You Successful?
- Enjoy solving problems and getting to the root of issues
- Are naturally curious and ask thoughtful questions
- Take ownership and follow tasks through to completion
- Spot risks, opportunities or improvements that others may miss
- Enjoy working with data and drawing meaningful conclusions
- Think critically and challenge assumptions
- Build strong relationships with others
- Stay organised and manage multiple priorities effectively
- Take a proactive approach rather than waiting to be directed
- Balance attention to detail with an understanding of the bigger picture
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate initiative through university projects, work experience, part-time employment, volunteering, student societies or extracurricular activities.
What We're Looking For
Degree Requirement
A 2:1 degree or above in:
- Risk Management
- Business
- Finance
- Economics
- Data Analytics
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Or a related discipline
Essential Skills
- Experience analysing data through university projects, coursework, employment, volunteering or extracurricular activities
- Confidence using Excel for data analysis, including formulas, sorting, filtering and data manipulation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to interpret information and communicate findings clearly
- A proactive approach to learning and problem-solving
- Strong organisational and time-management skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with others
Desirable
- Awareness of risk management, audit, compliance or business continuity
- Experience creating presentations, reports or dashboards
- Knowledge of financial services or regulated industries
Working in a Data and AI-Driven Organisation
At SS&C, data plays a central role in how we operate and make decisions. As a graduate, you'll work in an environment where emerging technologies and AI are helping shape the future of financial services.
We're looking for graduates who:
- Are comfortable working with data to support decision-making
- Are curious about how technology and AI are transforming organisations
- Enjoy learning new systems, tools and ways of working
- Can think critically about how data and technology can improve outcomes
Your Development
Our graduate programme is designed to support both your professional and personal growth.
You'll benefit from:
- A structured graduate development journey
- Access to our Rising Professionals Programme
- Opportunities to join our Aspiring Leaders Programme as your career progresses
- Mentoring and support from experienced colleagues
- Graduate networking events and development opportunities
- Exposure to a wide range of stakeholders and business areas
- Opportunities to build specialist expertise in Risk & Resilience
Where Could This Role Lead?
This programme provides an excellent foundation for careers in:
- Operational Risk
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Operational Resilience
- Business Continuity
- Compliance
- Governance
- Audit
- Business Transformation
You'll develop transferable analytical, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills that are highly valued across the financial services industry.
Location & Working Pattern
This role is aligned to our Basildon office, where the Risk & Resilience team is based.
We operate a hybrid working model with a minimum of six office days per month. There will be times when you'll attend the office more frequently for onboarding, training, collaboration, meetings and development opportunities.
Applicants should therefore be able to travel regularly to our Basildon office and enjoy working as part of a collaborative team environment.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.