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About the Role
This role focuses on operational risk and control within Pemberton Asset Management, a leading European private credit manager. The Associate/Associate Director will be instrumental in designing and executing control assurance reports, monitoring risk remediation, and enhancing the operational risk framework.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the design and execution of the Control assurance report for investors, including gathering key risk/control data, developing evidence logs, providing guidance, and supporting management assertions.
- Maintain and update assurance logs and follow up on outstanding actions.
- Monitor and report on key risk remediation progress.
- Support risk and control design and effectiveness reviews of inherent high-risk processes.
- Contribute to third-party risk management continual improvements.
- Manage change risk.
- Align risk and control data for Risk events, Assessments, Third-party risks, and Operational Resilience against common taxonomies.
- Support the design and development of GRC capabilities.
- Contribute to the continual development of operational risk guidance and education (e.g., RCSA, Change Risk, Risk Issue approaches).
- Embed Control Assurance methodologies for ISAE3402.
- Support the implementation and updating of related Risk management policies and procedures (e.g., Risk Appetite, KRI development).
- Support the production of Risk reports.
- Coordinate responses to internal and external audit requests.
- Adhere to the firm’s conduct rules: Act with integrity, act with due care, skill, and diligence, be open and cooperative with regulators, pay due regard to customer interests, and observe proper market conduct.
- Ensure all Compliance activity considers ESG factors to maximize corporate sustainability and support diversity and inclusion objectives.
Requirements
- Ideally 6+ years of exposure to Operational risk in financial services, preferably including experience in private finance and/or asset management.
- Strong experience in Operational Risk methodologies and their deployment through guidance and training, including Risk Identification and Risk Event management, Risk and Control Self-Assessment, Control assurance, Risk Issue and Action Management, and Risk Reporting and Monitoring.
- GRC tool user experience.
- Control Assurance experience (design and effectiveness).
- Experience in supporting or leading agile change initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder engagement with a track record of influencing change.
- Fluent in English and able to communicate effectively in a global organization.
- Strong IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and document management systems such as SharePoint.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple responsibilities.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Willingness to learn and develop compliance knowledge.
- Collaborative, proactive, and able to work effectively as part of a team.
- Appetite and/or ability to learn and deploy AI opportunities across Operational Risk processes.
Skills
- Operational Risk Methodologies
- Risk Identification
- Risk Event Management
- Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA)
- Control Assurance
- Risk Issue and Action Management
- Risk Reporting
- Risk Monitoring
- GRC Tools
- Agile Change Initiatives
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Influencing Change
- Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Document Management Systems (SharePoint)
- AI Opportunities in Operational Risk
Location
- London
Work Type
- Fixed-term contract (FTC)
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
- Associate Director
- 6+ years
About the Company
- Pemberton Asset Management is a leading European private credit manager with over a decade of experience and deep credit expertise.
- They provide innovative, cycle-tested private credit solutions for LPs and GPs.
- Pemberton has an extensive origination network across ten European offices, with local market and sector expertise.
- Their investment approach is informed by a substantial investment team, a broad and independent credit function, and rigorous credit analysis.
- The company is committed to advancing responsible investing in private credit and fostering long-term value through transparent partnerships.
- Pemberton manages USD $28.8bn in AuM and employs over 200+ staff globally (as of 30th September 2025).
Equal Opportunity
- Pemberton is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- They value diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, termination, compensation, benefits, training, and development.
- Pemberton is also committed to making reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of disabled employees and applicants.
- All employees, managers, and those involved in recruitment or employment decisions are required to comply with this policy.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact People and Performance at careers@pembertonam.com.