Analyst II , Transformation

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Job Description

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As the Partnership & Vendor Management Lead for Wealth Management, you will serve as the strategic owner of thirdparty vendors and partners that power FIS Wealth products across front, middle, and back-office capabilities. This role blends deep wealth management product understanding with disciplined vendor governance. You will evaluate vendors not just on cost and risk, but on their ability to advance advisor experience, client outcomes, regulatory readiness, and platform scalability. On a daytoday basis, you will lead contract reviews and approvals, oversee vendor onboarding and risk assessments, and ensure partners are aligned to FIS Wealth product strategy, industry trends, and client expectations.

Hybrid Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday - Jacksonville, FL

Current and future sponsorship are not available for this position.

You will be part of a crossfunctional Wealth Management leadership ecosystem, working closely with Product Management, Banking Partnerships, Legal, Risk, Procurement, and Supply Chain. The team focuses on ensuring FIS Wealth partners with industryleading vendors that strengthen our digital platforms, operational cores, data capabilities, and regulatory posture while supporting longterm product modernization.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Own the endtoend lifecycle of Wealth Management vendors and partners, from strategy and selection through onboarding, renewal, and exit.
• Apply strong Wealth Management product knowledge to assess vendor fit across advisor workflows, digital experiences, custody, data, reporting, and operations.
• Lead contract review, negotiation coordination, approvals, and renewals in partnership with Legal, Procurement, and Product.
• Drive structured vendor onboarding using disciplined project management, ensuring alignment to Wealth product roadmaps and delivery timelines.
• Oversee vendor risk assessments including financial viability, operational resilience, data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
• Establish vendor governance models, including SLA definitions, performance scorecards, and executivelevel review forums.
• Partner with Product and Banking teams to ensure vendors support industry trends such as model portfolios, alternatives, unified managed accounts, digital advice, and AIenabled workflows.
• Continuously evaluate the vendor landscape to identify consolidation, modernization, and strategic partnership opportunities that reduce complexity and improve client outcomes.

• Strong understanding of Wealth Management products, platforms, and operating models, including advisor desktops, digital client experiences, portfolio management, data, and reporting.
• Proven experience leading vendor management, partnerships, or thirdparty governance in financial services or fintech.
• Ability to evaluate vendors through both a commercial and productstrategy lens, not just procurement or risk.
• Handson experience managing complex contracts, approvals, and renewals with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong project management and execution skills across crossfunctional teams.
• Executivelevel communication skills with the ability to influence Product, Legal, Risk, and external partners.
• 8+ years of experience in vendor management, partnerships, product operations, or related roles within Wealth Management, Banking, or Capital Markets.
• Experience working with Wealth Management platforms, custodians, market data providers, or fintech vendors strongly preferred.

Required work hours: Standard business hours

Overtime required: As needed

Weekends required: No

Travel percentage for this role: Up to 10%

• Industry perspective on Wealth Management trends such as digital transformation, platform consolidation, and advisor productivity.
• Experience managing vendors supporting alternatives, model portfolios, data aggregation, or AIenabled capabilities.
• Background working with banking partnerships, custody platforms, or regulated thirdparty environments.

• A strategic leadership role influencing the future of FIS Wealth platforms and partner ecosystem.
• Opportunities to work at the intersection of Wealth Management, fintech innovation, and industry transformation.
• Continuous learning and professional development in a highly collaborative environment.
• Competitive salary, incentive compensation, and comprehensive benefits.

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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