Graduate Risk and Resilience Analyst

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 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

Graduate Risk and Resilience Analyst

Location: Basildon, Essex | Full-time | Graduate Programme | Start date: September/October 2026
Department: Risk and Resilience

Join our 2026 Graduate Development Programme

Are you a natural problem-solver with a strong eye for detail? Do you enjoy analysing data and understanding how organisations prepare for and respond to risk?

Join SS&C as a Graduate Risk and Resilience Analyst, where you’ll support how we identify, assess and manage risk across the business. You’ll gain hands-on experience working with risk data, supporting business continuity planning and contributing to operational resilience across multiple regions.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll begin by supporting core risk and resilience activities such as reporting and data analysis. Over time, you’ll take ownership of key deliverables, build stakeholder relationships, and develop into a specialist in risk and business continuity.  Other duties include:

• Support Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA) and identify emerging risks
• Assist in mapping critical business services across people, technology, premises and third parties
• Contribute to scenario testing, including “severe but plausible” disruption events
• Analyse risk data and produce reports, dashboards and presentations
• Track risk controls and monitor mitigation activities
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning

What we’re looking for

Degree requirement (essential):

• 2:2 or above in Risk Management, Business, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics or a related discipline

Essential skills:

• Evidence of data analysis (e.g. coursework, projects, reporting)
• Intermediate Excel skills (e.g. formulas, pivot tables, data manipulation)
• Strong written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to interpret and present data findings

Desirable:

• Awareness of risk, audit, compliance or business continuity
• Experience creating presentations or dashboards

Working in a data and AI-driven organisation

At SS&C, we are increasingly leveraging data and artificial intelligence to enhance our products, services and decision-making. As a graduate, you’ll be working in an environment where data is central to how we operate.

We’re not expecting you to be an AI expert, but we are looking for individuals who:

• Are comfortable working with data to support decisions
• Show curiosity about how technology and AI are shaping financial services
• Are open to learning new tools, systems and ways of working
• Can think critically about how data can be used to improve outcomes

Your development and support

As part of our graduate programme, you’ll benefit from a structured development experience designed to support both your professional and personal growth.

This includes:

• Access to our Rising Professionals Programme, focused on building core skills
• Opportunities to join our Aspiring Leaders Programme as you progress
• Ongoing mentoring and support from experienced colleagues
• Regular graduate networking events and gatherings
• Opportunities to build strong internal networks and collaborate across teams

Important to know

• 37.5 hours per week (9:00am – 5:30pm)
• Based in Basildon, Essex
• We are unable to offer visa sponsorship

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.