Assistant Manager, Vendor Risk

• Handle and/or disseminate third-party vendor questions on third-party vendor management platform.
• Assist with new user and vendor set up on third-party vendor management platform.
• Assist with training new users on the platform.
• Oversee the new vendor administrative dashboard and determine an appropriate onboarding process.
• Review all requests and oversee the payment process for company paid vendor credentialing and pay quarterly invoices from Yardi. 
• Review new contractual agreements and enroll the vendor in the appropriate insurance tier in VendorShield.
• Periodically review/audit vendors for proper category selection and insurance requirements.
• Oversee the reactivation form and monitor for consistent non-compliance and/or missing agreements.
• Provide temporary vendor activations to allow for payment processing.
• Become versed in acceptable modifications and terms in any vendor agreements.
• Work with the Learning and Development (L&D) team to update training modules and Intranet when new enhancements and system improvements change workflows.
• Own full responsibility of the ongoing development of the active vendor catalog.
• Update SharePoint Vendor Management site.
• Review vendors submissions in VendorShield before assigning a Yardi vendor # to ensure that compliance and RCP related questions are answered appropriately. 
• Work with vendor management, compliance, and asset management to report and audit for RCP and related party status.
• Deactivate non-compliant vendors.
• Track vendor insurance submitted outside of VendorShield.
• Spearhead any amendments or changes to master agreements in VendorShield to ensure that the most up to date terms are presented to vendors.
• Respond to COI and vendor agreement inquiries from risk management regarding specific claims.
• Handle any miscellaneous projects required by vendor management.
• Manage Yardi tickets for VendorShield related issues.
• Monitor, handle and/or disseminate the vendor management/vendor credentialing email and voicemail.

 QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE

•  Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) preferred; at least three (3) years of relevant experience, which may include any experience dealing with third-party compliance.  A background in real estate and property management is desirable.