Leonid Group is excited to be retained on a senior risk role, on behalf of one of our most dynamic clients, a world leading construction business, looking to hire a Director of Risk into their team.
Reporting into the SVP Risk, you would be responsible with them, to build and create the enterprise risk management program, for the global business. You will work and lead efforts to build trust, engagement and support for the new risk program and enjoy strong backing from senior stakeholders within the business, as they look to build our a robust risk management practice.
The Role
- Driving process for identifying, reviewing, assessing, monitoring, and challenging all business, functional, regulatory, and operational risks.
- Supporting the business in its ongoing review and update of the Strategic Risk Register
- Supports Divisions and Functions in their ongoing review and update to Strategic Risk profiles and escalation of any risks to the Risk Register
- Secretary of the Compliance & Risk Management Committee (CRMC)
- Supports the implementation of the ERM framework, processes, and tools across the portfolios including attendance and presenting at assigned forums on operational risk profiles
- Utilizing existing reporting data, and where required, onboarding of additional reporting tools to support the business in its review, challenge and where required, escalation, of operational risks
- Supports the development of a Fraud Risk Assessment for the business, ensuring ownership of high-level risks are effectively allocated across the business and integrated into Business and Function Risk Profiles
- Supports the identification, documentation and ongoing review of Internal Controls as part of the Group Internal Control Framework
- Works with internal stakeholder groups such as Operational Assurance, Internal Audit and Ethics and Compliance teams to support identification of common findings/ control gaps across the business and provide advice to Management on where risk may be presented
- Working closely with the Internal Audit and teams to share data on business ensuring compliance with required risk management processes and policies and identifying best practices
- Contributing to the development of new policies, concepts, techniques, and standards. Considered an expert in the field within the organization.
- Providing insight to new Group requirements, regulatory requirements, and trends that could impact the organization.
The Candidate
- 8 -10 years of related experience in Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, Assurance or Internal Audit
- An understanding of risk and control processes and application in medium to large organizations
- Ability to engage Senior management with good interpersonal and influencing skills at all levels of the business
- Experience in US government regulations and compliance
- Build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholder communities
- Ability to work in a team environment on broader strategic initiatives as well as individual delivery of specific deliverables, achieving solutions sometimes under time pressure
- A team player, willing to contribute to the development of the function
- A self-starter who can manage their own time and proactively seeks and executes activities that contribute to the development of the function
- Attention to detail and ability to see tasks through to completion
- Capability and experience in facilitation skills
- Competent delivery of reports
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary
- Discretionary bonus
- Medical and Dental Insurance
- Health, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
- Company paid life insurance
- 401K plan with employer matching
- Robust PTO to include, sick, floating holidays, vacation, and personal days
- Company paid short-term and long- term disability, parental leave.
This job description does not list all of the responsibilities of the job. Incumbents may be asked to perform other functions. Incumbents will be evaluated in part based upon their performance of the responsibilities listed in this description.
The Company has the right to revise the job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment and either you or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice (subject to applicable laws)