Director, Enterprise Risk Management

Responsibilities

• Note: The duties and primary responsibilities below are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this job and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties.
• Enterprise Risk Management Strategy & Framework
• Assess CapMetro’s current approach to identification and management of enterprise risks and develop an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework that supports the Strategic Plan, capital project development and management, and significant organizational initiatives.
• Partner with leaders to facilitate an ERM approach to enterprise-level decisions, helping ensure alignment with the strategic plan and agency risk appetite.
• Align risk methodologies, priorities, and mitigation strategies across the organization and ensure consistency between risk management initiatives and other agency policies and processes.
• Risk Identification, Assessment & Monitoring
• Identify, assess, prioritize, monitor, escalate, mitigate, and report on enterprise-level risks, such as strategic, operational, financial, compliance, reputational, environmental, and emerging risks.
• Agregate and analyze risk information across business units and functions to identify emerging risks, trends, and enterprise-level exposures.
• Leadership, Influence & Organizational Integration
• Lead through influence across all business units and executive leadership to embed risk management practices into decision-making.
• Consult with business units on risk management processes and drive cross-functional risk dialogue, including recurring and ad hoc risk training, forums, assessments, working groups, and governance discussions.
• Analysis & Problem Solving
• Analyze highly complex problems to seek understanding of the underlying issue and root cause of the problem.
• Improve upon existing solutions, programs and processes using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation.
• Communication & Reporting
• Prepare clear, accurate, and actionable risk communications, analysis, and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Continuous Improvement & Risk Governance
• Review failures in risk management processes and formulate recommendations or corrective action plans for their future prevention.
• Support Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Safety Management Systems (SMS) process by following safety and security policies, considering safety in every action and reporting safety and security concerns.
• Supervisor And/Or Leadership
• Exercised Direct and manage department personnel by planning, scheduling, delegating and overseeing employee work assignments, authorizing, coordinating, and scheduling work with vendors and consultants, conducting personnel actions, including hiring and interviewing, and overseeing hiring, training, work assignments, and performance evaluations.

Qualifications

• Education And Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in risk management, business, economics, finance, public administration, management, or related field.
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in risk management, with a strong focus on enterprise risk management and at least six (6) years in a leadership role.
• Professional risk management qualification such as Enterprise Risk Manager (ERM), International Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management (IRM), Financial Risk Manager (FRM)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
• Demonstrated experience in implementing Enterprise Risk Management systems/frameworks
• Strong knowledge of public sector management principles
• Strong financial, reporting, and data analytics acumen
• Pioneering track record of establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at various levels of the organization, including senior executives, internal/external stakeholders, and business partners.
• Experience effectively managing and pivoting between competing priorities
• Experience leading change, communicating effectively, and overcoming resistance
• Experience developing collaborative solutions and building consensus among diverse stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal communication, a high attention to detail, and critical problem-solving skills to garner credibility and develop strong relationships
• Ability to lead and work in a team environment in a matrix organization, partnering well with employees, management, users, business areas, and contractors
• Excellent organization skills and ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and diverse groups of people and activities simultaneously
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a pragmatic and data-driven approach to recommendations and decision-making
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate technical information to a non-technical audience
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Proactively and effectively perform duties and assigned tasks without close supervision
• Handle and resolve unstructured problems and provide effective solutions or avenues for the solutions to come from other team members
• Navigate differing perspectives and risk tolerances with professionalism and sound judgment
• Be self-motivated and seek opportunities for continuous improvement of skills and processes