Leonid Group is privileged to be retained on a major search by one our most prestigious clients, a major international construction firm, with a particular focus on the US marketplace. They’re looking to hire a VP of Risk Management, reporting into the company President and CEO.
They’re looking for a strong risk management professional to lead its enterprise risk management process. The individual will be responsible for guiding the business and ensuring its compliance global ERM frameworks. This includes supporting the Senior Leadership Team in their identification and management of assigned risks and upskilling the broader US business in its understanding of risk management. This position works closely with senior management, internal and external stakeholders, and will be the SME for all Pre and Post-Bid Risk matters, including, Bid Reviews, RFQ’s, Insurance, and communications with joint-venture partners.
Responsibilities
- Develops a process for identifying, reviewing, assessing, monitoring, and challenging all business, functional, regulatory, and operational risks.
- Supports in the ongoing review and update of the US Strategic Risk Register
- Supports Divisions and Functions in their ongoing review and update to Strategic Risk profiles and escalation of any risks to the US Risk Register
- Chairs the Strategic Risk Management Committee (SRMC)
- Establishes the agenda and objectives of the Strategic Risk Management Committee
- Supports the implementation of the ERM framework, processes, and tools across the portfolios including attendance and presenting at assigned forums on operational risk profiles
- 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, US Internal Audit and Ethics and Compliance teams to support identification of common findings/ control gaps across the Civils business and provide advice to Management on where risk may be presented
- Provide support on and be the key point of contact for the business with the Group Risk Management team on the use and ongoing maintenance of the IRIS Enterprise Risk Management System
- Responsible for cascading effective Enterprise Risk Management standards and processes throughout the organization
- Responsible for training on the implementation of the ERM framework, risk identification, control identification, processes, and tool
- Facilitates risk workshops on an ad hoc basis
- Contributes to the development of new policies, concepts, techniques, and standards. Considered an expert in the field within the organization.
- Provides insight to new Group requirements, regulatory requirements, and trends that could impact the organization.
- 10-15 years of related experience in Enterprise Risk Management
- 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 - both orally and written
- Proficient in Office 365 applications
- Competitive Base Salary
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
- Vacation Time
- Sick Time
- Holidays