Enterprise and Third Party Risk Manager – 18 month term

Responsibilities

• Lead core ERM activities, including annual risk refreshes, quarterly monitoring, risk assessments, mitigation follow-up, and reporting.
• Facilitate risk interviews, workshops, and discussions with stakeholders across the business.
• Prepare clear and concise risk updates, heatmaps, summaries, and presentations for executives, leadership teams, and governance committees.
• Maintain the enterprise risk register, including risk statements, owners, impacts, mitigation actions, status updates, and supporting documentation.
• Partner with risk owners to assess and monitor key strategic, operational, financial, technology, compliance, reputational, and emerging risks.
• Provide practical risk advisory support to business stakeholders by identifying risk considerations, challenging assumptions, and advising on mitigation approaches for initiatives, projects, and business decisions.
• Coordinate and support the Third-Party Risk Management program, including vendor intake and prioritization, risk assessment coordination, stakeholder follow-up, documentation, and continuous improvement of the operating model.
• Support the development and maintenance of risk policies, guidance, governance practices, and risk culture initiatives.
• Monitor external trends, regulatory developments, and emerging risks to inform program priorities, reporting, and risk discussions.
• Support ad hoc risk-related projects and cross-functional initiatives as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in enterprise risk, internal audit, advisory, compliance, governance, or a similar role, ideally within a global technology, Saa S, or software company.
• Experience leading or coordinating ERM activities, including risk assessments, mitigation tracking, risk registers, and executive-level reporting.
• Strong facilitation skills, including experience conducting structured interviews, workshops, or stakeholder discussions.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for senior leaders and governance audiences, including preparation of materials for executive, board, audit committee, or similar forums.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to challenge and refine risk statements, root causes, interdependencies, and action plans.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority, build credibility quickly, and provide practical risk advice on business initiatives, projects, and decisions.
• Highly organized, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• High degree of professionalism, sound judgment, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Excel and Power Point.
• Working knowledge of third-party risk management, including coordination across procurement, legal, privacy, security, and business teams, is considered an asset.
• Familiarity with strategic, operational, financial, commercial, technology, compliance, reputational, and emerging risk categories is preferred.
• Professional designation such as CPA, CIA, CRMA, or similar is preferred.
• Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in enterprise risk management, including risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and executive-level reporting.

Proficient in facilitating stakeholder discussions and preparing tailored communications for governance audiences.

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