Enterprise Risk Manager

The Presidio Trust is seeking an Enterprise Risk Manager within the Finance Division. Once an Army Base, the Presidio of San Francisco is now a new kind of national park. The 1,500-acre Presidio is richly layered in history, is a natural oasis for wildlife, plants, and people, and offers iconic views known around the world. In its third decade as a park, public awareness and enjoyment of this exceptional place continues grow.

The Enterprise Risk Manager administers the Trust Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program: identifying and assessing significant agency risks, coordinating the development of risk tolerances and risk response strategies and tracking the status of corrective actions, and manages the insurance program needed to mitigate risks. This includes establishing an appropriate ERM framework including risk policies, metrics, reporting and monitoring, ensuring alignment of risk management with organizational strategy and annual planning, providing recommendations for the allocation of resources and insurance levels necessary for risk management, facilitating the execution of the ERM framework, ensuring that risks are mitigated to the desired level and that managers at all levels are performing their desired role per the ERM framework, and representing as a primary change agent for the implementation and continuous improvement of the ERM program. The Enterprise Risk Manager maintains knowledge of ERM best-practices and trains others to implement them.

Our ideal candidate is a dynamic, innovative, and resourceful risk management professional who embraces the opportunity to work in a team-oriented department as well as cross functionally with other departments to establish a successful risk management program. You have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, and a professional knack for applying broad principles and practices. You’re an energetic self-starter who can work on multiple tasks while meeting pre-established deadlines.

This is a full-time position with benefits and a starting pay range of $126,842 to $150,531 for roles based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The starting base salary is dependent on the experience and qualifications of the candidate. Applications received by May 3, 2024 will receive first consideration.

Responsibilities

• Establish ERM framework based on organizational strategies and objectives and develop cultural integration plan.
• Develop tools to document and measure enterprise risk and risk tolerances, such as risk profiles, assessments and registers, utilizing agency key performance indicators and other metrics and supporting data to identify trends.
• Remain abreast of regulatory requirements, incorporating changes to laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance to ensure organizational approach to risk management remains current.
• Lead agency stakeholders in identifying, measuring and documenting compliance in the areas of risk, including strategic, operational, financial, reputational, information security, physical security, and legal.
• Conduct reviews to assess control environment compliance to help develop additional controls and audit programs to assist with the execution of risk mitigations plans, and work with external auditors to facilitate review of ERM program.
• Manage annual insurance renewal, including working with existing or soliciting new brokers and insurers, resulting in cost effective annual insurance coverage necessary to mitigate agency risks.
• Manage claims, track open issues, corrective action plans and validate issue closures for effective operation of the ERM program, including running risk management monthly meetings with stake holder participation, performing updates and coordination among Finance, Legal, HR, insurance brokers, and others as needed.
• Work closely and communicate with staff involved in business continuity activities across the agency (e.g., public safety and information technology), assess and assign risk levels associated with business continuity and recovery plans, and participate in mock-disaster exercises to test and document results and update risk levels based on results.
• Maintain an annual calendar of Enterprise Risk Management activities to ensure all participants have ample time to plan and complete their parts in a timely manner, ensuring a high-quality result.
• Educate and train stakeholders in the concepts and best practices in ERM to promote awareness and effective risk management.
• Provide guidance to agency stakeholders to improve existing plans to mitigate risk within the context of the larger ERM framework, resulting in actionable mitigation improvement recommendations.
• Work cross-functionally with all levels of management and staff to continuously improve existing and draft new risk management policies, procedures, processes and templates.
• Identify inefficiencies, implement system and process upgrades, improve documentation, and cross-training that increases productivity.
• Prepare data and analysis for use in executive-level communications and presentations.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders throughout the organization as well as supporting contractors in a highly collaborative environment.
• Respond fully and promptly to internal and external risk management requests (ongoing claims/inquiries, etc.) both scheduled and ad hoc.
• Perform work with increasingly less oversight and direction while advancing through pay steps.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or accounting or related; AND
• Minimum of eight (8) years of successful performance in risk management and/or audit functions; OR
• A combination of education and experience that demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the required work.
• Demonstrated ability to translate theoretical framework into recommendations for operational activities and projects needed to mitigate risk.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Excel and skills in manipulating complicated spreadsheets to calculate and summarize risk levels.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Experience in working in a multi-faceted environment with complex missions or background in construction, property management, and cost accounting.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of enterprise risk management frameworks.
• Enterprise Risk Management certification.
• Experience with insurance program development and management.

About the Presidio Trust Finance Team

Our Finance Team is a diverse group of professionals. As part of a one-of-a-kind organization, the team brings together innovative private sector strategies while following federal policies and guidelines to develop and maintain the Presidio Trust’s budget, support all accounting and reporting activities, and ensure the park is self-sufficient and continues to be available for all visitors.

Background Investigation

The Presidio Trust has identified this position as subject to a standard employment background investigation which shall consist of a review of applicable county, state and Federal criminal and civil records, state bankruptcy indexes, driver’s license, and a credit report. An individual’s granting of a background investigation and resulting report is voluntary, however, employment is contingent upon the successful completion of the investigation. The Trust may refuse to hire an individual, rescind an offer of employment, or review and terminate the employment of a current employee who does not successfully complete a background investigation.

The Presidio Trust is an equal opportunity employer, offering a competitive benefits package. To apply, download the employment application from our website at www.presidio.gov/about/presidio-trust/careers and submit your application to our email address listed on our website.