Global Risk Management Director

This is a Full Time Job

Global Risk Management Director
Job Description:

Job Title: Internal Audit – Director, Global Risk Management

Why this could be your next big break:

Due to the expanded scope and remit in Internal Audit's oversight function, specifically the creation of a Global Risk Management function, we are seeking a dynamic and agile Global Risk Management Director to facilitate the evolution of our services. In this newly created role, you will help drive the creation, rollout, and evolution of a new Global Risk Management structure within our organization. You will be on the ground floor of helping create meaningful pragmatic guidance for our organization to reduce risk. You will guide our internal and co-source teams in providing advisory review services that evaluate significant and transformational projects across the organization to mitigate risk, improve controls, operations, and compliance across our global organization. The Global Risk Management Director will report to the VP of Global Risk Management at WMG's New York headquarters and play a key role in developing the global risk management function, conducting risk assessments, and supporting the delivery and execution of projects on a dynamic plan. This role requires a high caliber individual with extensive enterprise risk management, risk assessment, accounting, and auditing experience in companies of similar size and complexity. The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills, a strong work ethic, and the ability to influence decision making at a senior level.

Here you'll get to:
• Contribute in the strategy, design, implementation, and evolution of a centralized global risk management process;
• Collaborate with the business on pragmatic policy and standard development for key risk areas;
• Drive education and awareness of risk across the organization through periodic communication and training;
• Communicate and inform senior executive management of key risks periodically, as identified through risk assessment procedures;
• Drive the dynamic Global Risk Management plan, including scheduling, coordinating resources, scoping, and providing oversight from planning through reporting;
• Update the schedule and shift resources as necessary based on changes in priority or senior leadership requests;
• Establish the scope, objectives, and approach for reviews using a risk-based methodology that achieves timely and high-quality results and deliverables;
• Supervise and oversee the timely execution of engagements from planning through reporting;
• Review workpapers, including planning documents and reports, to ensure clear identification of risks, and corresponding issues / gap assessments;
• Communicate findings timely, and collaborate with process owners to develop creative, yet practical, action plans;
• Mange the follow-up and reporting of findings until they are remediated;
• Identify themes, trends, and emerging risks for escalation and communication to executive leadership;
• Manage internal audit staff development, training, and career planning
• Act as a change agent who employs accountability, collaboration and trust while fostering team work and execution;
• Oversee and lead special projects and other tasks as assigned by the Chief Audit Executive or VP of Global Risk Management.

Rockstar candidates will be able to:
• Demonstrate a proficient understanding of enterprise risk management, risk assessment, ICFR, GAAP, COSO, and leading industry / business practices;
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal, written, and presentation, with the ability to communicate effectively within various levels of the company and executive leadership;
• Deliver exceptional customer service, including the ability to manage potentially contentious interactions and the ability to strike a balance between oversight and getting buy-in / partnering with the business;
• Display strong analytical and problem-sol