Job Description:
Provides strategic planning and enterprise risk management support to the agency, working collaboratively across all business units to evaluate and integrate strategy and risk management into key processes and operations. This role is responsible for providing direction, guidance, monitoring, reporting, and execution of program activities in alignment with established standards and procedures. Additional responsibilities include the development and maintenance of a comprehensive risk register and risk assurance mapping. The position also involves making program-level decisions related to internal controls and risk, ensuring effective engagement and coordination across all organizational areas.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Develop and maintain policies and procedures for the identification, assessment, and management of enterprise risks and internal controls.
- Establish, communicate, and facilitate the use of appropriate risk management methodologies, tools, and techniques across the organization.
- Collect, evaluate, and maintain data related to risk assessments, controls, and mitigation activities.
- Work with business units to establish, maintain, and continuously improve risk management capabilities, develop risk registers, and compile data.
- Conduct risk assessments, audits, and control evaluations as scheduled or requested, and prepare and present comprehensive reports on findings.
- Perform follow-up activities to ensure timely and effective resolution of audit findings and risk mitigation actions.
- Design and deliver training sessions, workshops, and awareness programs to promote a strong risk culture.
- Coordinate and communicate with the Executive Board Auditor and designated Executive Board contacts on risk and audit matters.
- Maintain audit and risk documentation in accordance with organizational and regulatory retention requirements.
- Provide oversight and guidance to matrixed team members, contractors, or temporary staff supporting risk or audit-related activities.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the risk management program and recommend enhancements as needed.
- Ensure continuous improvement of risk practices and alignment with industry standards, regulatory expectations, and best practices.
- Conduct special studies, projects, or initiatives as assigned, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality outcomes.
- Perform special assignments using knowledge gained through experience and education. Conduct benchmarking studies for business-related issues.
- Must support the biennial refueling outage.
Required Education & Experience:
Requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and seven years of working experience in Business, Strategy, Risk, Audit, or other relevant fields; OR an AA degree and 9 years of working experience in Business, Strategy, Risk, Audit, or other relevant fields; OR a High school diploma or GED and 11 years of working experience in Business, Strategy, Risk, Audit, or other relevant fields.
Desired Education & Experience:
Familiarity with risk tools and software (e.g., Safran experience is desirable).
Experience in energy and nuclear power generation business processes, including work management, operations, human resources, finance, accounting, project management, risk, audit, and/or strategic planning.
Required Abilities & Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to make decisions, ensure effective basis for decisions, and communicate decisions and their associated purpose and impact.
- Demonstrated ability to be highly proactive and drive timely closure.
- Demonstrated ability to assess lessons learned both personally and within the area of responsibility and take action to close identified gaps.
- Ability to identify risks associated with a project, process, and/or task using a standard-based approach.
- Ability to design and/or evaluate mitigation strategies and internal controls for effectiveness.
- Ability to provide insight/input into proper risk tolerances, proper risk prioritization, and proper mitigation.
- Ability to manage and track progress against assigned work products for periodic status meetings (for yourself and others).
- Well organized and able to manage workload in a constantly changing environment.
- Demonstrated focus on developing quality work products including audit reports and Executive Board presentations.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively resolve problems, remove barriers, make decisions, improve work processes, and develop self.
- Ability to identify, review, and comprehend applicability of audit standards, accounting standards, and state and federal requirements and apply them to all audit activities.
- Ability to establish credibility and articulate ideas to gain consensus, rally support for new ideas, and secure stakeholder buy-in.
- Ability to maintain a high level of energy to motivate and keep others enthusiastic and involved; listening to and understanding the customer, anticipating their needs, and giving high priority to customer satisfaction.
- Ability to self-motivate and bring assignments to completion on time and as expected.
- Ability to self-educate to ensure preparedness for audits, assessments, and other activities.
- A strong focus on balancing safety and reliability with fiscal responsibility. A questioning attitude to encourage contemplation of alternatives.
- Ability to draw logical conclusions from data and analyses, presenting findings clearly and succinctly.
- Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to handle questions and deliver effective presentations.
- Ability to transfer knowledge throughout the organization through one-on-one discussions and workshops.