Mayor’s Office of Risk Management and Compliance

Position
Deputy Director, Risk Management

Job Number: 43154

The Agency You’ll Join
The NYC Mayor's Office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and
enforces all city, state, and federal laws within New York City. New York City’s Mayor, Eric Adams is
head of the executive branch of New York City's government. Mayor Adams has served the people of
New York City as an NYPD officer, State Senator, and Brooklyn Borough President. The Adams’
Administration is leading the fight to make New York City’s economy stronger, reduce inequality,
improve public safety, and build a stronger, healthier city that delivers for all New Yorkers. As an
agency, we value fairness, helpfulness, transparency, leadership and build our teams around these
values. For current job opportunities visit our careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With
This position is based in the Mayor’s Office of Risk Management and Compliance (MORMC), which was
created by Mayor Eric Adams to assist City agencies in assessing their operational, financial and
compliance risks, addressing waste and mismanagement, and improving the effectiveness of City
operations. MORMC works on Citywide projects and directly with individual City agencies to help them
create and enhance risk management and compliance programs and develop tools that will enable
them to flag programmatic and operational risks.

The Problems You’ll Solve
Under the overall direction of the MORMC Director, review selected City programs, operations, policies
and procedures, contracts, and transactions to identify compliance issues and assess financial,
operational, and reputational risk, including potential instances of waste and abuse of City funds and
resources. Recommend appropriate remedial and preventive actions.

• Develop and recommend plans for MORMC projects to address targeted risks and compliance

• Manage projects assigned by the MORMC Director; assign tasks and work with MORMC team to

prospective use.

Prepare and present written reports of documented findings and recommendations, using appropriate
applications and tools for presentation to senior City officials.

About You
• You have admission to the New York State Bar; and three years of recent full-time responsible,

relevant, satisfactory legal experience, including complex and significant legal work subsequent
to admission to any bar.

• You possess the maturity, discretion, and judgment necessary for the handling of a myriad of

• You have exceptional organizational, analytical, interpersonal/collaborative, time-management,

• You have strong writing and analytical skills are also required, as is a temperament suitable to

• Prior government experience is a plus.

Salary
The City of New York Office of the Mayor’s compensation package includes a market competitive
salary, equity for all full-time roles and exceptional benefits. Our cash compensation range for this role
is $185,000 to $197,000.

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on candidate experience and expertise, and other
factors.

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Equal Opportunity | Diversity Equity & Inclusion Statement
The Office of the Mayor is an is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and
retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and
harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not

limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual
orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

The Adams Administration values diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences that is reflective of
the city it serves. Applicants of all backgrounds are strongly encouraged and welcome to apply.

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accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on
this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by EEO at
EEO@cityhall.nyc.gov.

New York City Residency Is Required Within 90 Days of Appointment