You haven't searched anything yet.
The Executive Leadership Council is the preeminent member organization for the development of global black leaders. Comprised of more than 850 current and former corporate black CEOs, board members and senior executives at Fortune 1000 & Global 500 companies, entrepreneurs leading top-tier firms, and recognized thought leaders, we open channels of opportunity for the development of black executives to positively impact business and communities.
We are currently seeking a Director of Internal Audit & Risk Management to join the Finance team in our Washington, DC office.
Position Overview
The ideal candidate for this role will be for an ambitious Director of Internal Audit & Risk Management responsible for directing and developing the Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program, including but not limited to strategic thinking related to risk identification, assessment, monitoring, management, and mitigation as well as recommending actions and mitigation plans on identified risks in coordination with the Chief Financial Officer and senior management.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & KEY OUTCOMES
Audit & Risk Management
General Duties
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS
COMPETENCIES
• Mission Alignment & Awareness: Has a passion for and commitment to opening channels of opportunity for the development of Black professionals to positively impact business and local communities; contributes to the organization by understanding and aligning actions with the organization's goals, core functions, and values.
• Professional Accounting Standards, Requirements & Procedures, Understanding & Compliance: Ensures the accuracy of financial transactions and reports; oversees that the department conforms to accounting standards, requirements and procedures, and remediates issues in a timely manner.
• Organizational Finance Policies, Compliance & Maintenance: Assists in the continuous development of the organization's finance policies; encourages others to comply with all organizational regulations, policies, and processes in terms.
• Ethics & Integrity: Earns the trust and respect of others through a consistent commitment to integrity, honesty, and professionalism in all interactions
• Risk Management: Assesses the degree of risk in plans or actions and takes appropriate action to mitigate them or make contingency plans to limit the magnitude of risk, including having the insight and appreciation of organizational needs, priorities, goals and seeing that actions support those goals; demonstrates ability to describe and understand the risks related to a situation or activity; uses past experience and best practices to identify issues, potential problems, and risk mitigates in advance those factors that could interfere with productivity and operational continuity and creates a contingent plan for the risk.
• Planning & Results Orientation: Organizes and executes work to meet organizational goals and objectives while meeting quality standards and following organizational processes; ensures individual performance does not negatively impact the performance of others; recommends additional resources that would improve effectiveness and helps others access required resources; identifies opportunities to improve work processes and efficiency; contributes to setting work priorities and direction; identifies in advance when intended results may not be achieved; takes initiative; is not satisfied with the status quo.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Works well cross functionally and with others on the team to achieve personal goals, team goals, and organizational goals; takes responsibility for individual actions in order to achieve consistent results; fosters team camaraderie, collaboration, and cohesion; understands the impact of one's actions on the ability of their team members to do their jobs; respects the differences other team members bring to the table by openly seeking others' opinions; makes suggestions to improve team engagement and effectiveness; supports implementation of team decisions; professionally gives and seeks feedback in order to achieve common goals.
• Problem Solving & Decision-Making: Identifies problems and uses logical analysis to find information, understand causes, and evaluate and select best possible courses of action; seeks information and input to fully understand the cause of problems; takes action to remove obstacles and address problems before they impact performance and results; initiates the evaluation of possible solutions to problems; assesses risks before making a decision; does not take unnecessary risks; effectively navigates through ambiguity, using multiple data points to analyze issues and identify trends.
• Creativity & Innovation: Thinks beyond the confines of traditional models to recognize opportunities and find new and better ways of doing things; questions common practice and contributes to improvement of processes and outputs; proposes novel ideas; utilizes appropriate brainstorming techniques to generate ideas; researches current thinking and shares ideas; explores different alternatives that would achieve a similar output, with the goal of achieving process simplification or efficiencies.
• Resilience & Managing Uncertainty: Adjusts thinking and behavior in order to adapt to changes in the job and work environment with limited stress; is able to work effectively in an unstructured environment; actively promotes and advocates the advantages of changes when new and credible information emerges; acknowledges uncertainty and shares constructive coping strategies with team members.
• Culture Management: Brings organizational values to life using personality, uniqueness, and the creation of shared vision; demonstrates core values and encourages others to do the same; ensures that individuals and teams are working in a manner that is consistent with organizational values.
• Communication & Interpersonal Effectiveness: Effectively and appropriately interacts and communicates with others to build positive, constructive, professional relationships; tailors communication style and messages based on the audience; seeks to understand others' points of view, observes verbal and non-verbal cues to encourage open and honest discussions; uses clear, precise, and error-free language; invites and encourages others to participate in discussions; identifies and helps to resolve interpersonal conflict between team members; does not jump to conclusions or act on assumptions.
• Customer Focus: Identifies, considers, prioritizes, and takes action on the needs of both internal and external customers; uses knowledge about the customer to inform decision making and problem solving; strives to provide additional value to the customer experience; actively solicits internal and customer feedback in order to improve the relationship; suggests ways to improve the customer experience.
• Technology: Proficient with Microsoft productivity suite, financial management software, expense management software, and other functional software relevant to area of responsibility.
WORKING CONDITIONS
The Executive Leadership Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as defined by federal, state, and local law
Job Posted by ApplicantProFull Time
$158k-193k (estimate)
07/05/2024
07/18/2024
civicspeak.com
Palo Alto, CA
<25