Manager, Enterprise Risk Management

Reports To: Senior Director, Risk, Insurance & Benefits

Position Summary: The Manager, Enterprise Risk Management will work with the Senior Director, Risk, Insurance & Benefits in the development and execution of the enterprise risk management program across all business functions at CAPREIT.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting business functions across the organization to identify and document their key risks, mitigations, opportunities, and key risk indicators
• Measuring and assessing key risks on both an inherent and residual basis
• Updating enterprise-wide risk registers regularly
• Assisting in establishing an enterprise-wide risk appetite for the organization and working with senior managers and business teams to develop policies, procedures and controls that align with this appetite.
• Helping to build a risk focused culture throughout the organization.
• Working with the training and communications teams to promote risk awareness, ownership and accountability across the organization;
• Supporting the development of the emergency response program and roll out of table top scenarios;
• Monitoring emerging enterprise-wide and industry risks, as well as latest trends in risk management
• Working with Internal Audit to develop annual evaluation plans to assess operating effectiveness of the risk mitigation measures and controls;
• Championing initiatives to enhance the quality and value of the Enterprise Risk Management function, including benchmarking, external research, industry events, thought leadership, relationship building, training & competency development;
• Creating highly visual, creative, stakeholder-focused deliverables and presentations for the business teams, senior management and the Board of Trustees;
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in risk and compliance preferably real estate.
• Highly developed negotiation skills with a strong ability to manage a variety of needs and build strong stakeholder relationships/partnerships.
• Strong work ethic and integrity.
• Project management capabilities, especially with initiatives in their infancy
• Solid experience in maintaining ERM and or audit programs.
• Inquisitive mindset
• Passion and desire to build programs that will have an impact on the business.
• Mastery of MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Critical thinking, diplomacy and influencing skills.
• Ability to be flexible in rapidly evolving situations and fast paced and deadline oriented environments.
• Ability to work independently and self-manage against deadlines