Risk & Compliance Manager

The Washington Post is seeking a dynamic, forward thinking, and self-motivated risk management and compliance professional interested in managing a risk and internal controls program for a company that highly values innovation and agility. Adaptability to ever changing business priorities, intellectual curiosity, and an understanding of how various puzzle pieces fit into the big picture in support of the mission of The Washington Post is crucial to this role. 

The Washington Post is the right place for you because you are a dynamic and self-motivated individual contributor, you are interested in applying your skills to evolving business processes, and you want to work with a talented, forward-looking finance team and other teams in the organization. 

This role will report to VP of Finance and will closely collaborate with the Controller.  

Motivation 

•  You want to lead the management of a control environment that has been appropriately adapted for a private company which reflects the risk appetite and operational priorities and preferences of company leadership, with the primary goal to meet regulatory and internal compliance obligations. 

• You are experienced in using a systematic and disciplined approach to shape and monitor the effectiveness of the risk management, control and governance processes. 

• You enjoy working with a wide variety of teams, including revenue generating, production and operations, strategy, planning and executive teams, and are skilled at connecting the dots between all areas of the business.  

• You are skilled at developing, implementing and testing risk policies, procedures, and internal controls at an organization with an evolving strategy, where existing processes need to be agile and adaptable. 

• You possess intellectual curiosity to understand the bigger picture, business acumen to connect risk and internal controls tasks to the changing business profile, creativity to improve existing and establish new effective processes, independence and self-motivation to manage your individual contributor responsibilities, ability to work with colleagues with different levels of experience and technical backgrounds, and a dedication to high standards of quality and excellence.  

•  You are proficient in developing timelines for your recurring assignments and projects, coordinating with team members and business stakeholders, and ensuring timely completion of tasks, and you thrive with the challenge of managing your workflow within multiple competing priorities. 

• You are comfortable proposing and implementing process improvements to gain efficiencies and to streamline processes. 

• You are open to your role evolving as the organization evolves and new needs arise, including but not limited to involvement with carbon accounting, enterprise and strategy risk management, and other risk, controls, and accounting matters. 

Responsibilities 

• Plan and support internal and external audit engagements to ensure a seamless and timely completion of audits in accordance with regulatory and company-established standards. 

• Consult with business owners and auditors on control development, testing and deficiency management in accordance with regulatory and company-established standards.  

• Review and update policies, process narratives and flowcharts to reflect current business practices, identify changes in risks, assess the adequacy of existing controls and implement new controls when needed. Provide suggestions and implement improvements for streamlining internal control processes.  

• Lead annual insurance renewal activities, such as gathering exposures and preparing insurance applications; work with insurance carriers on annual premium audits to ensure accurate reporting and timely audit completion in accordance with regulatory and company-established standards.  

• Complete scheduled disclosures, control attestations and fraud and business risk assessments to identify new risks, develop solutions to address those risks, and minimize impact to the business. 

• Provide day-to-day guidance on insurance claims, contract provisions as they relate to insurance, and loss trends to protect the company and its employees from losses and mitigate the impact of potential losses. 

• Provide coordination on loss prevention activities between the casualty carrier and various business units to identify risks, process and control improvement opportunities, and effective mitigation strategies to prevent and reduce the number and severity of losses. 

• Coordinate and review cross-departmental data gathering to correctly complete government surveys.  

• Collaborate with General Counsel and Accounting to track retention and reimbursable claims.  

• Collaborate with Finance teams and departments to identify and manage risk exposure.  

Qualifications 

•  Degree in Accounting (CPA required) 

• Certified Risk Management Professional (CRMP) a plus 

• 5+ years of external/internal audit experience 

• A demonstrated understanding of accounting and control frameworks 

• A demonstrated ability to identify and assess threats to a company's security, reputation, finances, and operations 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills 

• Excellent project planning and organization skills for projects that span multiple teams within Finance and other departments in the organization  

• Ability to work effectively and persuasively with business owners at all levels 

• Advanced skills in Microsoft 360 tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams 

• High level of aptitude for innovative technology used to automate and streamline processes, to expedite voluminous data requests and data entry  

• Automation skills preferred but not required