Director Enterprise Risk Management Jobs in Florida

BASIC FUNCTION:

Overall responsibility for the Enterprise Risk Management process for the U.S. and Canada, including the governance framework, systems, policies, procedures, reporting, and key risk indicators necessary to identify, assess, mitigate, monitor, and communicate strategic, operational, financial, compliance, and insurable risks across a complex manufacturing environment. This role also supports disciplined project and program execution by applying PMO practices, governance standards, and risk-based decision making to enterprise and cross-functional initiatives.

As an Enterprise Risk Manager, you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing risk strategies, governance processes, and control improvements across the organization. You will be responsible for facilitating enterprise risk assessments, maintaining the risk register, establishing reporting for senior leadership, and partnering with business leaders to strengthen risk awareness, operational resilience, and compliance. You will also be responsible for leading or supporting a company wide Enterprise Risk Management methodology and practice. In addition, the role will provide project management and PMO support for strategic initiatives by helping define project scope, governance, milestones, dependencies, risk mitigation plans, and status reporting to improve execution discipline across functions.

NATURE AND SCOPE:

The Enterprise Risk Manager reports directly to the Corporate Director of Finance.

Qualifications for this position include:

• Seven to ten years of progressive experience in risk management, internal controls, audit, finance, operations, or a related discipline, with meaningful experience in a manufacturing environment.
• The preferred candidate demonstrates strong knowledge of enterprise risk management frameworks, risk assessment methodologies, governance practices, business continuity concepts, and operational risk in areas such as safety, supply chain, plant operations, capital projects, compliance, and financial controls.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and applying project management or PMO disciplines-including project planning, governance, milestone tracking, issue and risk escalation, and executive status reporting-is strongly preferred.
• The candidate is recognized as a subject matter expert in risk management, process improvement, and change leadership, with the ability to influence stakeholders and translate complex risks into practical business actions.
• Education requirements include a four-year college degree in finance, accounting, business, engineering, risk management, or a related field; professional certifications such as CPA, CIA, CRMP, FRM, or PMP are a plus.

The candidate should be a proactive, results oriented individual with a strong work ethic and a high sense of urgency and drive to be successful in a dynamic, high performace environment.  The candidate must be innovative and a creative thinker who is always seeking ways to perform processes.  The successful candidate will also be able to partner with other departments and be able to motivate others to deliver results.

Strategic Leadership and Managerial Responsibilities:

• Works with business leaders and cross-functional partners to support organizational goals through disciplined risk governance, strong internal relationships, and effective change leadership.
• Participates on steering committees, project teams, and working groups to provide risk-based insight and improve execution of strategic priorities.
• Develops performance metrics, dashboards, work plans, and training activities to measure the effectiveness of risk programs and project outcomes.
• Supports PMO-related practices by helping establish governance routines, project charters, milestone plans, status reporting, issue logs, and escalation processes for enterprise and cross-functional initiatives.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Lead and maintain the enterprise risk management program, including governance, policy deployment, risk assessment standards, and enterprise-wide reporting.
• Facilitate enterprise and business-unit risk assessments; maintain the risk register and support development of mitigation plans, owners, due dates, and escalation paths.
• Supports senior leaders to drive risk culture across the organization and ensures the effective operation of enterprise risk management by providing training, guidance, and practical tools that embed risk awareness into decision making and daily operations.
• Monitor key risk indicators, trends, and emerging risks across manufacturing, supply chain, financial, regulatory, and operational areas, and drive follow-up actions with the business.
• Prepare and communicate risk reports, heat maps, dashboards, and issue summaries to leadership and governance forums, highlighting material exposures, mitigation progress, and decisions required.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Internal Audit, Legal, EHS, IT, and other functions to strengthen internal controls, support risk remediation, and improve the accuracy and integrity of risk-related information.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to train stakeholders, build risk awareness, and promote adoption of enterprise risk standards, controls, and escalation protocols.
• Develop, maintain, and support implementation of company policies, procedures, and governance routines related to enterprise risk management, business continuity, and risk-based decision making.
• Provide PMO and project management support for strategic and cross-functional initiatives by helping define project scope, governance, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issue resolution processes.
• Track project status, risks, actions, and milestones for key initiatives; prepare concise status updates for leadership and facilitate timely escalation of issues that may affect delivery, cost, compliance, or operational continuity.
• Support business continuity, crisis response, and scenario planning activities by coordinating risk inputs, documenting recovery dependencies, and helping management assess readiness for significant business disruptions.
• The incumbent must perform the above mentioned duties and responsibilities in accordance to federal, provincial and local environmental regulations.  Employees must also report any situation, which may have a detrimental impact to human health or the environment to their immediate supervisor.