Director, Enterprise Risk Management

Job Description
Opportunity at a Glance
The Director of Enterprise Risk Management is responsible for the leadership, innovation, governance, and management processes necessary to identify, evaluate, treat, and monitor the company's operational, strategic, transformational, and high-impact event risks across the organization. In addition, this individual is responsible for leading the evaluation, monitoring, and quantification of risk appetite for the Company’s top risks.  This individual will continue to develop and mature Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) tools, practices, and policies to analyze and report enterprise risks and further mature Adtalem Global Education's risk management framework.  Part of Adtalem's Finance team, and in partnership with the leadership across the organization, this position will report directly to the VP, Treasury and Risk Management.  
 
This leader will oversee, monitor and integrate operational and strategic risk management activities of the organization to manage top risks that can protect or create value. The Director will lead Adtalem's Enterprise Risk Committee through collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and key senior leadership.  This individual will also present to the Executive Team at least twice per year progress against the goals of the Enterprise Risk Management Program.  In addition, this individual will lead policy governance across the organization.  
 
Adtalem Global Education seeks a proactive, strategic, results-oriented leader to join our organization. Strong ability to communicate effectively across the organization and with senior leadership is extremely important.  This is an excellent opportunity to further mature a proactive ERM program with transformative impact on the future of Adtalem.
 
Responsibilities:
Further mature the ERM architecture for the company
Ensure the organization's risk management policies and strategies comply with applicable regulations, controls and strategic imperatives of the organization
Maintain an ERM program which includes program design, governance structure, implementation and operation
Contribute to Adtalem’s growth strategy through evaluating potential risks and opportunities to mitigate risk in a proactive manner
Perform and/or coordinate additional modeling and analysis around Key Risks
Track and report on emerging risks and events, and ensure follow up, creation of action plans, and adjustment of policies, processes and procedures as necessary
Serve as a key driver of common risk framework, language, and tools to identify, assess, treat, communicate, and monitor strategic and operational risks
Communicate information regarding business risks with functions across the organization as well as a be a key resource for the business units and shared services to identify and monitor emerging risks, risk treatment plans and changing risk landscape
Create and maintain appropriate risk measurement tools including an annual risk inventory and periodic updates driven by strategic changes or external landscape
Chair and provide key inputs into the company's enterprise risk committee or other committee that oversees the ERM process and ensures alignment with organizational objectives
Supervise the risk management activities at Adtalem and provides support and guidance for the evolution of these activities to enable the growth of this business unit
Drive effective policy governance and practices surrounding Adtalem’s significant policies across the organization
Other duties as assigned