Risk and Compliance Officer

About the Oversight Board

The Oversight Board makes binding and independent decisions about the most challenging content issues on Facebook and Instagram. Members of the Board include Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Prime Minister of Denmark, Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Michael McConnell, Director of Stanford’s Constitutional Law Center, and many other diverse leaders and thinkers from around the world. The Board issued its first decisions in January 2021.

The Oversight Board Administration is the team of full-time staff who support Board Members in carrying out their duties. The Administration has a presence in London, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and operates with a global scope.

You can learn more about the Board at www.oversightboard.com.

The role

Joining the Oversight Board Administration is a chance to be part of an organization which is leading on some of the most prominent and challenging issues facing the tech industry and society.

Reporting to the Chief Security Officer, the Risk and Compliance Officer will assume management responsibility for enterprise level risk & compliance which will include supporting the risk committee in identifying, prioritising, and actively managing enterprise risks. Further to this they will be a key business partner and support the implementation of initiatives to embed core risk management processes within the organisation.

Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support risk identification, risk analysis and evaluation

• Lead & conduct risk assessments and collaborate with internal teams to identify potential threats

• Support the overall maturity of the risk management program working closely with the risk committee to define effective risk management processes & procedures

• Manage the Risk Register to ensure all relevant information is captured and core processes and information is maintained

• Collaborate with the audit and risk committee to support effective risk communication

• Identify and formulate risk response with risk owners, formulate mitigating controls and project manage the risk life cycle

• Advocate and sponsor risk control and prevention strategies that integrate risk management practices into everyday management

• Manage control analysis, control testing to evaluate control effectiveness

• Identify Key Risk and Key Control Indicators

• Produce comprehensive risk reports and support the audit and risk committee in communicating the risks to senior leadership in addition to implementing any identified recommendations.

• Coordination of compliance and regulatory activities

• Senior stakeholder engagement, communication management and promoting the risk & compliance brand to the organisation.

This role may be based in the Administration’s location of Washington, DC.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 2-5 years’ experience in a risk management position
• CRISC Qualification or equivalent preferred
• Strong understanding of compliance and risk management
• Working knowledge of risk management frameworks such as NIST & ISACA
• Strong communicator with the ability to work with various stakeholders across the organisation
• A hands-on, forward thinker, with a flexible mindset and ability to work in a fast-moving environment
• Experience in building sustainable and effective stakeholder relationships
• Ability to clearly communicate and present risk to senior management, peer group and staff
• Project management qualification desirable or equivalent experience
• Experience working in a compliance role

What we can offer you

As well as a competitive annual salary of circa $110,000, we also offer a market leading benefits package, covering a variety of areas, both professional and personal. These benefits include:

• A generous 12% employer contribution towards the 401(k) plan with no requirement for you to contribute;
• Progressive family friendly benefits including a robust paid parental leave policy;
• Comprehensive short-term and long-term disability, life assurance and business travel insurance packages providing financial support in events of ill health, injury etc;
• A generous childcare subsidy to provide financial support for eligible childcare costs;
• A generous home working and commuting allowance to provide financial support for remote and/or office working;
• An extensive healthcare package including medical, dental and vision plans offering coverage for you and your family;
• A training allowance to support both your continuous professional development and professional membership;
• 22 days of paid time off per calendar year in addition to statutory public holidays;
• 2 'recharge' paid vacation days per calendar year;
• A holistic wellbeing support plan encompassing a variety of offerings to assist you. We provide you with an allowance to fund activities to best support your wellbeing as well as workshops and training to provide tools and guidance. Additionally, there is a wide-ranging employee assistance programme available to advise on personal, family or financial matters, and also fun social events all year round.

Oversight Board is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. You will receive equal treatment regardless of age, mental or physical disability, gender, gender expression or gender identity (including transgender status), gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions) or maternity, race, colour, creed, nationality, ancestry, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

We welcome all applications for this role. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. If you are submitting an application, please note that we will only be in touch if your application is shortlisted for interview. Please see our privacy notice here.

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