Manager – Enterprise Risk Management

Amerikan Foods; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Amerikan Foods in the United Arab Emirates seeks a senior risk management professional to lead ERM and BCM initiatives across the business. You will partner with the AMR BCM Core Group and business leaders to monitor risks, implement controls, and align policies with ISO 22301 standards.

The role emphasizes risk assessment, KPI dashboards, risk appetite updates, incident readiness, and training to raise organization-wide risk awareness, with regular reporting to Audit Committee and Board.

Qualifications

• Professional degree such as CA or an MBA from a reputed institute is preferred.
• Additional risk management qualifications would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support in implementation of risk management policy, framework, and initiatives across all business and support functions.
• Track trends and developments in macro business environment, competitive environment and regulations that may impact company’s business and its operations.
• Lead identification of potential strategic, operational, financial and compliance risks thorough ongoing risk assessments with relevant business leads.
• Launching annual risk and BCM survey and presentation to LT for alignment of top priorities.
• Support development of risk management action plans and track progress of these action plans to address key risks.
• Collaborate with risk champions to update control self-assessments.
• Collate, aggregate, and help in presentation of the residual risk profile and KRI dashboard of the organization to the management on a periodic basis.
• Ensure Risk Appetite and tolerance is updated annually in line with business goals, priorities and emerging risks.
• Refresh Risk KPIs for risk owners and risk champions.
• Support the ERM leader in ensuring insightful, quality reporting regarding risks and mitigating controls / remedial actions is provided to the Audit Committee, and BoD as required, on periodic basis.
• Facilitate risk management knowledge and best practice sharing across the company by contributing in risk management training initiatives and programs.
• Enhancing organization wide risk awareness through initiatives including risk awareness communication and campaigns on a regular basis.
• Support monitoring of the company’s Business Continuity Plans and QHSE risks and practices.
• Support maintenance of Risk Registers, Business Continuity Plans and deployment of Risk Management tools as required.
• Work on Annual BCM Agenda including working with BCP plan owners to develop or refresh BIA/BCP as applicable, and ensuring annual BCM testing.
• Validate preparedness and enable effective response to disruption/crisis by facilitating initiatives like live crisis simulation drill or BCM reflection day.
• Ensure risk management and tracking of additional risk dimensions relevant to the company such as regulatory compliance, statutory reporting and public disclosures.
• Develop and maintain engagement with internal stakeholders and ensure that consistent risk management processes are implemented within the Company.
• Provide refresher training on SOPs, risk procedures and control self-assessment for each risk owner and champion during the risk refresh cycle.
• Coordinate and support internal and external audits related to ERM and BCM.
• Adept in leveraging AI and technology including prior experience and expertise in using GRC/ERM Tools, performing scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.

Skills

Risk management

BCM/BCP knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Education

CA or MBA

Tools

GRC/ERM Tools

ISO 22301 BIA/BCP

Job description

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• Dubai, United Arab Emirates Business Unit: Internal Audit
• Function: Internal Audit Employment Type: Regular
• Partner with business to continually assess and identify potential risks and ensure that risks are mitigated effectively by implementing appropriate policies, procedures, training, systems and controls.
• Partner with AMR BCM Core Group and Functions to ensure monitoring and effective implementation of BCM priorities of the business.
• Ensure compliance with all ERM related policy requirements applicable for the company.

Description

Job Specific Skills / Key Responsibilities

• Support in implementation of risk management policy, framework, and initiatives across all business and support functions.
• Track trends and developments in macro business environment, competitive environment and regulations that may impact company’s business and its operations.
• Lead identification of potential strategic, operational, financial and compliance risks thorough ongoing risk assessments with relevant business leads.
• Launching annual risk and BCP survey and presentation to LT for alignment of top priorities.
• Support development of risk management action plans and track progress of these action plans to address key risks.
• Collaborate with risk champions to update control self-assessments.
• Collate, aggregate, and help in presentation of the residual risk profile and KRI dashboard of the organization to the management on a periodic basis.
• Ensure Risk Appetite and tolerance is updated annually in line with business goals, priorities and emerging risks.
• Refresh Risk KPIs for risk owners and risk champions.
• Support the ERM leader in ensuring insightful, quality reporting regarding risks and mitigating controls / remedial actions is provided to the Audit Committee, and BoD as required, on periodic basis.
• Facilitate risk management knowledge and best practice sharing across the company by contributing in risk management training initiatives and programs.
• Enhancing organization wide risk awareness through initiatives including risk awareness communication and campaigns on a regular basis.
• Support monitoring of the company’s Business Continuity Plans and QHSE risks and practices.
• Support maintenance of Risk Registers, Business Continuity Plans and deployment of Risk Management tools as required.
• Work on Annual BCM Agenda including working with BCP plan owners to develop or refresh BIA/BCP as applicable, and ensuring annual BCM testing.
• Validate preparedness and enable effective response to disruption/crisis by facilitating initiatives like live crisis simulation drill or BCM reflection day.
• Ensure risk management and tracking of additional risk dimensions relevant to the company such as regulatory compliance, statutory reporting and public disclosures.
• Develop and maintain engagement with internal stakeholders and ensure that consistent risk management processes are implemented within the Company.
• Provide refresher training on SOPs, risk procedures and control self-assessment for each risk owner and champion during the risk refresh cycle.
• Coordinate and support internal and external audits related to ERM and BCM.
• Adept in leveraging AI and technology including prior experience and expertise in using GRC/ERM Tools, performing scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

Academic and professional qualifications

• Professional degree such as CA or an MBA from a reputed institute is preferred. Additional risk management qualifications would be an advantage.

Experience

• Strong working knowledge of risk management and previous experience working with risk function with total 4-8 years of experience.
• Risk Consulting experience with Big 4 or similar consulting firms, would be an advantage.
• BCM implementation experience with strong knowledge of BIA, BCP and BCMS Lifecyle as per ISO 22301
• Experience in Food Industry (Manufacturing/Distribution/Retail) would be an advantage .

Communication

Internal Communication

• Excellent communication and presentation skills to engage with senior stakeholders.
• Strong relationship management and team working skills – ability to productively and collaboratively engage stakeholders to drive risk management agenda.
• Proven ability to do root-cause analysis and identify solutions. Meticulous attention to detail.

External Communication

• Experience in managing audits as required