About the Role
The company is at the forefront of developing major investments in entertainment, sports, and culture, including the ambitious City project. As the organization evolves and navigates complex destination environments, the importance of governance, risk, and control practices cannot be underestimated. This pivotal role is central to these efforts, helping to shape the frameworks and oversight necessary to support City Ops in a structured and strategic manner. It presents a unique opportunity to engage with a broad operational landscape, partnering with central functions and senior stakeholders to bolster governance, manage risks proactively, and ensure business continuity in a high-stakes environment.
As the Director - Governance, Risk, and Control Lead, you will define how City Ops operates with clarity and resilience. Your leadership will span governance, risk management, controls, and business continuity, fostering effective decision-making and adherence to company policies and compliance requirements while collaborating closely with operational and corporate stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
- Lead governance, risk, controls, and business continuity across City Ops to enhance decision-making, ensure compliant operations, and implement effective controls alongside proactive risk management.
- Manage City Ops committees and governance meetings, including coordinating meetings, preparing agendas, documenting minutes, tracking actions, and organizing related records.
- Establish and maintain the City Ops governance framework comprising governance forums, decision rights, escalation processes, and reporting standards.
- Develop and oversee standards and controls to guarantee that City Ops functions align with company policies and compliance requirements.
- Manage the City Ops risk management process, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation tracking, reporting, and escalation.
- Support business continuity planning and playbook development, focusing on continuity requirements, recovery plans, coordination protocols, and readiness reviews across City Ops functions.
- Coordinate with central functions on governance, risk, compliance, controls, audit, and business continuity needs.
- Monitor the implementation of controls and assist in resolving gaps and addressing audit findings.
- Provide leadership with reporting on key risks, identified gaps, governance actions, and the state of business continuity readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, risk management, business administration, or a related field.
- 12+ years of relevant experience in governance, risk management, internal controls, compliance, and audit.
- Strong understanding of governance frameworks, authority delegations, control environments, and compliance requirements.
- Proficient in managing risk registers, mitigation strategies, control activities, and issue escalation processes.
- Experienced in developing or implementing business continuity plans, recovery requirements, or operational resilience frameworks.
- Familiar with enterprise risk management frameworks, internal control frameworks, business continuity standards, or operational resilience frameworks.
- Proven ability to work across operations, finance, legal, risk, audit, and central corporate functions, with the capacity to present to and influence executive leaders or heads of central functions.
- Experience in large-scale real estate development, destination or city operations, or complex multi-stakeholder environments is advantageous.
