Risk Manager

Job Title:                  Risk Manager

Job Type:                 Exempt

Reports To:              Vice President Finance

Date:                         November 2025

COMPANY BACKGROUND’

Real Capital Solutions is a highly entrepreneurial real estate investment company pairing active capital with an emphasis on street level solutions. As an active investment management company sources deals in value-add, opportunistic and high barrier to entry markets. RCS is solutions oriented real estate company that focuses on acquisitions, development and management for highly complex and structured real estate opportunities. RCS has 40 years of operational and real estate expertise with returns that are in the top 5% of private equity real estate firms in the US. 

Real Capital Solutions (RCS) is a rapidly growing private equity owner/operator of real estate with over 50 employees, located in Louisville, CO. RCS, through its affiliates, owns a portfolio of properties valued at over $2.6 billion, with plans to acquire a minimum of an additional $1-2 billion of new assets over the next few years. RCS properties are located nationally. The key to the firm’s success has been an in-depth macro-economic strategy and a thorough understanding of the dynamics that affect the real estate cycle.   

Summary Description:

The Risk Manager is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and analyzing risks inherent to the operations of RCS. The Risk Manager will formulate, implement, administer, and evaluate risk management strategies to efficiently and cost-effectively manage those risks. This position is responsible for educating, advising, and counseling, management and staff to reduce or transfer risks. The Risk Manager must remain informed of the dynamic changes that occur within the real estate industry and make the best risk mitigation method decisions based on the changes.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

·         Establish and monitor key risk indicators, as well as implement corrective action plans to mitigate risks

·         Establish and quantify the organization’s 'risk appetite', i.e. the level of risk they are prepared to accept

·         Create policies, procedures and control assessments in response to identified risks

·         Complete risk assessment, which involves analyzing risks as well as identifying, describing and estimating the risks affecting the business

·         Complete risk evaluation, which involves comparing estimated risks with criteria established by the organization such as costs, legal requirements and environmental factors, and evaluating the organization’s previous handling of risks

·         Maintain reports of significant risks and share with business heads to ensure they are aware of risks relevant to their parts of the business and to individuals to understand their accountability for individual risks

·         Carry out processes such as purchasing insurance, implementing health and safety measures and making business continuity plans to limit risks and prepare for if things go wrong

·         Deliver risk mitigation strategies including cost of insurance while increasing or improving the company’s annual coverage in accordance with market and the portfolios performance.

Qualifications:

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Real Estate or insurance or related experience

·         Minimum five – seven years of experience in insurance for real estate investments

·         Proficient in Microsoft Office

·         Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal

·         Ability to work strategically with all business partners

·         Strong interpersonal skills.

Professional certification for Risk Management Professionals include the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Associate