Risk Management & Internal Audit Manager

Job Description

The Washington Post is seeking a dynamic, forward thinking, and self-motivated risk management and compliance professional interested in managing a risk and internal controls program for a company that highly values innovation and agility. Adaptability to ever changing business priorities, intellectual curiosity, and an understanding of how various puzzle pieces fit into the big picture in support of the mission of The Washington Post is crucial to this role. 

The Washington Post is the right place for you because you are a dynamic and self-motivated individual contributor, you are interested in applying your skills to evolving business processes, and you want to work with a talented, forward-looking finance team and other teams in the organization. 

This role will report to VP of Finance and will closely collaborate with the Controller.  

Motivation 

•  You want to lead the management of a control environment that has been appropriately adapted for a private company which reflects the risk appetite and operational priorities and preferences of company leadership, with the primary goal to meet regulatory and internal compliance obligations. 

• You are experienced in using a systematic and disciplined approach to shape and monitor the effectiveness of the risk management, control and governance processes. 

• You enjoy working with a wide variety of teams, including revenue generating, production and operations, strategy, planning and executive teams, and are skilled at connecting the dots between all areas of the business.  

• You are skilled at developing, implementing and testing risk policies, procedures, and internal controls at an organization with an evolving strategy, where existing processes need to be agile and adaptable. 

• You possess intellectual curiosity to understand the bigger picture, business acumen to connect risk and internal controls tasks to the changing business profile, creativity to improve existing and establish new effective processes, independence and self-motivation to manage your individual contributor responsibilities, ability to work with colleagues with different levels of experience and technical backgrounds, and a dedication to high standards of quality and excellence.  

•  You are proficient in developing timelines for your recurring assignments and projects, coordinating with team members and business stakeholders, and ensuring timely completion of tasks, and you thrive with the challenge of managing your workflow within multiple competing priorities. 

• You are comfortable proposing and implementing process improvements to gain efficiencies and to streamline processes. 

• You are open to your role evolving as the organization evolves and new needs arise, including but not limited to involvement with carbon accounting, enterprise and strategy risk management, and other risk, controls, and accounting matters. 

Responsibilities 

• Plan and suppor