Leads and coordinates Platte River's enterprise risk management (ERM) program by integrating risk considerations into strategic, capital, and operational decision-making. Establishes and evolves risk frameworks, processes, and governance, while translating risk insights into actionable guidance for senior leadership.
Requirements
- Designs, maintains, and continuously improves the enterprise risk management program, informed by recognized standards
- Establishes and leads a repeatable enterprise-wide risk assessment process; facilitates risk identification and assessment workshops with business units and leadership
- Develops and maintains Platte River's enterprise risk register, including risk identification, scoring, ownership, mitigation tracking, and status reporting
- Monitors and communicates changes in the enterprise risk profile, including emerging risks (for example, climate, cyber, supply chain, regulatory, workforce) and assesses how they affect operations and capital plans
- Coordinates and administers Platte River's risk oversight committee
- Identifies, evaluates, develops, implements, and validates tools, procedures, and methods to assess, monitor, track, and manage enterprise risks
- Integrates ERM to guide strategic planning, capital planning, rate setting, and business case development
- Partners with business teams to address asset reliability and infrastructure risk, safety and environmental risk, cybersecurity and technology risk, climate resilience and disaster preparedness, and workforce and succession risk
- Evaluates risks from major projects, new technologies, and intergovernmental agreements
- Assesses risks related to regulatory compliance, audits, rate cases, and funding requirements
- Supports internal control evaluations and coordinates with finance on risks related to budgeting, forecasting, debt, and reserves
- Collaborates with legal counsel and compliance staff on regulatory filings, enforcement actions, and policy updates
- Coordinates with internal audit and NERC compliance functions to align risk assessments, share risk intelligence, and avoid duplication of effort; uses audit and compliance findings to inform enterprise risk priorities
- Works with technology, operations, and NERC compliance staff to identify cybersecurity and physical security risks and integrate them into enterprise risk assessments
- Designs and delivers risk reporting tools such as dashboards, heat maps, emerging risk analysis, and key risk insights that support leadership discussion and prioritization
- Synthesizes insights on key, emerging, and interconnected risks to facilitate discussion and drive alignment on risk priorities and risk appetite
- Supports education and training on ERM concepts and utility-specific risk trends
- Fosters a risk-aware culture across the organization through training, communication, and collaboration
- Promotes risk ownership and business unit accountability across the organization
- Develops practical, repeatable risk management policies, procedures, and guidance
- Coordinates business continuity, emergency management, and crisis response planning with relevant departments
- Responsible for day-to-day insurance program activities, including broker relationships, policy placement and renewals, coverage assessments, and contractual compliance
- Participates in the claims review and inquiry processes
- Supports the mission, vision, values, and culture of the organization
- Leads ethically and fosters trust across the organization
- Manages ERM-related resources and external vendors
- Prepares risk management and insurance budgets
- Adapts plans to reflect availability of resources and evolving management priorities
- Engages in continuous learning of risk management best practices, tools, and techniques
- Performs other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance