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Enterprise Risk Officer at KKR | LAYIQ

Risk Domain Oversight
Lead oversight activities across one or more enterprise risk domains, helping establish a consistent and forward-looking view of risk across the firm.
Develop a deep understanding of key risk drivers, exposures, trends, and emerging issues within assigned areas of oversight.
Provide independent challenge and risk perspective regarding material risks, emerging concerns, and risk management effectiveness.
Evaluate the effectiveness of risk identification, monitoring, escalation, and mitigation activities across relevant risk domains.
Enterprise Risk Insight & Analysis: Lead enterprise risk synthesis activities within assigned areas, helping develop a consolidated view of emerging risks and key themes.
Identify risk concentrations, interdependencies, and emerging issues across businesses, functions, and geographies.
Develop enterprise-wide perspectives on interconnected risks, helping management understand key concentrations, dependencies, and emerging threats across the firm.
Conduct thematic reviews, scenario analysis, and forward-looking assessments that strengthen understanding of the firm’s risk profile.
Translate complex and interconnected risks into actionable insights for senior stakeholders.
Risk Governance & Decision Support: Develop risk insights and reporting for executive leadership, risk committees, and board-level governance forums, helping communicate the firm’s most significant risks, emerging themes, and areas requiring management attention.
Facilitate constructive discussion and escalation of significant risk issues and emerging concerns.
Partner with stakeholders across businesses, functions, and regions to promote transparency and consistency in risk management practices.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Collaborate closely with regional risk teams, business leadership, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, Technology, and other control functions to maintain an integrated view of risk.
Serve as a trusted advisor and partner on risk-related matters while maintaining independence of judgment.
Influence stakeholders through thoughtful challenge, strong communication, and a balanced commercial perspective.
Continuous Improvement & Capability Development: Contribute to the ongoing evolution of KKR’s Enterprise Risk Operating Model, identifying opportunities to enhance the effectiveness, consistency, and maturity of risk domain oversight, risk intelligence, governance, and enterprise risk management practices across the firm.
Support the development of risk frameworks, methodologies, reporting, and governance processes to ensure they remain fit for purpose as the firm grows and evolves.
Champion a proactive, insight-driven approach to risk management that strengthens risk awareness, accountability, and decision-making.

10+ years of experience in Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Internal Audit, Risk Advisory, Risk Transformation, or related risk disciplines, ideally within Financial Services, Asset Management, Insurance, Banking, or a leading consulting firm.
Demonstrated ability to independently assess complex risk issues, develop enterprise-level risk perspectives, and provide effective challenge and advice to senior business and functional stakeholders.
Experience working across businesses, functions, and geographies within a complex organization, building relationships and influencing outcomes at multiple levels.
Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives involving risk management, governance, regulatory change, business transformation, or operating model enhancement.
Strong understanding of enterprise risk management principles, risk governance frameworks, and industry risk management practices.
Experience developing risk insights and reporting for senior management, governance forums, and executive stakeholders.
Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources and develop clear perspectives on emerging risks, interconnected exposures, and enterprise-wide risk themes.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Risk Management, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics, Management, or equivalent professional experience.
CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS
Strong understanding of enterprise risk management principles, governance frameworks, and industry risk management practices.
Ability to develop a holistic view of risk, identifying themes, interdependencies, and emerging issues across businesses, functions, and risk domains.
High analytical acumen combined with sound business judgment and commercial awareness.
Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information and translate it into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders, and to exercise independent risk judgment and develop enterprise-wide perspectives on complex and emerging risk issues.
Confidence to provide independent challenge and influence decision-making while maintaining strong relationships across the organization.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present effectively to senior management, governance forums, and executive stakeholders.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility and work effectively across businesses, functions, regions, and levels of seniority, coupled with intellectual curiosity and a proactive approach to identifying risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
Ability to lead and deliver complex initiatives in a dynamic environment, balancing competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail, with high levels of integrity, accountability, and personal ownership.

Enterprise Risk Officer

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Benefits@kkr.com

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