About the Role
Our Legal, Risk and Compliance function is seeking an experienced and strategic Vice President of Risk to join the Risk and Compliance leadership team. This leader will be responsible for maturing and enhancing Thomson Reuters enterprise risk management, third party risk management policy governance and assurance programs. If you are passionate about risk management and have experience building and maturing second-line frameworks and capabilities, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen our company's risk management posture.
Location: The role is based in Zug, Switzerland. You will work in a hybrid environment, spending a minimum of three days per week in office.
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Areas of responsibility
- Supporting the business as it transforms towards a new strategic vision of organic and inorganic growth
- Building strong relationships with senior leadership to further strengthen the Firm's risk management practices, foster culture and drive enterprise framework maturity and adoption
- Oversight of the implementation of enterprise risk framework, third party risk framework and policy governance framework through risk partnering and risk and control assurance functions
- Further mature risk governance and reporting used by senior management and the Board to manage risks
- Contribute to strategic change programs and M&A activity to enable risk-based decision making throughout the deal cycle
- Build an assurance function to support effective control execution and oversight
- Establish and grow a diverse team composed of individuals with varying skillsets and experience levels, managing performance while supporting their personal and professional growth
About You
You are a fit for the Vice President of Risk if you possess the following:
Qualification and experience
- 15+ years of experience working with/in global organizations, advising on, designing, and implementing risk management and control frameworks
- Deep understanding of technology, business operations and data analytics
- Experience dealing with internal and external stakeholders to identify compliance requirements and ensure these are built into risk governance processes
- Proven ability to take initiative and influence within a matrix organization to build strong, productive relationships while motivating and inspiring team and others in the company that may contribute to the vision and strategy
- History of partnering with technologists and operations functions to effectively identify and mitigate risks, particularly as it relates to technology driven innovation
- Experience with risk management related to AI and emerging technologies is highly desirable
- Ability to communicate complex concepts in easy-to-understand terminology
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including extensive experience in authoring and presenting executive-level documentation (e.g., Board memos)
- Proven ability to coach and develop teams on risk and control best practices, including cross-functional collaboration
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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
DISCLAIMER
The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
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Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.