Enterprise Risk Manager

Platte River Power Authority • Fort Collins, CO

4d • $137,015 - $198,748 • Onsite

About The Position

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. Supports the risk oversight committee and fosters a strong risk-aware culture to promote reliability, compliance, safety, financial sustainability, and long-term organizational resilience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, risk management, business, or related field from an accredited four-year college or university
• Current valid driver’s license and ability to remain insurable under the vehicle liability policy
• Minimum of six years’ experience in ERM, internal audit, risk consulting, or related areas
• Demonstrated experience building, supporting or maturing risk management processes or programs
• Comprehensive knowledge of enterprise risk management concepts and principles
• Familiarity with established ERM frameworks such as COSO ERM or ISO 31000, with the ability to adapt framework concepts to a developing program
• High ethical standards and sound professional judgement
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational change independently; comfortable operating with high autonomy, building stakeholder buy-in across functions, and advancing risk management maturity in environments with limited existing infrastructure
• Ability to foster teamwork and work collaboratively, particularly with internal audit, NERC compliance, energy trading, and operational teams to develop an integrated view of organizational risk
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and written communication skills
• Skilled in serving diverse clients and providing recommendations to improve processes, close control gaps, and mitigate risks
• Advanced proficiency with Excel for financial and risk modeling; working knowledge of risk management information systems, GRC platforms, or credit risk management tools; proficiency with standard business applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Attention to detail and follow-through

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the electric utility or energy industry, preferably at a generation and transmission cooperative, wholesale power entity, or FERC-jurisdictional organization with RTO market participation
• Knowledge of project management practices
• Experience building or significantly advancing an ERM program in an organization with limited prior risk management infrastructure
• Familiarity with wholesale power markets and RTO/ISO operations, energy commodity risk, or electric cooperative business models
• Working knowledge of insurance program management, including risk transfer and alternative financing strategies
• Professional risk management certification such as ARM, CRM, RIMS-CRMP, or CPCU

Responsibilities

• 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

• Salaries are paid bi-weekly and are annualized below for reference. Factors that may be used to determine actual salary include special skills, years of experience, education, and certifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior