Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk and Resiliency

Independent Electricity System Operator

2d • CA$155,010 - CA$193,770 • Onsite

About The Position

The IESO is committed to ensuring Ontario’s electricity system meets the province’s needs today and into the future. We are charged with purpose, delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity for homes, businesses, and communities across the province. We are energized to grow, embracing opportunities to shape the future of a dynamic and evolving energy sector while advancing our careers. We are powered by teamwork, supported by diverse and passionate colleagues who foster respect, celebrate successes, and thrive on shared achievements. At the IESO, it’s not just what we do—it’s who we are!

Our central role includes managing the provincial power grid in real-time, overseeing and evolving Ontario’s electricity market, engaging with government, municipalities and Indigenous communities, and planning for Ontario’s future electricity needs. Our employees play a key role in driving grid innovation, protecting the system from threats, advancing the province’s energy conservation programs, and forecasting and procuring the electricity resources we’ll need in the decades to come. This is a non-unionized position that falls within the Corporate Services Business Unit.

The energy sector is rapidly evolving, offering exciting new opportunities for those who want to make a difference. In this role, you will be leading the team responsible for developing and implementing ongoing enhancement of the IESO’s enterprise risk management and emergency preparedness functions. During an extraordinary time for Ontario’s electricity sector, you’ll deliver excellence in risk management practices while providing independent oversight of mitigation effectiveness across all business areas. To ensure the organization responds with resiliency to potential disruption, you will lead enterprise-wide planning and execution of IESO’s corporate business continuity program to achieve modernized Business Continuity Management practices.

Requirements

• University degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Law or related field;
• At least 8 to 10 years of work experience;
• Demonstrated leadership skills to sell ideas, drive process innovation and obtain management buy-in for constructive changes.
• Relevant knowledge of risk and control framework and standards such as COSO 2017, ISO 31000, ISO 27001, COBIT and risk assessment practices to plan and conduct information technology, financial, operational and compliance risk reviews throughout the company.

Nice To Haves

• Experience and knowledge of the electrical or energy sector structure, business, and regulatory requirements to understand areas of risk management, internal controls to conduct business and technical studies and to provide advice on information systems strategy, management and service delivery.
• Requires knowledge of theory and analytical techniques related to business administration, economics, commerce, or a related field in order to provide analysis of a wide range of operational and business situations and problems, and demonstrated competencies to improve organizational operations.
• Requires knowledge of operational functions on an enterprise-wide basis (e.g. information technology (IT), finance and treasury, market system operations, settlements, long term energy planning, human resources and project management).
• Knowledge of fiduciary and commercial general liability insurance programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team responsible for the operation of the IESO’s objective-centric end-to-end risk management process for strategic and operational risks.
• Ensure that elements of the IESO’s Enterprise Risk Management framework continue to incorporate best practices and industry leading guidance.
• Evolve organizational value from cross linkages between risk controls, business continuity plans, enterprise business planning and project portfolio prioritization.
• Oversee the IESO’s commercial insurance portfolio, coordinating placement and loss prevention activities, broker relationships, delivering education workshops and monitoring claims processing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior leaders across the organization to identify and mitigate risks.
• Facilitate operational and project risk assessments on key strategic initiatives and high visibility initiatives that provide an enhanced level of independent oversight.
• Implement innovative and insightful enterprise risk reporting and dashboards to support risk governance and decision making, including development of risk performance metrics (KPIs).
• Support the Board’s understanding of risk issues through topical reports that make connections to strategy, business objectives and interdependencies.
• Lead all work plans and collaborate with members of Emergency Preparedness Committee and Emergency Response Team and other key stakeholders, to develop and implement plans that anticipate, address, and mitigate the effects of business interruptions.
• Serve as Management back-up support to the Chairs of the Emergency Preparedness Committee and Emergency Response Team.
• Plan, establish agendas and hold meetings, training exercises and respond to emergencies.
• Deliver future oriented leadership approach to anticipate changes in an ambiguous and rapidly evolving environment.
• Maintain effective customer relationships, and create mechanisms for continuous learning and change to achieve desired results within an evolving business context.
• Provide guidance, training and coaching to direct reports.

Benefits

• Best-in-class benefits and long-term support in the form of a defined benefit pension plan.
• Work in a dynamic and evolving sector that offers exciting opportunities and the chance to explore new career paths.
• Leadership that values meaningful discussions, welcomes feedback, and prioritizes career development.
• A strong, inclusive culture and a collaborative team environment with a shared passion for impactful work.
• Compensation packages that are regularly reviewed to remain competitive and to best accommodate the diverse needs of our employees.

What This Job Offers

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