VP, Enterprise Risk & Compliance

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls and the leading authority on their healthy development. Millions of Girl Scout alums across the country and the world have gone on to achieve incredible things and make a tremendous impact in fields ranging from public policy, medicine, journalism, and athletics to international relations, science, technology, art, and entertainment.

As a mission-driven organization, Girl Scouts of the USA champions girls as they explore their worlds, try new things, and develop the courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place. From stargazing during a first overnight camping trip to building robots, navigating a rocky hiking trail, working together on a community project, and learning about the importance of environmental stewardship, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can unapologetically be themselves. As they rise to meet new challenges, they also discover the issues that matter most to them. Along the way, they learn the power of friendship, connection, and teamwork.

Girl Scouts are doers, innovators, problem-solvers, creators, and dreamers, and the GSUSA team is here to center, support, and inspire them, working with 111 local councils across the country and USA Girl Scouts Overseas to deliver our life-changing Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

The Office of the General Counsel handles all legal and compliance matters, litigation oversight, contract administration, intellectual property maintenance and enforcement, risk assessment, insurance portfolio management, corporate governance, and the administration of the Office of the National Board.    

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We are seeking an experienced, highly independent individual to join the Office of the General Counsel as a Vice-President, Enterprise Risk Management & Compliance.  This senior leader will be accountable for providing strategic leadership in all aspects of risk and compliance including designing the enterprise risk management framework to ensure effective risk identification, mitigation, and monitoring across all aspects of GSUSA. This individual will work collaboratively with executive leadership and business communities to embed a strong risk management culture and to develop and maintain frameworks, policies, and procedures that support effective risk governance. 

The successful candidate will design compliance programming, recommend compliance initiatives and strategy to senior leadership, and partner with stakeholders across GSUSA to ensure compliance and ethics standards are met. This role will include significant interactions and relationships with senior leaders, including the GSUSA Executive Team, the Board of Directors, and Audit Committee fostering a risk conscious culture and engendering risk ownership and accountability throughout GSUSA.   

• Coordinate, oversee and manage GSUSA’s Office of Risk and Compliance function to coordinate risk and compliance activity for GSUSA.
• Establish a Risk Network within GSUSA to further develop, improve, oversee, and refresh GSUSA’s enterprise risk management program, identifying, assessing, and mitigating organizational risks through scheduled risk assessments, mitigation plans, dashboards, and governance processes.
• Oversee, monitor and advise on GSUSA’s compliance with applicable Federal, State, Local laws, rules, and regulations.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory actions and court rulings to ensure that GSUSA meets any new or modified compliance and risk management requirements.
• Provide legal and risk analysis for GSUSA policies, contracts, and initiatives to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Partner with the General Counsel on policy development, governance, regulatory compliance, and organizational risk strategy.
• Develop and implement institutional policies and processes to streamline risk, compliance, and operational efficiencies.
• Provide training to the GSUSA employees to support compliance and embed a risk-aware culture.
• Partner with Finance to ensure that Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit programs are appropriately calibrated and aligned to addressing organizational risk.
• Serve as an organizational risk management thought leader by identifying opportunities to apply relevant leading practices.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

• Strong legal and risk management expertise, with the ability to assess and mitigate organizational
• Exceptional strategic, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience working with Risk Taxonomies, Risk Measurement methodologies, and/or Key Risk Indicator frameworks.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to interact and collaborate effectively.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters.

• Office 365 or similar suites
• Competency in PowerPoint or similar presentation software
• Competency in Microsoft Excel or similar software

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• Minimum of fifteen (15) years’ experience in corporate environment

• Minimum of 8-10 years of risk management or compliance experience, preferably in a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

   

SALARY RANGE: $175,000 - $220,000

This represents the present low and high end of the pay range for this position. This pay range is only applicable to NYC Metro-based employees, on a hybrid schedule.  Actual pay will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to experience.

FEATURED BENEFITS:

What We Offer: 

Girl Scouts is powered by people, and we encourage our team members to be their best selves in and out of the office. We place a high priority on flexibility and offer a competitive employee salary and benefits package that includes: 

Paid Time Off:  

GSUSA offers 20+ days of paid time off, 2 floating holidays, as well as 9 workplace holidays per year. GSUSA staff also enjoy a paid holiday year-end office closure between Christmas and New Year's.

Other Benefits: 

• Medical and Behavioral Health Coverage 

• Plan options with individual and family coverage which includes wellness, hospitalization, and fertility assistance. 
• Both plans include GSUSA partial subsidy of premium costs
• Dental and vision coverage

• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) including Health, Dependent Care, and Limited FSA for those with Health Savings Accounts 
• Company-paid life insurance 
• Flexible work arrangements 
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave 
• 401(K) with company match 
• Short- and Long-Term Disability for salary continuation 
• Health and Wellness Classes and Activities throughout the year  

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This job operates in a professional office environment.

POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: This is a remote, full-time position. Days of work are Monday through Friday. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

AAP/EEO Statement:  GSUSA is an equal employment opportunity employer.