ERM Specialist
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals - KFUPM
Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia · Full Time
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- Experience
- 5+ yrs
- Salary
- —
- Openings
- 1
- Posted
- 7 hours ago
- Work mode
- In office
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Eligibility
- Professionals with a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years of risk management experience who can work in English and Arabic are eligible to apply.
- Resume
- Required to apply
Where you'll work
Job description
About the role
The Enterprise Risk Management Specialist will support the rollout and day-to-day operation of the ERM framework at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Based on the Dhahran campus, this position helps ensure that senior leadership and the Audit & Risk Committee have timely, accurate risk insights to support informed decisions. The role reports to the Deputy Chief Audit Executive.
Key responsibilities
- Assist in carrying out the organisation-wide enterprise risk management framework and strategy.
- Support both first-line and second-line risk activities to strengthen ERM maturity.
- Improve tracking and reporting for ERM programs by collecting data and helping build dashboards, KPIs, and other management reports.
- Review risk gaps, events, tests, and exercises to spot patterns and support root-cause and lessons-learned analysis.
- Apply current industry practices to identify emerging risks and contribute ideas for continuous improvement.
- Build effective working relationships across the organisation, including with senior leaders.
- Ask thoughtful questions and provide constructive challenge to decision-makers when needed.
Qualifications and experience
- A bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Risk Management, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
- At least 5 years of experience in risk management, with strong understanding of enterprise risk management principles.
- Working knowledge of risk and control identification and assessment.
- Familiarity with risk monitoring and reporting methods.
- Experience using GRC tools or similar risk management systems.
- Proven ability to resolve conflicts, challenge constructively at different management levels, and influence business outcomes.
- Strong analytical thinking skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- CRMP or an equivalent certification is required/preferred as stated in the source.
- English and Arabic language ability is required.
Additional information
This is a full-time onsite role at the KFUPM campus in Dhahran, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. No stipend or salary details were provided in the source.