Inspire Brands continues to reimagine how our Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit functions support the company’s strategic vision. We’re excited to announce an opportunity for a Senior Director, Enterprise Risk & Internal Audit – ERM, reporting to our Vice President, Enterprise Risk and Chief Audit Executive (CAE).

This key leadership role will partner closely with the VP and the broader leadership team to shape and advance the vision for the function, with a particular focus on strengthening Inspire’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program.

The Senior Director will guide a team to execute on the function’s mission and objectives while enhancing its reputation as a trusted advisor to the business, senior management, and the Board of Directors.

This position sits in our Atlanta Support Center, with the expectation to be onsite 80% of the time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

ERM Program Administration:

• Perform as a key contributor in setting up the vision and direction of the department that balances the Company’s immediate need for advisory services with the need for risk management and governance
• Develop, establish, and manage department objectives that are responsive to the strategic objectives and key risks of the Company
• Provide continuous guidance on material risks in a rapidly changing business environment, including proper escalations, communications, and training
• Act as a trusted advisor to the VP for the design, implementation, and maintenance of an industry-leading, modernized ERM program
• Develop an integrated Enterprise Risk framework that aligns strategic insights with risk management practices
• Take accountability for the ERM roadmap, including program milestones, technology implementation, and staffing strategy
• Build and foster meaningful relationships across with business and the management team
• Contribute in the advancement of GRC and other relevant technology to enable efficiency, greater insights, and integrated risk management efforts across the organization

Conduct the annual Enterprise Risk Assessment (ERA) and support the development of a meaningful Internal Audit plan that addresses key business risks:

• Facilitate, coordinate, and manage ERA and all related risk management activities throughout the company
• Refine and regularly review existing ERM framework elements, including the risk management identification and oversight processes, templates, and monitoring and development of KRIs.
• Perpetually understand and evaluate risk across the organization to inform and prioritize an impactful, risk-based audit plan
• Provide guidance and tools to risk owners throughout the company for risk management principles, monitoring of KRIs and emerging threats, risk response plans, and reporting, and ensures awareness of risk owners' responsibility to manage key risks within their areas.
• Provide valuable and actionable insights to senior leadership that help close control gaps, improve overall corporate governance, and reduce risks
• Coordinate and plan Enterprise Risk Committee (ERC) and Risk Working Group (RWG) sessions and workshops
• Collaborate closely with other members of ER&IA leadership team to ensure that audit activities are well-defined, risk-based, and executed
• Promote risk awareness across business processes and strategic initiatives on behalf of risk owners and shares emerging risks and potential impacts

Plan and execute audit projects in accordance with department standards, ensuring identifying potential risk areas for the area under review:

• Sponsor audit projects to assess readiness/effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies across Financial (SOX 404), Operational and Strategic risks
• Support other strategic initiatives through proactive involvement and strategies for risk mitigation

Team building and Development:

• Build, grow and develop a team of enterprise risk talent that is poised to support the department objectives and execution of the annual enterprise risk assessment and audit plan
• Develop productive relationships with key risk owners across the business, particularly in the areas of Accounting, Legal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Operations and Supply Chain

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• 4-year Degree required in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, or a related field
• 10+ years of progressive internal audit and enterprise risk management experience, including direct interactions with senior management in enterprise environments
• 5+ years of recent public company and/or public accounting experience
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, centered around team building and talent development

Preferred qualifications:

• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Risk Manager (CRM), or equivalent

• Large, multi-brand, global, public company experience
• Restaurant/retail industry experience
• Experience contributing to IPO preparation, public company readiness, or related SEC compliance initiatives

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, or ABILITIES

• Thorough understanding of internal auditing standards, COSO, SOX, US GAAP and risk assessment practices
• Proven ability to mature an ERM function while managing outsourced or co-sourced teams
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, “Big Picture” while partnering across teams to develop and support best-in-class risk solutions that drive value
• Excellent collaboration and communications skills, specifically with experience building relationships, influencing and driving change with all levels through cross-functional groups
• Strong enterprise mindset, financial acumen, and customer centricity to navigate complexity and support the broader growth aspirations of the business, leverage strategic analysis of data to inform business making decisions
• Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills including negotiations and conflict resolution
• Ability to work cross-functionality and influence a range of stakeholders to advance new ideas and methods for proactive, forward-looking risk framework that produces results
• Excellent presentation and training skills including the ability to engage audiences with credibility and deliver effective presentations with solutions and actionable items
• Deep knowledge of GRC tools and risk analytics platforms
• Strong process improvement skills and demonstrated ability to influence and optimize processes to drive, business synergies and productivity
• Excellent organizational, time management and prioritization skills
• Demonstrated commitment to maintaining a high degree of discretion and confidentiality

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Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.