Associate Director, Third-Party Risk Management

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Third-Party Risk to join our Global Operations Group which is part of KPMG International.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and continually enhance KPMGI's enterprise-wide Third-Party Risk Management Framework, operating model, standards, policies, controls, and governance structure
• Drive consistent third-party management practices across the supplier lifecycle in collaboration with Global Functions, Member Firms, Procurement, Risk, Legal, Information Security, and business stakeholders
• Oversee risk-based assurance reviews, conformance assessments, control testing, issue remediation, and ongoing monitoring for critical and strategic suppliers
• Maintain visibility of critical supplier relationships and evaluate concentration, geographic, subcontractor, service dependency, and single-point-of-failure risks
• Produce executive-level dashboards, risk insights, and strategic recommendations on supplier performance, assurance outcomes, emerging risks, and program maturity
• Provide governance, dependency analysis, and risk assessment support during significant supplier disruptions while ensuring lessons learned and improvements are implemented
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum ten years of recent experience in third-party management, operational resilience, business continuity, supplier assurance, procurement risk, contract governance, or a related discipline
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university or fifteen years equivalent professional experience, with relevant certifications in third-party risk, resilience, information security, supplier management, or project management preferred; minimum of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required
• Demonstrate experience building, leading, and maturing enterprise-wide third-party management programs, governance models, standards, policies, and reporting frameworks
• Possess strong knowledge of supplier lifecycle management, third-party risk, assurance, conformance, dependency management, and ongoing monitoring practices
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders across functions, cultures, and geographies
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa