Risk Management Specialist - Metrolinx

Role overview

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe, operating GO Transit, UP Express, and the PRESTO fare payment system while building new rapid transit. The Enterprise Risk Management team is seeking a Risk Management Specialist who combines strategic thinking, structured problem-solving and quantitative analysis to strengthen decision-making across Metrolinx. Working with business areas and the Enterprise Risk Manager, the Specialist assesses and quantifies exposure, develops risk intelligence and translates complex evidence into clear executive insights, recommendations and reporting.

Your impact

As part of the team, your responsibilities include the following operational and strategic tasks:

• Improves the Enterprise Risk Management program, tools and guidance using best practices and lessons learned, and supports training and coaching to integrate risk into business planning, performance and governance.
• Supports the Enterprise Risk Manager in preparing quantified reporting for senior management, the Board and MTO, explaining exposure magnitude, drivers, trends and decisions required, and building an enterprise-wide view of dependencies and concentrations.
• Works with business areas to frame strategic and operational risk questions, test hypotheses and challenge assumptions using evidence and approved risk criteria.
• Assesses and prioritizes threats and opportunities, compares options and trade-offs, and recommends responses aligned with risk appetite, maintaining business ownership of risks, mitigation and contingency plans, and decisions.
• Conducts external scans of economic, regulatory, policy, market capacity, technological and environmental developments, providing early-warning insights and recommendations.
• Monitors material risks, indicators and response plans with risk owners, assessing exposure changes and control and mitigation effectiveness, while flagging overdue actions and escalation triggers.
• Develops risk metrics, early-warning indicators, dashboards and repeatable analytical tools, maintaining supporting systems and data quality.
• Applies quantitative methods to estimate risk likelihood and financial, operational, service and capital impact ranges, supporting planning, budgeting, business cases and portfolio decisions.

Who we're looking for

Candidates must meet the following qualifications and requirements:

• Completion of a university degree in business administration, risk management, economics, finance, engineering, data analytics, mathematics or a related field, or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Demonstrated relevant experience and training in strategy or management consulting, corporate strategy, enterprise risk, financial or business analytics, or related advisory roles.
• Strong strategic thinking and business judgment to structure ambiguous problems, test hypotheses, identify root causes and evaluate options.
• Working knowledge of risk assessment, appetite, controls and response planning, and change and project management principles.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional workshops and interviews to surface issues, challenge assumptions and develop recommendations.
• Demonstrated quantitative risk analysis, statistical and financial or operational modelling experience, including scenario, sensitivity and probabilistic methods.
• Strong stakeholder relationship, advisory and communication skills to synthesize complex evidence into concise executive narratives, reports, dashboards and presentations.