About the job

g Tech's Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS) team empowers Product Areas (PAs) to optimize outsourced operations while reducing risks and driving efficiency through the enforcement of Google best practices and policies. We advocate for informed decision-making, ensuring our partners find the right talent in the right locations. Our collaboration across Google leads to streamlined processes, minimizing administrative burdens and optimizing the extended workforce (xW) experience. We ensure Google's policies and guidelines are consistently adhered to.

As a member of the Risk and Compliance team within Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS), you will ensure compliance with global laws and regulations applicable to the contingent workforce. You will identify and assess risks, set requirements, design and evaluate controls, and conduct testing and auditing. By providing a second line of defense, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to protect our brand and reputation while enabling the success of the extended workforce.

In this role, you will lead a team of risk and controls experts responsible for the development and oversight of the risk management cycle. You will manage an iterative process to identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate, and monitor risks to operations. Additionally, you will partner with ecosystem and control owners to ensure controls are designed, tested, and operating effectively in alignment with our risk appetite.
The Canada base salary range for this full-time position is CAD 160,000-164,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Please note that the compensation details listed in Canada role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of risk and controls subject matter experts.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks in the contingent workforce space, including operational, legal, reputational, cultural, and financial risks.

• Develop and execute plans to assess risk impact and control design, including objectives, scope, approach, budgets, and timelines.

• Formulate balanced recommendations to strengthen processes and controls in partnership with management and risk stakeholders, while monitoring and validating the completion of business mitigation plans.

• Collaborate with policy and control owners across the organization to improve risk mitigation processes, while preparing reports to document the scope, procedures, findings, and recommendations of the work performed.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 10 years of experience in compliance, risk management, investigation, auditing, legal, or consulting.

• 5 years of experience in a people management, supervision, or team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications

• CPA/CIA, Audit, Legal or related certification.

• Experience in identifying and assessing risks and designing and testing controls.

• Experience executing projects and initiatives on time and with quality.

• Experience influencing horizontally across multiple stakeholder groups.