Lead Consultant, Enterprise Risk - Risk Insights & Monitoring

Target

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Minneapolis, MN
Salary
$95,000–$171,000 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k
This role $133k
$81k most similar roles pay here $225k

This role pays less than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $144,750–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $133k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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About Target

Target Corporation is a large-format general merchandise and grocery retailer offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, apparel, home goods, and electronics through stores and online. Industry: General Merchandise Retail

Target currently has 58 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $98,000–$176,000 across 58 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Consultant, Enterprise Risk - Risk Insights & Monitoring

Lead Consultant, Enterprise Risk - Risk Insights & Monitoring joins the Target Legal Affairs team to develop scalable governance processes, monitoring frameworks, and assurance routines. This role focuses on creating visibility into risk management by converting documented controls into monitorable metrics like KPIs and KRIs. You will lead cross-functional initiatives to establish monitoring procedures, identify data limitations, and enhance traceability within Risk Cloud to improve reporting accuracy. Key responsibilities include analyzing control performance trends, developing executive-ready reporting insights, and collaborating with Technology and Data teams on dashboard development. The role requires expertise in risk management systems, regulatory expectations, and root cause analysis to mitigate risks across a complex retail environment. Essential skills include stakeholder collaboration, project management, and the ability to design metrics frameworks that ensure compliance and control effectiveness across multiple business areas.

What you'll do

  • Lead the cross-functional development of enterprise risk and control monitoring standards to strengthen governance.
  • Partner with risk owners to convert documented controls into monitorable metrics like KPIs and KRIs.
  • Develop and implement monitoring procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls across business areas.
  • Identify monitoring gaps and establish compensating testing strategies to ensure coverage of key risks.
  • Enhance traceability between risks, controls, and results within the Risk Cloud platform for better reporting.
  • Analyze monitoring data and control performance trends to identify emerging issues and drive mitigation strategies.
  • Collaborate with Technology and Data teams to support dashboard development and improve data quality.
  • Define risk driver metrics, escalation triggers, and executive-ready reporting insights to support risk governance.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Risk Management, Compliance, or a related field of study.
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience supporting compliance, risk management, audit, or controls assurance frameworks and processes.
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives that impact multiple business units or compliance programs.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate meetings, resolve conflict, build consensus, and influence without direct authority.
  • Effective root cause analysis skills using analytical thinking to identify risks and recommend improvements.
  • Ability to design and implement monitoring routines, metrics frameworks, and governance processes in a federated environment.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining prioritization and meeting deadlines.
  • Experience with GRC technology platforms, data-driven reporting, or retail operations (preferred).

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