Risk Manager- Finance Department

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About the Department

The Finance Department is currently seeking to fill one (1) Risk Manager in the Purchasing & Risk Management Division. If you are interested in this position, please apply! The mission of the Finance Department is t o manage, protect, and report on City of San José financial resources to enhance the City’s financial condition for residents, businesses, and investors.

The Finance Department has five core divisions:

• Accounting
• Administration
• Debt & Treasury Management
• Purchasing & Risk Management
• Revenue Management

The Finance Department works in partnership with the departments of Human Resources, Information Technology, and Public Works as the City’s Strategic Support City Service Area to effectively develop, manage, and safeguard City fiscal, physical, technological, and human resources to enable and enhance the delivery of City services and projects. The Finance Department has a $27.4 million operating budget and 128 budgeted full-time equivalent (FTE) positions.

Position Duties

The Risk Manager will plan, organize, coordinate, and execute a risk management program with the objective of conserving financial, physical, and natural assets against the effects of loss. The successful candidate will recommend strategies for protecting the City against all financial exposures and risks. The position reports to the Deputy Director of Finance, Purchasing and Risk Management Division.

The Risk Manager will be responsible for safeguarding City’s properties (with a replacement value at $7.1 billion) and other assets through the selection of brokers and purchase of insurance to guard against catastrophic events, when the frequency of events cannot be predicted, when the severity of potential loss could seriously hamper operations, and where the cost of the insurance policy is not prohibitive.

Annually, the City works with its insurance broker to review and analyze the City’s insurance and coverage requirements and obtain competitive insurance quotes. The Risk Manager reviews the City’s risk exposures with the City’s insurance broker to analyze the City’s needs and present them to insurance carriers to obtain the most cost-effective insurance coverage. Insurance policies include:

•Property Insurance

•Airport Owners and Operators Liability

•Secondary Employment Law Enforcement Professional Liability

•Automobile Liability for Airport and Regional Wastewater facility fleet vehicles

•Auto Physical Damage for Airport Shuttle Bus-Physical Damage

•Aircraft Hull and Liability for Police and Fire Department Aircraft (including Drones)

•Government Crime

•Fiduciary Liability

The Risk Manager works with insurance carriers to facilitate property appraisals and risk engineering studies and with City Departments to implement property loss control recommendations from carriers. Other major functions include: contractual risk transfer of contracts with vendors and consultants through insurance requirements; insurance compliance review for contracts; subrogation to recover losses from damage to City’s properties by third parties; coordination with the broker and City Departments on the establishment and administration of owner controlled insurance programs (OCIPs), management of property and casualty insurance claims, budget planning, and support on public assistance recovery claims. The City’s self-insured Worker Compensation program is managed by the Human Resources Department and Liability claims are handled by the City Attorney’s Office.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in public or business administration, insurance, finance, risk management or a closely related field; and six (6) years of progressively responsible in a risk management, safety loss control, or general liability insurance program, including two (2) years with supervisory and management authority over staff, and financial responsibility within the program area or division.

Required Licensing
Associate in Risk Management certification

Other Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies, as demonstrated in past and current employment history.

Job Expertise -Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices, Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations. Knowledge of the following:

• Principles and practices of comprehensive risk management including loss prevention and control and the financing and insuring of risk.
• Legal and administrative requirements for implementation and administration of fully-insured and self-insured programs.
• General and auto liability public entity claims administration.
• OSHA requirements regarding workplace safety and reporting.
• Contract law as it applies to general liability, bodily injury and claims adjustment.
• Insurance company policies and procedures regarding claims and reserves; claim analysis; adjustment techniques for municipalities.
• Injury and damage claim investigation; principles and procedures of accident prevention.

Analytical Thinking-Approaching a problem or situation by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.

Communication-Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly, orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other people’s ideas and thoughts.

Decision Making-Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions.

Initiative-Exhibits resourceful behaviors toward meeting job objectives; anticipates problems, is proactive, and avoids difficulties by planning ahead; displays willingness to assume extra responsibility and challenges; pursues continuing education opportunities that promotes job performance.

Management-Evaluates priorities to ensure the 'true' top priorities are handled satisfactorily; sets clear goals for the employees and the work unit.

Problem Solving-Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of problem; collects information; uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome.

Supervision-Sets effective long and short-term goals based on a good understanding of management practices; establishes realistic priorities within available resources; provides motivational support; empowers others; assigns decision-making and work functions to others in an appropriate manner to maximize organizational and individual effectiveness

Additional Information:

Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor, represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.

You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.

Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application.

The City of San Jose offers a wide range of core health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Disability, and Savings Plans. Please visit the City's benefits pagefor detailed information on coverage, cost, and dependent coverage.

For information on the City’s Retirement Plan(pension for full-time employees), please visit the Office of Retirement Services website. You will be able to view information based on different Sworn/Federated job classification.

In additional to the benefits above, there is an additional perks siteto explore further benefits of working for the City of San Jose like paid leave, educational reimbursements, and holiday pay are specific to the job classification and union membership.

Closing Date/Time: 9/11/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

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