Summer Intern - Comptroller, Enterprise Risk Management

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey offers paid internships, providing students with the opportunity to work with experienced professionals on assignments critical to building, operating, and maintaining transportation and infrastructure assets in New York and New Jersey. Assignments include hands-on projects where interns quickly become part of the team and help the agency with its mission of keeping the region moving. The diversity of our businesses creates a variety of opportunities for students to gain exposure to the work of a first-class public agency. 

The Comptroller’s Department is looking for an Enterprise Risk Management intern to join their team!

About the Comptroller’s Department:

As a reporting department to the Chief Financial Officer, the Comptroller’s Department is a team of dedicated professionals who ensure the accuracy of the Port Authority’s finances. As part of the Comptroller’s Department team, you will gain insight and experience surrounding the agency’s financial structure and internal control processes as well as knowledge of the operations of our various lines of business, giving you extensive opportunities for a long-term career at the Port Authority. 

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Division is responsible for the development and implementation of an agency-wide program that enables the proactive identification and management of business risks that threaten agency objectives.  ERM aims to improve agency risk awareness, communication, and decision-making.  As a consideration in the Port Authority’s bond ratings, ERM is critical to the Agency’s future capital capacity.  ERM is a major initiative that touches all parts of the Agency.  The intern will obtain a unique overview of the Port Authority’s business lines and internal processes while becoming well versed in the principles of risk management. 

Responsibilities:

• Work with ERM staff and senior staff throughout the agency to identify, assess, and monitor business risks
• Support agency business alignment efforts and ERM integration with annual business planning, budgeting, long range capital capacity forecasting, business performance measurement, and other agency business processes
• Support execution of risk workshops
• Conduct research on emerging trends and analyze Agency risk data
• Develop risk intelligence reports and presentations for the Board of Commissioners and senior management