Responsibilities

• Develops and implements the organizations risk management program in a manner that fulfills the mission and strategic goals of the organization
• Supports the management with raising risk awareness and insight (e.g. risk & control self-assessment) and decreasing the risk profile
• Develops policies and procedures for incident reporting and response
• Provide independent risk reviews, control adequacy and compliance checks
• Develops and implements systems, policies and procedures for the identification of risks, and collection, analysis, and reporting of risk related information (e.g. risk indicators)
• Educates and trains management and staff as to the risk management program, and their respective responsibilities in carrying out the risk management program
• Leads, facilitates, and advises departments in designing risk management processes within their own departments
• Assists management and staff in formulating recommendations to reduce risk exposure, and monitors progress of actions taken in response to such recommendations
• Works on special projects as required to provide guidance and advice on risk and compliance related issues arising from new and proposed business activities

 Qualifications

• Prior financial industry risk management experience
• Must have a completed Law Degree
• Must be fluent in English and French
• At least 5 years experience in the financial sector
• Excellent research and organizational skills
• Ability and comfort in dealing with all levels of staff within an organization, as well as with regulators
• Strong public speaking/presentation skills
• Well developed oversight and organizational awareness skills
• Ability to deal with conflicting points of view and to effect creative and responsive solutions
• Ability to work independently, think critically and make decisions
• Good working knowledge of IT applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Access etc.)
• Possess sound risk identification skills and the ability to balance risks with commercial needs
• Have 3 - 7 years post-qualification experience in the audit/accounting profession, risk management or operational consulting

• English [Advanced], French [Advanced]