Director,Compliance Quebec Job Montréal area,Montreal Province de Québec Canada,Finance & Banking

Location: Montreal

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In this role, you will be driving:

Stands up and leads the design, planning and execution of regulatory compliance management programs and ensures they meet Enterprise Compliance standards and expectations, encompassing regulatory change management, monitoring and testing processes, and Compliance Risk and Controls Assessments (CRCA), etc.

Provides expert advice and counsel to the business units related to regulatory obligations impacting Quebec and maintains a pulse on emerging risks, regulatory developments and regulator’s areas of focus

Fosters and maintains collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including regulators, Canadian Bankers Associations, Legal/ Government Affairs, Global Compliance, Corporate Functions, Business Leaders to support the achievement of initiatives and risk mitigation approaches

Primary point of contact for all Banking Business Line Executives, SMT, and other Functional Units in the region to coordinate and drive shared activities and accountabilities that impact regulatory compliance and provides independent oversight and effective challenge role over the 1st line risk and control owners

Drives effective and efficient operations while ensuring adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of business controls to meet regulatory obligations, regulatory compliance risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to, responsibilities under the Operational Risk Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management, Privacy and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.

As part of the Compliance leadership team, provides knowledgeable and practical direction to the Vice President, Canadian Banking and Corporate Function Compliance.

Partners with the Compliance teams who oversee business units and program pillars (Oversight and Advisory and Enterprise Compliance, respectively) to deliver initiatives impacting the Compliance Program, including developing, maintaining and implementing improvements to policies, procedures and processes to ensure they meet Global Compliance standards.

Responsible for the development and maintenance of ongoing high quality, insightful reporting provided by the Compliance Department to senior stakeholders including the Board of Directors, Senior Management Teams, and any applicable federal and provincial regulators.

Leads Compliance engagements with internal audit and external reviews and responds to regulatory inquiries and investigations.

Maintains a high level of awareness of compliance-related industry developments.

Successfully engages and balances multiple initiatives simultaneously;

Participates in projects and other duties as assigned.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

8 years of Compliance related experience in the financial services industry;

Impact, influence maturity and experience working with a diverse group of stakeholders and demonstrated strong collaboration skills across the organization

Experience in interpreting, advising and applying legal, regulatory and/or policy requirements

Strategic and critical thinker, strong collaborator and experience in leading change with an innate ability to grasp both big picture and rigorous attention to detail

Ability to draw connections between the regulatory requirements and business initiatives, recognizing oncoming impediments, risks, issues and support partners to clear the path proactively

Assesses difficult compliance and regulatory issues, exercises sound judgement expeditiously with respect to risk mitigation and issue management and resolution.

Analytical thinker, data centricity and strong problem solver with a results-oriented mindset; can triangulate multiple sources of information, explore a myriad of alternatives to draw meaningful insights and recommendations

Must work proactively and agile; ability to manage several ongoing projects and competing priorities concurrently.

Self-starter that takes initiative, navigates ambiguity and thrives in an empowering, autonomous environment and can work independently while staying strongly connected to the broader team

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing;

Francophone or bilingual anglophone with flawless mastery of French. The candidate must also have sufficient mastery of the English language, since the work involves interacting with, and integrating and reporting into the Bank’s Toronto-headquartered Compliance structures, as well as interacting constantly with several other internal and external English-speaking/writing counterparts, in Toronto and elsewhere.

What's in it for you?

We have an inclusive and collaborative work environment that values curiosity & ownership, encourages pragmatic creativity (i.e. true innovation), and celebrates success!

An inclusive working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!

A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional…


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