Senior Risk Analyst Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,Finance & Banking

Job Description

What is the opportunity?We’re seeking a Senior Risk Analyst to serve as the operational backbone of our risk management function. This role ensures the team stays on top of critical risk issues, audit findings, compliance requirements, and certificate renewals by maintaining visibility, tracking timelines, and driving accountability. The successful candidate will combine project management discipline with risk acumen to keep high-priority items moving forward, escalate issues appropriately, and ensure the team remains proactive in addressing risk exposure.
What will you do?

Risk & Compliance Trackin
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Maintain comprehensive visibility of all pending risk items, audit findings, compliance issues, and certificate renewals; track status and deadlines

Weekly Monitoring & Communication
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Conduct weekly touchpoints with team members to review pending items, identify blockers, and ensure awareness of high-priority, time-sensitive issues

Escalation Management: Escalate stalled or at-risk items through appropriate channels; identify course correction needs and facilitate approvals or remediation decisions

Project Coordination
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Manages timelines for risk remediation and compliance activities; coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure timely completion

Issue Documentation
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Document risk items, status updates, remediation progress, and resolutions; maintain organized tracking systems for audit trail and reporting

Accountability & Follow-Up: Follow up on outstanding action items; ensure team members understand deadlines and dependencies; track completion and communicate results

Reporting & Visibility: Prepare status reports and dashboards for management visibility; highlight critical issues requiring leadership attention or decision-making

Process Improvement
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Identify opportunities to streamline risk tracking and compliance processes; implement tools or workflows to improve team efficiency

What do you need to succeed?

Degree or diploma in Business Administration, Finance, or transferable field

3+ years of experience maintaining comprehensive visibility of pending risk items, audit findings, compliance issues, and certificate renewals; demonstrated track record tracking status and deadlines across complex, multi-threaded initiatives

3+ years of experience escalating stalled or at-risk items through appropriate channels; demonstrated ability to identify course correction needs and facilitate approvals or remediation decisions in risk and compliance environments

Advanced Excel proficiency
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Strong skills in data organization, tracking, pivot tables, and reporting; ability to build and maintain tracking dashboards and status reports

Risk reporting experience
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Familiarity with risk metrics, status reporting formats, and communicating risk information to leadership and stakeholders

Certificate and compliance tracking
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Experience managing certificate renewals, expiration tracking, and compliance deadlines; understanding of time-sensitive compliance requirements

Financial services experience
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Familiarity with financial services risk and compliance landscapes; general understanding of audit, control environments, and risk remediation

Project management mindset
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Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and track multiple concurrent initiatives; comfort with detailed planning and accountability

Nice to have:

Knowledge of financial services regulations or compliance frameworks

Familiarity with escalation procedures and governance frameworks

Experience with Power

BI, Service Now, or other enterprise tracking platforms

Knowledge of ISO standards or industry compliance requirements

What’s in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing…