Director, GWAM Business Risk Management

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About the role

  • Manulife financial-services risk director leading GWAM RCSA, control testing, and operational-risk governance. Partnering with business leaders to strengthen accountability, compliance, and risk ownership.

Responsibilities

  • Support the execution and enhancement of the GWAM Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) Program
  • Facilitate inherent risk assessments and document operational risks affecting business processes
  • Lead RCSAs covering risk identification, control evaluation, residual risk assessment, and remediation action plans
  • Maintain and govern Archer business process hierarchies and risk and control inventories
  • Design and execute control effectiveness testing programs
  • Monitor remediation activities from testing, RCSAs, audits, regulatory reviews, and other risk activities
  • Support process-owner and business-leader control attestations
  • Advise and challenge business process owners on operational risk requirements and best practices
  • Develop and deliver risk management training, workshops, and awareness sessions
  • Assist leaders with emerging risks, control gaps, process changes, and business risk-profile impacts
  • Produce risk reports, dashboards, metrics, and management information for governance committees and senior management
  • Partner with GWAM businesses and functional areas to ensure consistent risk-management execution
  • Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, and second-line reviews
  • Promote accountability, transparency, and ownership of risks and controls
  • Enhance operational risk processes, tools, methodologies, and reporting practices

Requirements

  • Minimum 10 years of experience in Operational Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Controls, Audit, Compliance, or a related discipline within a financial services organization
  • Significant experience executing and facilitating Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs)
  • Experience with risk identification, control assessment, and action plan development
  • Strong understanding of operational risk frameworks, risk and control standards, and control testing methodologies
  • Experience assessing control design and operating effectiveness
  • Experience maintaining risk and control inventories and business process hierarchies in governance, risk, and compliance platforms such as Archer
  • Strong knowledge of Wealth Management and/or Asset Management businesses, products, operations, and associated risks
  • Ability to influence and challenge business stakeholders while maintaining collaborative relationships
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to explain complex risk concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities
  • Demonstrated project management and organizational skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
  • Experience interacting with senior business leaders and facilitating risk discussions and workshops
  • Strong commitment to integrity, accountability, and sound risk management

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Learning and career growth opportunities
  • Health, dental, mental health, and vision coverage
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance coverage
  • Adoption/surrogacy benefits
  • Wellness benefits
  • Employee/family assistance plans
  • Retirement savings plans, including pension
  • Global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions
  • Financial education and counseling resources
  • Paid holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days in Canada
  • Statutory leaves of absence
  • Incentive programs and incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance
  • Reasonable accommodation during the application process

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$125,100 - CA$175,100 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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