Governance and Quality Assurance Lead, Middle Markets

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About the role

  • Governance & Quality Assurance Lead at Zurich Canada, ensuring governance excellence and compliance across underwriting operations. Championing best practices and integrating risk management frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead implementation of changes to underwriting processes and controls in response to laws, regulations, guidelines, and best practices
  • Ensure compliance with Zurich policies and applicable regulatory requirements
  • Support risk governance and reporting processes, including assurance coordination, internal controls, and risk committees
  • Develop and maintain governance frameworks, underwriting guidelines, and letters of authority to promote consistency and discipline geared towards the business unit’s needs
  • Champion fit-for-purpose documentation and authority standards that strengthen underwriting governance
  • Implement and oversee robust quality control processes across underwriting
  • Support Technical Underwriting Reviews (TURs) and monitor open action plans across audit, risk, compliance, and QA functions
  • Collaborate with various functions to identify and mitigate compliance risks
  • Conduct risk assessments and investigations to flag significant risk matters
  • Monitor adequacy of internal controls, ensuring risks are identified, quantified, and mitigated
  • Provide input to risk governance and reporting to ensure Zurich’s frameworks are consistently applied
  • Provide onboarding, training, and guidance to business units on governance and compliance
  • Reinforce underwriting discipline and excellence through tailored learning modules
  • Evaluate and refine current business unit specific processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness
  • Maintain feedback loops that adapt governance frameworks to evolving business needs
  • Serve as the liaison with Internal Controls and support remediation of control issues
  • Coordinate across functions including vendor management, procurement, finance, and assurance functions
  • Support business continuity and regulatory reporting processes

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, risk management, insurance, or related field
  • 7+ years of experience in risk management, underwriting, governance, or compliance
  • Strong knowledge of insurance regulatory requirements, internal controls, and risk frameworks
  • Proven track record of implementing governance frameworks, quality assurance, and audit processes
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health/benefits plan with varying levels of coverage
  • Competitive total compensation package
  • Minimum of four weeks of vacation per year
  • Four personal days per year for personal reasons
  • Access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$130,000 - CA$180,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridCanada

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