Consultant, Operational Risk - Toronto, Canada - Sun Life

Sun Life

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you'll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self.

You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you.

Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights.

Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

The Risk Management Centre of Excellence (CoE) is a strategic first line of defense business partner supporting Canadian leadership in meeting our Client for Life goals by providing comprehensive understanding of operational risk and supporting the design of effective solutions to manage risk within the business.

We partner with Canadian leadership, first line of defense Business Unit Risk Officers, and second line of defense Risk and Compliance stakeholders to assess operational risks, enhance control frameworks, educate business on risk management, provide oversight on risk policy requirements, and ultimately enable the business to evolve while maintaining risk within appetite.

The scope of the team is broad, as our internal clients include all business areas supporting Group Benefits, Group Retirement Services, Client Experience Office and Individual Insurance and Wealth.

As Consultant, Operational Risk, and reporting to the Manager, Operational Risk, you will support risk activities across multiple portfolios in Canada and will be a key point of contact for Canadian execution managers and second line of defense stakeholders to identify, assess and manage operational risks within the portfolio.

What will you do?

Assess risk and control effectiveness within assigned portfolios, identify opportunities to improve risk management
Support risk assessments to measure risk exposures, identify internal control weaknesses, improve the control environment, and minimize the risk of loss events
Support the rollout of new/changed risk and compliance requirements by identifying the impact to assigned business areas and supporting business partners in the design and maintenance of processes/controls to meet these requirements
Provide risk consulting expertise and support risk reviews for key business projects, digital initiatives, and process changes
Support recommendations on effective control design and operational risk management best practices
Monitor and track status of risk issues and activities in portfolio scorecard

What will you need to succeed?

Undergraduate degree or diploma in Business or another related field of study

years of experience in risk management, regulatory compliance, or internal audit; experience in the financial or insurance industry is an asset

Exposure to risk management practices including risk assessment, risk monitoring, control design and control effectiveness
Experience in process mapping as well as identification and assessment of process risks and supporting controls
Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize many competing demands
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to business partners
Strong analytical, problem resolution and consensusbuilding skills
Proactive and highly motivated to take initiative and manage unstructured activities

What will be nice to have?

Experience in risk management or related functions (e.g., compliance, process improvement)
Exposure to project, program and/or portfolio management
Certification in risk management and/or process improvement

What's in it for you?

Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
We're proud to be a
Best Workplace for Hybrid Work by Great Place to Work Canada

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work.

Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range:

53,300/ ,300/86 300

Job Category:

Risk Management

Posting End Date:

06/01/2023