Canada Life

Senior Analyst – IAM Audit, Compliance & Controls Response

Canada Life

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Toronto • Canada

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Salary

💰 $94,800 - $144,800 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead and coordinate internal, external, and regulatory audits related to Identity & Access Management.
  • Serve as the point of contact for auditors, risk partners, and compliance teams.
  • Manage audit timelines, requests, scope, and deliverables to ensure full and timely responses.
  • Prepare and review supporting documentation, evidence, and control artifacts.
  • Maintain and strengthen IAM control frameworks aligned with enterprise risk, regulatory standards, and industry best practices.
  • Perform continuous monitoring of IAM controls to ensure accuracy, completeness, and design effectiveness.
  • Support the development, review, and maintenance of IAM policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Identify control gaps, risk exposures, and opportunities to enhance compliance discipline.
  • Track, manage, and report on audit findings, control deficiencies, and remediation progress.
  • Partner with IAM operations, technology teams, and application owners to drive timely closure of findings.
  • Conduct root-cause analyses to prevent recurrence of audit issues.
  • Provide insights and recommendations to leadership to improve overall IAM governance.
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation for IAM processes, controls, and evidence repositories.
  • Prepare dashboards, metrics, and reporting for leadership, risk committees, and oversight bodies.

Requirements

  • 5–7 years of experience in audit, compliance, IT risk management, or security governance (IAM experience strongly preferred).
  • Strong understanding of IAM principles including access governance, user lifecycle management, entitlement management, and RBAC.
  • Experience working with internal/external auditors and regulatory bodies.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of control frameworks (e.g., SOX, ISO27001, NIST, COBIT).
  • Ability to interpret control requirements, regulatory standards, and audit methodologies.
  • Excellent analytical, documentation, and organizational skills.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
  • Proficiency with GRC tools, audit workflow systems, or evidence repositories.
Benefits
  • Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.
  • Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being.
  • Time Off: In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.
  • Financial Security: Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
  • Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
  • Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
auditcomplianceIT risk managementsecurity governanceaccess governanceuser lifecycle managemententitlement managementRBACcontrol frameworksroot-cause analysis
Soft Skills
analytical skillsdocumentation skillsorganizational skillscommunication skillsstakeholder management
Certifications
SOXISO27001NISTCOBIT