Compliance Manager
Innovation Federal Credit Union
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$89,853 - CA$123,548 per year
About the role
- Provide independent compliance advisory support to business units by interpreting legislation, regulatory requirements, and supervisory expectations, and translating them into practical, actionable guidance.
- Support and maintain the Regulatory Compliance Management (RCM) framework, including regulatory obligation mapping, control design oversight, and challenge of first-line risk assessments and control testing.
- Monitor, assess, and communicate regulatory trends and changes impacting the financial institution, including FCAC and Consumer Protection regulatory requirements.
- Participate in and support regulatory change initiatives and projects by applying project management principles, including planning cycles, issue identification, risk prioritization, and remediation tracking.
- Provide advisory guidance on product, process, digital, and member-facing changes to ensure regulatory requirements are embedded by design.
- Review and challenge documentation, evidence, and remediation plans to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and sustainability.
- Support issue management activities, including root cause analysis, control design recommendations, monitoring hooks, and escalation of material risks or delays.
- Provide consumer protection and fair treatment guidance to support strong member outcomes and compliance with market conduct expectations.
- Collaborate with first-line and cross-functional teams to strengthen compliance ownership, clarify accountabilities, and enhance regulatory capability across the organization.
- Develop guidance materials, playbooks, and advisory tools to support consistent implementation of regulatory requirements.
- Support regulatory reporting requirements and liaise with regulators and industry groups, as required.
- Contribute to a strong, proactive risk culture that balances regulatory compliance, operational effectiveness, and member experience.
Requirements
- 3–6 years of progressive experience in regulatory compliance, compliance advisory, law, risk management, or regulatory change within a financial institution.
- Post-secondary education in law, business, risk, compliance, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong knowledge of Canadian financial services legislation and regulatory frameworks, including FCAC, Consumer Protection, and related market conduct requirements.
- Demonstrated skill in interpreting legislation and regulatory expectations and translating them into clear, practical business guidance.
- Experience supporting projects and regulatory change initiatives, with an understanding of project management cycles, issue management, and risk-based prioritization.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and advise a wide range of stakeholders.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment while providing independent challenge and oversight.
- Proficient digital literacy, including critical thinking, problem solving, and working with digital tools and data.
- Comfort and experience using Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel, Teams, PowerPoint, and familiarity with Power BI or other reporting tools is an asset.
Benefits
- 7% employer-matched pension plan
- Extended health benefits
- Employee and family assistance program
- Staff loan rate
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
regulatory compliancecompliance advisoryrisk managementregulatory changeproject managementroot cause analysiscontrol designregulatory obligation mappingregulatory reportingconsumer protection
Soft Skills
strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationinfluencing skillscollaborationindependent challengecritical thinkingproblem solvingorganizational skillsstakeholder engagementadvisory skills