Desjardins | Director, Internal Audit, Financial Risk Management

Responsibilities

• As Director, Internal Audit, Financial Risk Management, you lead an internal audit team responsible for strategic, complex and specialized initiatives involving the management of key financial risks at a systemically important financial institution.
• You will develop and carry out a dynamic, risk-based audit plan aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities and regulatory expectations.
• You will also work on cross-sector initiatives involving several aspects of financial risk management, including capital management and planning, the risk appetite framework, the internal capital adequacy assessment process, the recovery plan, treasury activities and capital markets.
• Advance the team’s audit practices and capabilities through the ongoing development of expertise and the use of data, analytics and technology
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• Lead the development, updating, and implementation of the financial risk audit plan using a risk-based, agile and forward-looking approach.
• Lead strategic, complex, and specialized assurance and advisory mandates involving credit and concentration risk, counterparty and issuer risk, market risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk and investment-related risk.
• Guide and oversee the team’s work to ensure a cross-sector view of financial risks, the relationships between them and their impact on the organization’s risk profile, capital, liquidity and financial strength.
• Develop and present findings, recommendations and insights to senior management and decision-making bodies to support sound risk management and informed decision-making.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of financial risks and the financial environment by anticipating emerging risks, vulnerabilities and issues likely to affect the organization’s risk profile.
• Act as an expert advisor to audit teams by supporting them in carrying out complex initiatives involving financial activities, risks and governance, management, and control processes.

Requirements

• A minimum of nine years of relevant experience, including four years in a management role, ideally working in a financial institution or in a highly regulated environment.
• Proven experience in an influential role with experts and executives, supported by professional judgment, credibility and the ability to foster critical and constructive thinking.
• In-depth knowledge of banking and financial activities, and of the processes used to identify, measure, monitor, control and mitigate financial risks.
• In-depth knowledge of risk management frameworks and prudential requirements applicable to financial institutions, particularly capital requirements and the Basel Accords.
• Experience in executive writing and presenting
• Knowledge of French is required
• Expertise in cross-sector issues related to capital management and planning and risk appetite, as well as the relationships between different categories of financial risk and their impact on the organization’s capital, liquidity and financial resilience

Desjardins

Desjardins is an employer hiring in India (sector: BFSI / Investments / Insurance).

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Montréal and Ville-Marie.

• Industry: BFSI / Investments / Insurance