Required As a senior legal and regulatory compliance advisor, you help design, institute and coordinate the compliance framework and enforce related rules. You help ensure that oversight measures such as officer and employee behaviours comply with the organization’s standards. You lead development projects and strategic initiatives that are complex and cutting-edge. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your specialty area. You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you frequently interact with stakeholders working in many other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as resource person and coach for decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to:
Lead specialized development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact the entire organization
Design, update, implement and monitor complex action plans, programs, solutions and tools requiring comprehensive knowledge of legal and regulatory compliance to balance business needs, requirements and best practices
Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives
Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision-making bodies
Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit’s strategic projects and initiatives
Offer legal and regulatory compliance programs to internal employees to promote our culture of ethics and compliance
Represent Desjardins’s position when making agreements with external partners and organizations.
Required As a senior legal and regulatory compliance advisor, you help design,



institute and coordinate the compliance framework and enforce related rules. You help ensure that oversight measures such as officer and employee behaviours comply with the organization’s standards. You lead development projects and strategic initiatives that are complex and innovative. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your specialty area. You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you frequently interact with stakeholders working in many other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as resource person and coach for decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to:
Lead specialized development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact the entire organization
Design, update, implement and monitor complex action plans, programs, solutions and tools requiring comprehensive knowledge of legal and regulatory compliance to balance business needs, requirements and best practices
Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives
Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision-making bodies
Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit’s strategic projects and initiatives




Offer legal and regulatory compliance programs to internal employees to promote our culture of ethics and compliance
Represent your unit before decision-making bodies
Represent Desjardins’s position when making agreements with external partners and organizations.
What we offer What we offer*
Competitive salary and annual bonus
4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
Group insurance including telemedicine
Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
Advantages apply based on eligibility criteria.
What You Bring To The Table What You Bring To The Table
Bachelor's degree in a related field
A minimum of six years of relevant experience
Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
Knowledge of French is required
Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Strategic mindset
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. Weu2019re committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.
If thereu2019s something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job youu2019re applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!
Trade Union (If applicable) Trade Union (If applicable)
Job Family Legal Affairs (FG)
Unposting Date 2026-08-13

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📌 Senior Advisor, Legal and Regulatory compliance (Quebec City)
🏢 Desjardins
📍 Quebec City