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About us:

Peoples Group is a boutique financial institution with offices located in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal that has been in the Canadian marketplace for over 35 years. Our mission is to exceed our customers' expectations by providing exceptional customer service backed by extensive product knowledge and experience.

Our culture here at Peoples Group is formed by our values: Trustworthy, Creative, Willing. We believe people don't choose a company to work for, they choose a company to join. We prioritize risk-based practices and procedures in order to remain risk intelligent and compliant. We value people, building relationships, and focusing on strengths; we execute with passion.

About the work environment:

Peoples Group offers a adaptable and hybrid work environment. In this role you will work a combination of in-office and remotely from home. Typically, you'll be working regular business hours, Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 4:30pm with flexibility around start/end times.

We are hiring for this position out of our Toronto office. Successful candidates who apply outside of these areas will be expected to relocate and reside in a location that is within a commutable distance.

About you:

You are a highly skilled and results-driven Risk Management professional with strong experience in implementing risk management policies, procedures, and training programs. Track record in identifying and evaluating risks, implementing risk mitigation strategies, and improving stakeholder satisfaction. Highly skilled in risk analysis, compliance monitoring & remediation and strong collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve risk management objectives.

About the qualifications:





- 3-5 years of risk or compliance experience within the financial services industry within the first or 2nd line of defense. Preference will be given to those with Payment cards and or lending experience.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as finance, business, or risk management.
- Proven experience and highly skilled at analyzing, interpreting regulations and implementing general policies and procedures to ensure compliance.
- Proficiency in risk assessment techniques and tools, such as risk mapping and scenario analysis.
- Prior experience in reviewing processes, control testing, results analysis and report writing.
- Experience in developing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience in developing and delivering training.
- Strong knowledge of the risk and regulatory landscape within Financial Institutions.
- In-depth knowledge of either card, payments and or Lending products.

About the day-to-day:

- Work with the VP In Business risk to drive the First line of Defence Compliance program. This involves understanding the regulatory requirements, identifying risks of non-compliance, documenting existing controls and testing compliance controls.
- Review progress on compliance related remediation and support in the attestation of compliance controls.
- Assist the IN-Business group to drive and execute an end-to-end strategy fostering risk awareness and risk culture in the First Line of Defense (1LOD)



and be responsible to drive and execute an end-to-end strategy fostering risk awareness and risk culture in the First Line of Defense (1LOD).
- Coordinates and facilitates risk management activities in collaboration with business unit leaders.
- Assist in the development of 1LOD standard operating procedures
- Works with the business to proactively identify and assess operational risks across the Business units using a range of risk assessment techniques and tools. Collaborate with business units and departments to develop and implement risk treatment plans.
- Design Test Plans and perform controls testing of 1LOD adherence to enterprise-level requirements and business unit specific operating procedures.
- Work with the business owners when there are weaknesses identified through testing to ensure they develop appropriate action plans and implement them in a timely manner.
- Assist with development and maintenance of business unit specific training to ensure all business owners can effectively carry out all risk management and compliance activities.
- Assist the Business with compliance related activities and remediation.
- Collaborate with the Compliance oversight partners and respond to queries, and attestations on behalf of Management.

NOTE: This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Peoples Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest; however, only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.

We value and celebrate individuality while fostering an inclusive workplace for everyone. If there's any way we can support or accommodate you during the selection process, please don't hesitate to let us know.

📌 Manager In Business Risk (Toronto)
🏢 Peoples Payment Solutions
📍 Toronto