AI Compliance & Risk Leader — Audits, Controls & Governance

BMO; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 86,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Accident and life insurance

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

BMO Financial Group in Canada is seeking a senior risk and compliance professional to lead enterprise risk programs and regulatory readiness. The role focuses on 1LOD controls, policy development, and collaboration across audit, risk, and analytics teams to strengthen the risk framework and reporting.

The position requires extensive experience in regulated environments and a track record of implementing robust risk-management practices with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in a relevant discipline.
• 7-10 years of relevant experience in Risk & Compliance roles, within a large enterprise and heavily regulated industry.
• Recent experience with AI specific Compliance.
• Experience executing 1LOD risk management responsibilities.
• Experience across Risk, Audit Compliance driven by all three lines of defense.
• Recent focus on 1B and 2 LOD (review and challenge policy changes) and SOX attestations.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk and compliance programs including data & analytics risk framework development, enterprise policy development, and KRI reporting.
• Coordinate with Audit & Test management to integrate evidence repositories with engagement-management tooling.
• Develop strong controls and maintain the control library with supporting artifacts and exam-ready repositories.
• Drive end-to-end administration of engagement-identified issues and enhance audit libraries and tooling.

Skills

Risk & Compliance

1LOD risk management

Audit & Testing

Regulatory knowledge

Data & Analytics risk

Education

Bachelor Degree in a relevant discipline

Relevant certification in Risk/Compliance

Job description

BMO Financial Group in Canada is seeking a senior risk and compliance professional to lead enterprise risk programs and regulatory readiness. The role focuses on 1LOD controls, policy development, and collaboration across audit, risk, and analytics teams to strengthen the risk framework and reporting.

The position requires extensive experience in regulated environments and a track record of implementing robust risk-management practices with cross-functional partners.