AI Risk, Compliance & Audit Leader

Bank of Montreal; Canada; On-site; CAD 86,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Accident and life insurance

Retirement savings plans

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Bank of Montreal seeks a senior risk & compliance professional to lead 1LOD initiatives across the enterprise, with emphasis on AI compliance, regulatory readiness, and audit coordination.

The role requires 7–10 years in risk & compliance within a heavily regulated environment, with strong experience in controls, audits, and policy updates. You will collaborate across ARC and Enterprise teams to strengthen risk posture and SOX attestations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in a relevant discipline and relevant certification in the Risk /Compliance domain.
• 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.
• Experience in Audit and Testing, Issue remediation, Monitoring and Reporting, policy changes.
• Recent focus on 1B and 2 LOD (review and challenge policy changes), drive execution of key risk and compliance programs (risk assessments, business continuity, operational resilience, stress test, SOX attestations).
• Experience developing controls and standard operating procedures, validating supporting control evidence.
• Exposure to Operational Non‑Financial Risk, Model Risk Management, T&O Risk.
• Excellent knowledge of the Regulatory landscape specific to Financial Industry

Responsibilities

• Lead ARC’s risk and compliance programs including supporting data & analytics risk framework development, enterprise standard & policy development, KRI development and reporting, and ongoing alignment with policy and regulatory changes.
• Partnering across ARC and the Enterprise to strengthen risk‑management and compliance activities, KRI development and reporting, process/procedure documentation, risk assessments, etc.

Skills

Risk & Compliance

1LOD experience

AI compliance

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor Degree in a relevant discipline

Certification in Risk/Compliance domain

Job description

Bank of Montreal seeks a senior risk & compliance professional to lead 1LOD initiatives across the enterprise, with emphasis on AI compliance, regulatory readiness, and audit coordination.

The role requires 7–10 years in risk & compliance within a heavily regulated environment, with strong experience in controls, audits, and policy updates. You will collaborate across ARC and Enterprise teams to strengthen risk posture and SOX attestations.