Assistant Manager, Risk and Resilience

Canada Life Group; London; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Health & Wellness

Time Off

Financial Security

Rewards and Recognition

Community

Job summary

Canada Life is seeking an Assistant Manager, Risk & Resilience to join the Insurance Solutions Business Risk & Controls team. The role partners with leaders to strengthen risk management, governance, and business resilience across multiple functions.

Located in London, Toronto, or Winnipeg, you will influence decision-making, lead risk discussions, and help identify and mitigate risk in a changing regulatory environment. A rewarding chance to impact a broad range of risk programs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in operational risk management or related fields.
• Experience facilitating risk assessments and developing risk statements.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and internal control practices.
• Experience evaluating control design and risk exposures.
• Professional designation is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, monitor, and manage risks across Insurance Solutions.
• Conduct risk assessments per RM standards, evaluate inherent and residual risk.
• Lead risk assessment workshops and stakeholder discussions.
• Collaborate to identify control gaps and create corrective actions.
• Document and test internal controls; support control environment.
• Support RCA/RCSA, KRIs, BCM, risk events, MRM, EUC, and issue management.
• Monitor findings and assist timely remediation.
• Develop risk reporting and metrics for leadership and committees.
• Provide risk advisory and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Operational risk

Risk assessments

Governance frameworks

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Post-secondary education in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Accounting

Job description

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We are looking for anAssistant Manager, Risk & Resilience to join the Insurance Solutions Business Risk & Controls team.

This is an exciting opportunity to partner directly with leaders across Insurance Solutions and play a key role in strengthening risk management, governance, and business resilience practices. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to influence decision-making, lead meaningful risk discussions, and help shape how the business identifies, assesses, and responds to risk in an evolving operational and regulatory environment.

If you enjoy building strong relationships, solving complex problems, working across diverse teams, and driving continuous improvement, this role offers broad exposure, high visibility, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across a wide range of business initiatives and risk programs.

What You Will Do

• Partner with leaders across Insurance Solutions to proactively identify, assess, monitor, and manage operational, regulatory, strategic, technology, and emerging risks while enabling informed business decisions.
• Conduct risk assessments in accordance with enterprise risk management standards and methodologies, including the development of risk statements, assessment of inherent and residual risks, evaluation of control effectiveness, and identification of practical mitigation strategies.
• Lead risk assessment workshops and stakeholder discussions that promote collaboration, support risk-informed decision-making, and strengthen overall risk awareness across the business.
• Collaborate with business partners to identify control gaps, perform root cause analysis, and develop corrective actions and mitigation plans to address risk exposures.
• Document, maintain, and support the testing of internal controls while contributing to the ongoing enhancement of the business control environment.
• Support the execution and delivery of enterprise and business risk programs, including Risk and Control Assessments (RCA/RCSA), Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), Business Continuity Management (BCM), Risk Events, Scenario Analysis, Model Risk Management (MRM), End User Computing (EUC), and Issue Management.
• Monitor risk, audit, compliance, and regulatory findings and support timely remediation activities and issue resolution.
• Develop meaningful risk reporting, insights, and metrics for leadership teams, governance committees, and key stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted risk advisor by providing guidance, expertise, and constructive challenge to support sound decision-making and successful business outcomes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of risk management processes, tools, practices, and capabilities across the business.
• Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: London, Toronto, or Winnipeg.

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years of experience in operational risk management, internal controls, internal audit, compliance, risk advisory, governance, business continuity, or a related discipline within financial services.
• Experience facilitating risk assessments and developing risk statements, risk ratings, control assessments, and mitigation plans.
• Knowledge of operational risk management principles, governance frameworks, and internal control practices.
• Experience evaluating control design and effectiveness and assessing inherent and residual risk exposures.
• Experience supporting one or more risk management programs such as operational risk, internal controls, business continuity, issue management, governance, model risk, risk reporting, or scenario analysis.
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into practical business solutions.
• Proven ability to build relationships, influence outcomes, proactively identify issues, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious, collaborative, and committed to continuous learning and improvement.
• Professional designation such as Certified Risk Manager (CRM), Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Professional Accountant (CPA), or equivalent is considered an asset.
• Post-secondary education in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, or a related field.

Why Join Us

• Partner with leaders across the business and contribute to strategic decision-making.
• Gain exposure to a broad range of risk, governance, resilience, and control initiatives.
• Work in a highly collaborative environment that values innovation, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Build expertise across operational risk, business continuity, governance, controls, and emerging risk programs.
• Make a meaningful impact by helping teams navigate change, strengthen resilience, and achieve business objectives.

Grow with Canada Life

We’reunited by a shared purpose: to improve the financial,physicaland mental well-beingof Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.

We’relooking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers,communitiesand each other.Are you someone who always strives to do the right thing, who steps up for themselves and others, and who delivers with impact? Then we want to hear from you!

What we offer

We’re committed to supporting our employees through every stage of their career. Here’s what you can expect as a full-time or part-time permanent team member:

• Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to$2,000 annuallytowardseducation reimbursement.
• Health & Wellness:Flexible health and dental benefits,plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being.
• Time Off:In addition to regular vacation andpersonal days,we support communityinvolvement with avolunteer day.
• Financial Security:Company-matching pension plan,share ownership program andadditionalinvestment options.
• Rewards and Recognition:Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
• Emphasis onCommunity:We provide aworkplace whereemployeesfeel connected and supported throughEmployee Resource Groups (ERGs),mentorshipprograms,socialclubsandevents.

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact [e-mail]. All information provided will be handledin accordance withapplicable laws and Canada Life policies.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted

Location

London, ON, CA Winnipeg, MB, CA Toronto, ON, CA

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

The base salary for this position is between $59,800 - $99,700 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Date: Oct 15, 2026