Governance Analyst, Architecture & Engineering

Manulife group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 86,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife Financial Corporation is hiring a Governance Analyst to strengthen governance, risk, and control practices across Global Architecture & Engineering. You will collaborate with leaders, risk partners, and SMEs to shape governance, risk management, and regulatory commitments.

Responsibilities include overseeing risks and controls, driving process improvements, preparing executive-level reports, and supporting audits and governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of experience in governance, risk management, controls, audit, compliance, operational risk, or related function.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with ability to assess holistically and identify root causes, gaps, and risks.
• Experience working with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders in complex environments.
• Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience supporting governance forums, risk reviews, audits, or remediation programs.
• Balance strategic thinking with execution, accountability, and follow-through.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain oversight of A&E risks, controls, corrective actions, audit findings, and regulatory obligations.
• Identify gaps and inconsistencies across risks, controls, and governance processes; propose improvements.
• Drive simplification of governance, risk, and control processes across A&E.
• Partner with risk, compliance, audit, governance, and business stakeholders to align activities and oversight.
• Assess remediation plans and risk commitments to ensure accountability.
• Support audits, governance reviews, and regulatory assessments.
• Develop concise executive reporting on risk, control, and governance matters.
• Translate complex information into actionable leadership insights.
• Identify trends and systemic risks affecting A&E; communicate effectively.
• Support governance forums and leadership risk discussions.
• Drive continuous improvement of governance practices and tools.

Skills

Governance

Risk management

Controls

Audit

Compliance

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Archer

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Governance Analyst, Architecture & Engineering

The Governance Analyst role plays a key part in helping shape and strengthen governance, risk, and control practices across Global Architecture & Engineering, working closely with leaders, subject matter experts, and risk partners across the organization.
The position offers broad exposure across A&E and the opportunity to influence how governance, risk, controls, audits, and regulatory commitments are managed across the organization.

Position Responsibilities

• Maintain oversight of A&E risks, controls, corrective action plans, audit findings, and regulatory obligations to ensure they remain current, connected, and fit for purpose.
• Identify gaps, overlaps, and inconsistencies across risks, controls, and governance processes, recommending practical improvements.
• Drive the rationalization and simplification of governance, risk, and control processes across A&E.
• Partner with risk, compliance, audit, governance, and business stakeholders to align activities and provide oversight, challenge, and insight.
• Assess remediation plans, corrective actions, and risk commitments to ensure they remain appropriate, accountable, and on track.
• Support preparation for audits, governance reviews, and regulatory assessments.
• Develop concise executive-level reporting on risk, control, and governance matters.
• Translate complex information into actionable insights and recommendations for leadership.
• Identify and communicate key trends, themes, and systemic risks affecting A&E.
• Support governance forums, leadership reviews, and organizational risk discussions.
• Drive continuous improvement of governance practices, tools, and operating processes.

Required Qualifications

• Three to five years of experience in governance, risk management, controls, audit, compliance, operational risk, business management, or a related function.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to assess issues holistically and identify root causes, gaps, and emerging risks.
• Experience working with senior leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders in complex organizational environments.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize information from multiple sources and translate it into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Experience supporting governance forums, risk reviews, audits, regulatory initiatives, or remediation programs.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with execution, accountability, and follow‑through.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Archer, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar governance and workflow platforms.
• Experience supporting governance, risk, and control activities within Architecture & Engineering or another technology‑focused function.
• Experience preparing concise risk and governance reporting for senior leadership.
• Knowledge of corrective action plans, regulatory commitments, and audit‑remediation processes.

When You Join Our Team

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

Referenced Salary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Working Arrangement

ハイブリッド勤務

Salary range is expected to be between

$86,100.00 CAD - $136,100.00 CAD

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Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job‑related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long‑term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact [e-mail] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.

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