Manager, Financial Controls, Group & North America (Bilingual)

Intact Financial Corporation; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking a Bilingual Manager for Financial Controls to enhance their compliance framework. This role involves managing a team, ensuring financial reporting integrity, and fostering strong stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate will have extensive audit experience and a CPA designation. The position offers a hybrid work model and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Financial rewards program

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Flex pension and benefits package

Flexible work arrangements

Extra days off

Annual wellness account

Learning opportunities

Community Impact program

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of internal or external audit experience.
• Minimum 3 years experience leading direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute 52-109 financial compliance work.
• Ensure appropriate key business process controls are properly risk assessed.
• Develop and manage a team of professionals.

Skills

Bilingualism

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Relationship-Building

Accountability

Integrity

Agility

Transparency

Education

CPA designation

Job description

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Bilingual Manager, Financial Controls, Group & North America to play a key role in supporting our growth.

The Manager will be central to the development and evolution of our financial controls and compliance framework, primarily focusing on the NI52-109 requirements. This role will involve managing a team, providing guidance, and coaching to ensure effective process improvements, risk mitigation and controls rationalization, thereby ensuring controls in place are designed and operating effective to ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial reporting.

This position offers diverse responsibilities and an opportunity for significant exposure across many business units and strategies within Intact, all while leading and mentoring an exceptional team of financial and compliance professionals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Plan and execute 52-109 financial compliance work: strategy development (scope of work) and establishment of timelines to support the certification process.
• Ensure appropriate key business process controls are properly risk assessed, identified and corresponding documentation is captured and tested.
• See to the timely execution of the 52-109 testing (design and operating efficiency), including appropriate test strategy, test result quality, assessment of deficiencies and communication of results.
• Provide support to business units in developing their action plans to address identified deficiencies in a timely manner.
• Experience and involvement with implementations, special projects and/or integration projects to oversee successful business implementation of the required controls.
• Coordinate the scope of work and the testing schedule with external auditors to maximize their use of the work performed by the financial controls team.
• Actively seek to improve ways of working and encourage the development and implementation of practices and tools to optimize processes and work methods in accordance with NI 52-109 standards and best practices, including betterments through data analysis or AI.
• Balance business needs, compliance and best practices across the above-mentioned activities.
• Establish and maintain good relationships with the various stakeholders (business units, IT services, internal and external auditors), including higher levels of management.
• Work closely with the Director, Financial Controls, Group & North America and Director, IT Financial Controls, Group & North America to maximize synergies between the two teams, including the use of data analytics.
• Help in the preparation of reports for senior management and the audit committee.
• Develop and manage a team of professionals, including hiring, performance evaluation, salary recommendations, training, career development and timely coaching.
• Support the Director, Financial Controls in the development and achievement of department objectives.

Your skills and abilities:

• CPA designation – is required.
• Outstanding knowledge of COSO and the 52-109/SOX requirements – is required.
• Minimum 8years of internal or external audit experience, 52-109 or SOX audit experience in an accounting firm, preferably a Big 4 or large company.
• Minimum 3 years experience leading direct reports (including performance management and career development).
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards and financial controls.
• Experience in the insurance and investment industry (an asset).
• Strong ability to positively influence and motivate people towards a common goal.
• Strong ability to maintain a holistic view and manage priorities to focus on what is important.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and relationship-building skills.
• High level of accountability, integrity, agility and transparency.
• Bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking and French-speaking colleagues across the country.

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What we offer

Our hybrid work model provides the balance between working from home and enjoying meaningful in-person interactions.

Working here means you'll be empowered to be and do your best every day. Here is some of what you can expect as a permanent member of our team:

• A financial rewards program that recognizes your success

• An industry leading Employee Share Purchase Plan; we match 50% of net shares purchased

• An extensive flex pension and benefits package, with access to virtual healthcare

• Flexible work arrangements

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• An annual wellness account that promotes an active and healthy lifestyle

• Access to tools and resources to support physical and mental health, embracing change and connecting with colleagues

• A dynamic workplace learning ecosystem complete with learning journeys, interactive online content, and inspiring programs

• Inclusive employee-led networks to educate, inspire, amplify voices, build relationships and provide development opportunities

• Inspiring leaders and colleagues who will lift you up and help you grow

• A Community Impact program, because what you care about is a part of what makes you different. And how you contribute to your community should be just as unique.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.