Prudential Governance & Oversight Leader

Banque Nationale du Canada; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness program

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and family assistance program

Preferential banking services

Involvement in community initiatives

Virtual sleep clinic

Job summary

National Bank is seeking a Chief Advisor in the Prudential Standards and Oversight Office to strengthen regulatory governance and oversight across the Bank. You will coordinate reviews, ensure high-quality evidence, and translate OSFI expectations into practical governance actions.

You will collaborate with senior leaders and risk partners to drive remediation, dashboards, and reporting, while supporting training and best practices in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in risk management, regulatory governance, compliance, internal controls, audit, finance or related banking function.
• Experience in model risk management and/or credit risk management is considered a strong asset; expertise in one of these domains may be prioritized.
• Strong understanding of prudential regulation and financial institution governance, including OSFI expectations and Basel-related standards.
• Experience assessing the quality of evidence and translating regulatory requirements into practical and actionable expectations.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, deadlines, and regulatory deliverables.
• Experience preparing, reviewing, or presenting materials for senior management, governance committees, regulators, or audit functions.
• Comfortable adopting emerging technologies and new ways of working, including the use of agentic artificial intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate OSFI regulatory reviews, supervisory meetings, information requests, and submissions end-to-end, ensuring responses are timely, complete, consistent, and well supported.
• Review the quality of prudential regulatory documentation, self-assessments, remediation plans, closure packages, and executive materials before escalation or submission.
• Support the interpretation of OSFI prudential guidelines and regulatory expectations, helping business and risk partners translate requirements into practical governance practices and supporting evidence.
• Lead key activities within the prudential self-assessment program, including planning, evidence standards, quality assurance, issue management, approvals, and reporting.
• Oversee and monitor regulatory action plans and recommendations, clarify accountabilities, track progress, assess closure readiness, and elevate emerging risks or delays.
• Prepare executive dashboards, reports, and insights for senior management and governance committees while contributing to regulatory horizon scanning, training initiatives, and best practice implementation.

Skills

Regulatory governance

OSFI guidance

Risk management

Regulatory engagement

Project management

Executive communications

Data analysis

AI tools

Job description

National Bank is seeking a Chief Advisor in the Prudential Standards and Oversight Office to strengthen regulatory governance and oversight across the Bank. You will coordinate reviews, ensure high-quality evidence, and translate OSFI expectations into practical governance actions.

You will collaborate with senior leaders and risk partners to drive remediation, dashboards, and reporting, while supporting training and best practices in a hybrid work environment.