Senior Analyst, Risk Advisory Services

Loblaw Companies Limited; Brampton; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major grocery retailer in Canada is seeking a Senior Analyst in Risk Advisory Services. This role involves leading risk engagements, managing client relationships, and mentoring team members. Ideal candidates have a business degree with relevant experience and skills in critical thinking and data visualization. The company offers a competitive salary and a range of perks, including an on-site gym and continuous learning opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package

Ongoing learning and career development opportunities

On-site gym

Work Perks Program

Basketball & Volleyball courts

Grocery delivery via PC Express

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in management consulting or finance.
• Big 4 experience is an asset.
• Ability to connect business strategy with risks and control environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive planning and execution of Assurance and Advisory engagements.
• Manage client relationships throughout project lifecycle.
• Participate actively in delivery teams and mentor junior members.

Skills

Critical thinking

Data visualization

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering, politics, or social sciences

CPA, ACCA, CIA or MBA

Tools

Microsoft Office

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Analyst, Risk Advisory Services

Work model: Minimum 4 days in the office per week.

Base office: 1 Presidents Choice Circle, Brampton, Ontario, L6Y 5S5

Travel: Requirement to travel to our various offices in the Greater Toronto Area (including Toronto and North York), from time-to-time, based on project and business needs

ABOUT THE COMPANY AND TEAM

At Loblaw, we are Food Lovers! We are committed to our Colleagues and Customers and work hard to create a culture that allows us to be our authentic selves while working as a Team. We know that clear communication, collaboration, and teamwork is the key to having a successful workplace.

As a key business partner across the group of companies, the Risk Advisory team is a progressive and dynamic world‑class consulting function that is focused on delivering innovative, valuable, and effective Advisory and Assurance and Enterprise Risk Management services by supporting the businesses to protect, grow, and improve its governance, operations, and results.

You will work with a team that values diverse ideas, prioritizes a culture of inclusion, and develops our talent from within. We hire business‑minded and entrepreneurial people, who strive to learn and solve problems. We will fuel your curiosity with challenging work, talented colleagues, and creative learning resources. At every level, we champion leaders who influence and achieve results. By prioritizing people development, we incubate talent and thought leadership, which we can then apply across our businesses.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Risk Advisory, the Senior Analyst will be responsible to help lead and execute on a variety of high‑impact and high‑visibility risk engagements across our portfolio of entities, delivering top‑quality business‑oriented solutions, and for building relationships with a variety of cross‑functional stakeholders in critical and exciting operational and strategic areas.

The company is looking for an individual with a curious, entrepreneurial, and business‑oriented mindset, who is self‑driven and possesses the right critical thinking, data visualization, and interpersonal skills to proactively tap into existing and potential data sources and seek answers to important business challenges.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Engagement Leadership and Management

• Drive the planning, execution and reporting of multiple high‑priority and high‑visibility Assurance and Advisory engagements, focusing on governance, risk, controls, and performance improvements.
• Partner and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve existing management processes or to build new processes and thought leadership around our businesses.
• Provide independent assurance, aiming to improve internal control, reduce risk exposures, verify compliance with policies & procedures, and validate the efficient use of resources.
• Create and present highly visual, creative, client‑focused deliverables and presentations, which connect the dots in a simple and business‑oriented way, capturing current and emerging risks, potential issues, opportunities, and mitigating activities which are meaningful and practical for the businesses.
• Champion client specific initiatives to enhance the quality of our service delivery including benchmarking, internal / external research, industry events, thought leadership, relationship building, training and competency development.

Client and Relationship Management

• Manage client relationships and communication around the project lifecycle with cross‑functional teams.
• Proactively develop and own relationships with key stakeholders in the business to ensure we are adaptable to changing business needs and adding value in the right direction.

Team Management

• Participate as an active member of the delivery teams and mentor junior team members through coaching and leading by example.
• Review the quality of the fieldwork and deliverables prepared by junior team members.

COMPETENCIES

• A bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering, politics, or social sciences.
• CPA, ACCA, CIA or MBA is a strong asset.
• 3+ years of experience in management consulting, finance, managing business operations, and/or internal audit / external audit. Big 4 experience is an asset.
• Strong business acumen, with an ability to connect the dots between the business strategy, tactics, risks, and control environment, with significant exposure to risk/control mindset & frameworks.
• Superior communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels (both written and verbal).
• Proven problem‑solver, with an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Self‑starter with a strong work ethic and solutions‑based mentality.
• Passion and exceptional desire to make an impact in the business and community.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.

WHAT LOBLAW OFFERS YOU / What’s in it for you?

• Unique opportunity to join a large world‑class team of risk advisory professionals with a proven industry leader.
• Ongoing opportunities for learning and career development.
• Ability to make an immediate impact on business leaders through projects and risk discussions.
• A competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Continuous learning through development reimbursement, in accordance with company policies.
• Work Perks Program.
• On‑site gym, Basketball & Volleyball courts, Ice Rink, and Groceries delivered to work via PC Express.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision‑making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long‑standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note: Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.