Senior Director, Financial Crime

iA Financial Group; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible group insurance

Competitive pension plan

Employee share purchase plan

Vacation, wellness, and personal dev.

Telemedicine

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Ergonomic furniture program

Performance bonus

Discounts on iA products

Job summary

iA Financial Group is seeking a Senior Director, Financial Crime to shape the vision and transformation of its anti-money laundering and fraud prevention programs. You will lead two specialized teams, guide governance across subsidiaries, and represent the organization with regulators.

The role demands strategic leadership, strong regulatory acumen, and fluency in French and English to manage investigations and communications across the Group and with authorities.

Qualifications

• Ten years of relevant experience in financial crime, AML-ATF, or investigations.
• Five years of management experience.
• Advanced proficiency in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mobilize teams of AML/financial crime professionals across the Group.
• Define multi-year vision, risk appetite, and investment priorities for financial crime.
• Lead iA Alerte and develop AI-enhanced detection capabilities.
• Govern AML-ATF across subsidiaries and ensure program consistency.

Skills

Leadership

AML-ATF

Regulatory compliance

Strategic planning

Bilingual French/English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Job Description

Build the future with us

Are you passionate about fighting financial crime and eager to contribute to the purpose of a company committed to ensuring its clients feel confident and secure about their future? As Senior Director, Financial Crime, you will play a key role in shaping the vision, performance, and transformation of iA Financial Group’s financial crime programs. Reporting to the Vice-President and Chief Compliance Officer, who also serves as the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer, you will lead the teams of professionals within the Anti-Money Laundering Office and the Fraud Prevention Office, while also acting as Deputy Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer.

You will also provide functional leadership to the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officers of the Group’s subsidiaries and mobilize AML-ATF representatives across the business sectors in managing cases and information requests. This position represents a great opportunity to showcase your skills and fully realize your potential within a caring and trustworthy company. Here, people and their development are at the heart of our priorities, creating an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.

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What you’ll accomplish with us

As Senior Director, Financial Crime , you will be at the heart of our mission. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead and mobilize two teams of specialized professionals, develop expertise, and build a recognized centre of expertise across the Group.
• Define the multi-year vision, risk appetite, and investment priorities related to financial crime.
• Lead iA Alerte by defining the vision, roadmap, and success criteria for an integrated financial crime detection capability aimed at enhancing detection tools through the integration of artificial intelligence.
• Lead the Group’s AML-ATF governance by guiding the subsidiaries’ Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officers in applying Group standards, ensuring program consistency, and supporting their accountability.
• Mobilize business sectors and coordinate investigations and remediation activities while ensuring rigorous and consistent practices.
• Provide strategic leadership, guide senior management decision-making, and foster alignment among business sectors and subsidiaries with the Group’s financial crime priorities.
• Represent the organization and lead discussions with FINTRAC, the AMF, OSFI, and law enforcement agencies, while demonstrating the robustness of the organization’s programs and controls.

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What could accelerate your success in this role

We are looking for someone who:

• Is recognized for their engaging leadership and ability to inspire and rally multidisciplinary teams around a shared vision, as well as exert significant influence without direct reporting authority.
• Stands out for their strategic vision, strong execution skills, and ability to turn ambition into a comprehensive operating model encompassing governance, processes, tools, and performance indicators.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex issues to the Board, senior management, and regulatory authorities, as well as sound judgment when managing matters with significant regulatory and reputational implications.
• Has a strong interest in innovation and artificial intelligence, along with the ability to leverage emerging technologies to advance prevention, detection, and analytical practices.
• Holds a bachelor’s degree in law, business administration, finance, accounting, criminology, risk management, or a related field.
• Has 10 years of relevant experience, including 5 years of management experience, as well as substantial experience in financial crime, AML-ATF, fraud, compliance, or investigations within a regulated environment, including several years managing teams of professionals.
• Has training or certification in AML-ATF, fraud, compliance, risk management, audit, or data, which is considered a strong asset.
• Advanced proficiency in both French and English is required, as the successful candidate will regularly be responsible for managing files and information requests, coordinating investigations and remediation efforts, and communicating complex issues in a clear and accessible manner to subsidiaries, business units, senior management, and regulatory authorities.

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Why you’ll love working with us

• A work environment where learning and development come together with a collective pursuit of excellence.
• Artificial intelligence is in everyone’s hands, helping increase personal effectiveness and supporting the organization’s growth.
• A healthy, safe, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone can reach their full potential and develop freely.
• The opportunity to work in a hybrid environment supported by flexibility and access to inspiring and innovative workspaces.

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Competitive benefits

• Flexible group insurance
• Competitive pension plan
• Employee share purchase plan
• Vacation, wellness, and personal development days
• Telemedicine
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Ergonomic furniture program
• Performance bonus
• Discounts on iA products
• And much more!

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Location(s)

Quebec / 1080, Grande Allee West

Other Possible Location(s)

Montreal / 1981 McGill College Avenue

Company

iA Financial Group

Posting End Date

2026-11-24

Company Overview

iA Financial Group* is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 25,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.

With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.

At iA, we’re invested in you.

* iA Financial group includes the following entities: iA Services financiers, iA assurance auto et habitation, iA Gestion privée de patrimoine, PPI Management, Investia, iA Gestion de placements, Prysm, iA Clarington, Michel Rhéaume et associés, Garanties Nationales, WGI Manufacturing, WGI Service Plan Division, Lubrico, iA Financement auto

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At iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. We strive to provide a workplace that is recognized as inclusive for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation, or physical or mental disability.

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