Senior Risk Advisory Consultant

Loblaw Companies Limited; Brampton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Loblaw Companies Limited is seeking a Senior Risk Advisory Consultant to lead high-priority operational risk advisory engagements within Assurance & Advisory. You will work with cross-functional partners to understand challenges, analyze processes, identify risks, and deliver practical recommendations for senior stakeholders.

The role emphasizes executive-ready communications, visual presentations, and proactive risk mitigation across Loblaw's diverse businesses, including retail, supply chain

Qualifications

• 2+ years in management consulting, risk advisory, or related consulting capacity.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with business partners at multiple levels.
• Excellent PowerPoint, Excel, presentation and storytelling skills.
• Strong project management discipline with ownership of workstreams.
• Business-oriented mindset connecting strategy, operations, risks and controls.
• Curious, proactive, entrepreneurial, able to operate in ambiguity.
• Bachelor's degree; MBA/CPA/CIA/PMP or similar is an asset but not required.

Responsibilities

• Help execute a portfolio of high-priority operational risk advisory and assurance projects.
• Contribute to special advisory projects and Board-level requests with clear analysis.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to understand operations, risks and improvements.
• Build executive-ready, visually clear presentations linking strategy to risks and controls.
• Research emerging internal and external risks across Loblaw's portfolio.
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions, interviews and workshops with consulting-style polish.
• Contribute to process improvement, benchmarking and service-delivery enhancements.
• Use data and judgment to identify opportunities to mitigate risk and create value.
• Support assurance engagements with process walkthroughs, evidence collection and documentation.

Skills

Stakeholder management

PowerPoint

Excel

Presentation skills

Storytelling

Project management

Business acumen

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

MBA / CPA / CIA / PMP asset

Job description

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well®.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

Why this role is important

Loblaw's Risk Advisory group is a strategic advisory partner to the business, helping protect, grow, and improve one of Canada's largest and most complex retail enterprises. The team works across the full Loblaw portfolio to advise on high-impact business priorities, strengthen governance, improve operations, and help leaders proactively identify and mitigate risk before issues become reactive.

This internal consulting-style opportunity is for someone who wants to influence how a national-scale business makes decisions, manages operational risk, and improves performance. The work is highly visible, business-critical, and connected to senior leadership and Board-level priorities.

About The Role

As a Senior Risk Advisory Consultant within Assurance & Advisory, you will help lead and execute high-priority advisory and assurance engagements across Loblaw. This role is not traditional financial audit, SOX, IT audit, credit risk, or compliance testing. It is a consultative, stakeholder-facing role focused primarily on operational risk advisory, proactive risk mitigation, process improvement, and executive-ready recommendations.

You will work directly with cross-functional business partners to understand current and emerging challenges, analyze operational processes, identify risks and opportunities, and deliver clear, practical, and business-oriented recommendations. You will also help prepare highly visual presentations and materials that simplify complex issues for senior stakeholders.

What you will do

• Help execute a portfolio of high-priority operational risk advisory and assurance projects across Loblaw's businesses, with a focus on understanding root causes, risks, opportunities, and practical business recommendations.
• Contribute to special advisory projects and senior leadership / Board-level requests where clear analysis, risk judgment, and executive-ready communication are required.
• Partner directly with cross-functional business leaders to understand current-state operations, identify emerging risks and control gaps, and recommend ways to improve outcomes.
• Build clear, highly visual, executive-ready presentations that connect the dots between business strategy, operational realities, risks, controls, root causes, and recommendations.
• Research emerging internal and external risks impacting retail, pharmacy, supply chain, digital, financial services, ESG, and other areas of the Loblaw portfolio.
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions, interviews, workshops, and follow-ups with the confidence and polish expected in a consulting-style environment.
• Contribute to process improvement, benchmarking, thought leadership, and service delivery enhancements that raise the quality and impact of the Risk Advisory function.
• Use data, process insights, and business judgment to identify opportunities to mitigate risk, improve operations, strengthen governance, and create enterprise value.
• Support the execution of assurance engagements by conducting and documenting process walkthroughs, gathering evidence, performing testing, and preparing clear, concise documentation

What you bring

• 2+ years of experience in management consulting, risk advisory, operational risk, operational internal audit, enterprise risk, business advisory, process improvement, project risk, or a related consulting capacity.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working with business partners at multiple levels.
• Excellent PowerPoint, Excel, presentation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex business issues and communicate findings in a clear, visual, and executive-ready way.
• Strong project management discipline, including ownership of workstreams, timelines, deliverables, stakeholder follow-ups, and recommendations.
• Business-oriented mindset with the ability to connect strategy, operations, risks, controls, and root causes.
• Curious, proactive, entrepreneurial, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field. MBA, CPA, CIA, PMP, or similar designation is an asset but not required.

This role is likely not a fit if you are looking for

• Credit risk, market risk, investment risk, or financial modeling roles.
• Traditional financial statement audit, technical accounting, or external audit-only work.
• SOX, ICFR, SOC reporting, IT audit, or compliance testing-heavy roles.
• Asset protection or reactive investigation roles.

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.

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.

Hiring Range / Échelle Salariale à L’embauche

$80,000.00 - $110,000.00 / 80.000,00$ - 110.000,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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