Senior Risk Leader: Capital & Climate (Hybrid)

Foresters Financial Limited; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 121,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Foresters Financial Limited is seeking a Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management to strengthen enterprise-wide risk governance, focusing on capital risk, model risk, and climate-related financial risk. You will provide strategic oversight across Actuarial, Finance, Investments, IT, and Compliance, mentoring one direct report.

The role requires interpreting complex technical data for executive audiences and coordinating risk discussions with senior leaders and Board committees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics or similar.
• Experience in capital adequacy, risk modeling and governance within financial services.
• Strong ability to interpret complex technical information for senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital risk assessment, ORSA processes and risk narrative for senior management and Board committees.
• Direct climate-related financial risk management and modeling framework development.
• Strengthen enterprise-wide model risk governance and risk appetite/tolerances.
• Support risk reporting for executive and Board committees with clear, concise messaging.
• Lead and develop one direct report and coordinate cross-functional risk activities.

Skills

Capital risk

Model risk

Climate risk

Stakeholder comms

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Actuarial background

Job description

Foresters Financial Limited is seeking a Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management to strengthen enterprise-wide risk governance, focusing on capital risk, model risk, and climate-related financial risk. You will provide strategic oversight across Actuarial, Finance, Investments, IT, and Compliance, mentoring one direct report.

The role requires interpreting complex technical data for executive audiences and coordinating risk discussions with senior leaders and Board committees.