Senior Specialist, Compliance and Quality Assurance

Skillhub Solutions Inc.; Montreal; On-site; CAD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CMHC - SCHL is seeking a Senior Specialist, Compliance and Quality Assurance in Montreal, QC. The role focuses on risk management, quality assurance, and internal controls, providing strategic insight and independent challenge on operational risks.

You will build Power BI dashboards, work with diverse data sources, and partner with business lines to strengthen governance, reporting, and risk awareness. A bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of related experience are required, with some in-office

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in business administration, commerce, finance, data or analytics, or a related discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience in audit, quality assurance, compliance, risk management, and/or internal control, including using data and analytics for oversight, reporting, or decision-making.
• Knowledge of financial and/or non-financial risk management policy development and oversight, including risk data, metrics, and indicators.
• Experience designing dashboards and reporting solutions, working with data from multiple sources, and translating complex data into management insights.
• Strong communication, influencing, negotiation, analytical, and relationship-building skills.
• Bilingualism in French and English; or certifications in operational risk management, business continuity management, or data governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and improve operational risk management, internal control, quality assurance, and compliance frameworks and practices.
• Advise on risk governance, risk appetite, operational direction, and governance documentation.
• Lead objective setting, risk assessments, monitoring, testing, evaluation, and reporting for risks, controls, processes, and policy or program requirements.
• Identify emerging risks and control issues, recommend and monitor remediation, and escalate significant concerns.
• Maintain risk indicators and performance measures; analyze risk data and improve the quality and consistency of reporting information.
• Build and improve Power BI dashboards, data models, and reporting solutions using data from multiple sources.
• Partner with business lines and risk and oversight teams; communicate findings, influence decisions, and support risk awareness.

Skills

Data analytics

Risk management

Quality assurance

Dashboards

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/data/analytics

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Senior Specialist, Compliance and Quality Assurance

CMHC - SCHL

Montreal, QC Full-time CA$104,180.28 - CA$130,225.36 / year

Senior Specialist, Compliance and Quality Assurance

About the role

Join the Chief Risk Officer’s team and provide strategic insight and independent challenge on operational risks. Work with first-line teams to enhance risk practices, improve controls, strengthen risk data and reporting, and support proactive, data-driven operational risk management.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and improve operational risk management, internal control, quality assurance, and compliance frameworks and practices.
• Advise on risk governance, risk appetite, operational direction, and governance documentation.
• Lead objective setting, risk assessments, monitoring, testing, evaluation, and reporting for risks, controls, processes, and policy or program requirements.
• Identify emerging risks and control issues, recommend and monitor remediation, and escalate significant concerns.
• Maintain risk indicators and performance measures; analyze risk data and improve the quality and consistency of reporting information.
• Build and improve Power BI dashboards, data models, and reporting solutions using data from multiple sources.
• Partner with business lines and risk and oversight teams; communicate findings, influence decisions, and support risk awareness.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in business administration, commerce, finance, data or analytics, or a related discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience in audit, quality assurance, compliance, risk management, and/or internal control, including using data and analytics for oversight, reporting, or decision-making.
• Knowledge of financial and/or non-financial risk management policy development and oversight, including risk data, metrics, and indicators.
• Experience designing dashboards and reporting solutions, working with data from multiple sources, and translating complex data into management insights.
• Strong communication, influencing, negotiation, analytical, and relationship-building skills.

Additional assets

A relevant professional designation such as CPA, CISA, CIA, CRM, or CRMP; bilingualism in French and English; or certifications in operational risk management, business continuity management, or data governance.

The competition remains active until filled. Some in-office presence is required; alternative arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates in specified circumstances.

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