Analyst, ERM Shared Services

Canada Life

$59K — $109K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years of experience in risk management or related fields
  • College or university education with data analysis skills
  • Strong analytical ability and business acumen
  • Broad knowledge of economics and financial principles
  • Effective project management and time management skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; familiar with AI tools (preferred risk management designation)

Responsibilities

  • Perform data analysis on current and emerging risks
  • Maintain accurate and current risk data and reports
  • Coordinate information gathering from various stakeholders
  • Prepare materials for quarterly and annual risk reporting
  • Conduct analysis to support risk management disclosures
  • Support annual self-assessments and reporting
  • Identify opportunities for process efficiency improvements

Benefits

  • Flexible location options for work in major cities
  • Opportunity for career development within a large organization
  • Engagement in impactful enterprise risk management activities
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across the organization
  • Supportive work culture emphasizing efficiency and quality improvements
Full Job Description
Permanent Full Time

Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), the Analyst, Great-West ERM, Shared Services supports enterprise risk management activities through data collection, research, analysis, monitoring and reporting related to current and emerging risks, risk measurement, and quarterly and annual risk reporting.

The Analyst contributes analytical and coordination support within established methodologies, governance processes and reporting frameworks. The role helps maintain risk-related data and metrics, prepares reporting materials, coordinates information gathering across stakeholders, and supports the team in continuously improving the efficiency and quality of ERM processes.

This role works with segment risk oversight teams and members of the Great-West ERM Shared Services team to support established production processes, collection and analysis of information, monitoring and reporting.

What you will do:

Support the current and emerging risk program:
  • Perform data analysis of current and emerging risk information, including inputs from regular environmental scans, quarterly reviews, roundtables, reporting and annual risk workshops.
  • Support the maintenance of current and emerging risk data and help ensure risk registers and related reporting materials are current, accurate and supported by validated information.
  • Coordinate information gathering with stakeholders across segment risk oversight functions and support timely completion of established processes.

Support quarterly and annual risk reporting:
  • Prepare and support risk reporting, key risk slides and other analysis for quarterly and annual risk reporting processes.
  • Conduct annual peer review and other analysis supporting the MD&A risk management disclosure.
  • Collect, clean and aggregate information to support monitoring, reporting and presentation materials.

Support risk measurement and monitoring activities:
  • Support annual self-assessments and related reporting through data aggregation, analysis and reporting support.
  • Build out and maintain risk culture scorecard data and other metrics as required.
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency in data collection, analysis and reporting processes, including appropriate use of automation and AI tools.

Provide team operational and analytical support:
  • Coordinate updates to global risk organizational charts and other centralized coordination activities.
  • Provide ad hoc data analysis in support of team capacity needs or special projects.
  • Support direct team members and take direction from team members other than the immediate supervisor where appropriate.

What you will bring:
  • 2-4 years of relevant experience in risk management, analytics, reporting, business analysis or a related oversight/support function.
  • College or university education, with demonstrated ability to perform data analysis and manage work across timelines and priorities.
  • Business acumen, research skills and strong analytical capability, with the ability to work with data to support risk identification, measurement and monitoring.
  • Broad business, economics and financial knowledge, including awareness of current events and their potential relevance to current and emerging risks.
  • Strong project management, time management and schedule self-management skills, with the ability to prioritize and re-plan in a dynamic environment.
  • Relationship-building and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders.
  • Computer literacy and expert knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; ability to query AI tools effectively and validate outputs for accuracy.
  • Preferred: a risk management designation, or progress toward a risk management designation.

Working style and success in the role
  • Delivers accurate, timely information and reporting materials that support ERM processes and decision-making by leadership.
  • Maintains current, accurate and well-organized risk-related data and metrics.
  • Works within defined methodologies and governance processes, with guidance and oversight from the Director, ERM.
  • Contributes to process efficiency and quality improvements


Location

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: Toronto, London, Winnipeg

The base salary for this position is between $59,800.00 - $109,700.00 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Requisition ID: 6663

Category: Corporate Functions

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