Senior Advisor - Risk Governance

Banque Nationale du Canada$100K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field and at least 7+ years of experience in risk management or risk governance
  • Strong knowledge of risk management practices
  • Advanced ability to leverage artificial intelligence tools to enhance the quality and efficiency of deliverables
  • Strong influencing skills to mobilize and align stakeholders without direct authority
  • Excellent structuring and analytical skills, with a strong sense of initiative
  • Collaborative mindset focused on pragmatic, solution-oriented approaches
  • Strong communication skills to synthesize complex issues for various audiences

Responsibilities

  • Strengthen governance by defining cross-functional expectations and embedding policy framework best practices
  • Ensure integration of risk management components through clear linkages between policies, frameworks, and controls
  • Enhance governance mechanisms by guiding and challenging accountable teams for quality and consistency
  • Lead the risk management attestation process with structured and reliable evidence of framework effectiveness
  • Contribute to the governance of financial crisis management, including recovery and resolution plans
  • Influence stakeholders as a trusted advisor to strengthen risk governance practices
  • Lead activities related to regulatory reviews and support executive-level reporting

Benefits

  • Health and wellness program with various options
  • Flexible group insurance
  • Generous pension plan
  • Employee Share Ownership Plan
  • Employee and family assistance program
  • Preferential banking services
  • Involvement in community initiatives
  • Telemedicine service
  • Virtual sleep clinic
Full Job Description
A career as a Senior Advisor - Risk Governance within the Integrated Risk Management team at National Bank means playing a key role at the heart of the evolution of the Bank's risk management practices. You will act as an expert in the coherence and integration of risk management frameworks, ensuring their alignment and their ability to meet the highest regulatory and governance standards.

This role offers a unique opportunity to directly influence risk management practices across the organization. Working closely with specialized teams, you will contribute to structuring, harmonizing and demonstrating the robustness of the Bank's risk governance framework, particularly in strategic areas such as financial crisis management, recovery and resolution planning, and executive risk attestation processes.

Your role:
  • Strengthen the governance of the risk management framework by defining cross-functional expectations and embedding policy framework best practices, while ensuring consistent application across the organization
  • Ensure a consistent and demonstrable integration of risk management components, by establishing clear linkages between policies, frameworks, risk inventory, controls and indicators to support an integrated and practical enterprise view
  • Enhance governance and oversight mechanisms, by guiding and challenging accountable teams to ensure the quality, consistency and demonstrability of deliverables
  • Lead the risk management attestation process with the Chief Risk Officer and governance bodies, ensuring structured, reliable and auditable evidence of framework effectiveness
  • Contribute to the governance of the financial crisis management program, including recovery and resolution plans as well as crisis simulations, by ensuring proper integration of results into risk frameworks
  • Influence stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor, supporting the evolution and strengthening of risk governance practices across the organization
  • Lead activities related to regulatory reviews and internal audit engagements, and support executive-level reporting when required

Your team:

As part of the Integrated Risk Management and Credit Analytics sector, you will join a team of 26 professionals and report to the Senior Director, Integrated Risk Management.

Your impact: You will directly contribute to strengthening the credibility of the Bank's risk management framework with governance bodies and regulators.

Prerequisites:
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field and at least 7+ years of experience in risk management or risk governance
  • Strong knowledge of risk management practices
  • Advanced ability to leverage artificial intelligence tools to enhance the quality and efficiency a of deliverables
  • Strong influencing skills, with the ability to mobilize and align stakeholders without direct authority
  • Excellent structuring and analytical skills, rigor, autonomy and strong sense of initiative
  • Collaborative mindset with a focus on pragmatic, solution-oriented approaches
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex issues for various audiences


Languages:

English, French

Reason to require this language: you will need to collaborate with a regulator/authority/government body outside Quebec.

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Your benefits

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you'll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

* Health and wellness program, including many options

* Flexible group insurance

* Generous pension plan

* Employee Share Ownership Plan

* Employee and family assistance program

* Preferential banking services

* Involvement in community initiatives

* Telemedicine service

* Virtual sleep clinic

We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees' ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.

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