About the Role

Continued growth has created an exciting opportunity for an Associate/Senior Associate to join our Technology Services Group.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate, build, and succeed as part of a high-performing team of professionals with diverse backgrounds and a passion for growing businesses-both ours and our clients'.

This role requires a strong foundation in technology delivery and risk management, achieved through experience in designing, developing, and/or delivering technology-enabled business solutions, as well as assessing and mitigating technology risks. The ideal candidate will combine technical delivery expertise with a consulting mindset, enabling them to engage senior stakeholders, support cross-functional teams, and deliver security-focused initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Technology Advisory & Delivery

• Support project scoping, approach design, work planning, team structure, and effort and timeline estimation.
• Deliver technology risk and advisory engagements within agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.
• Facilitate client meetings and develop clear reports, presentations, recommendations, and other deliverables.
• Identify, manage, and escalate project risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints.

Technology Risk

• Support a range of technology risk, cybersecurity, regulatory, governance, and controls advisory engagements.
• Identify and assess technology risks and evaluate the effectiveness of associated governance, processes, and controls.
• Apply recognized risk and control frameworks to assess client environments and develop practical recommendations.
• Review policies, standards, procedures, risk assessments, and control documentation for completeness, consistency, and alignment.
• Support regulatory and industry-standard assessments, including evaluating whether relevant risks and requirements are appropriately addressed.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen, standardize, rationalize, or automate risk and control activities.
• Demonstrate an understanding of control design and operating effectiveness, including control objectives, testing approaches, evidence requirements, and documentation of conclusions.
• Support control assessment and testing activities across IT general controls, application controls, business controls, and technology-dependent controls.

Leadership & Practice Development

• Provide day-to-day direction, coaching, and mentoring of junior team members.
• Lead cross-functional teams and drive security initiatives to completion.
• Contribute to business development, client delivery, and practice growth.
• Support employee growth through Optimus SBR's Career Development Program (CDP).

Qualifications:

Required:

• 6+ years of experience in technology risk, IT audit, cybersecurity, control testing, regulatory compliance, or advisory consulting.
• Strong understanding of IT and business controls, including experience assessing control design or operating effectiveness.
• Experience reviewing policies, procedures, risks, and controls and identifying gaps or standardization opportunities.
• Knowledge of frameworks such as COSO, COBIT, NIST CSF, or ISO 27001.
• Strong analytical, project-management, communication, and client-engagement skills.
• Ability to coordinate workstreams and provide direction and quality review to junior resources.
• University degree in business, accounting, technology, cybersecurity, or a related discipline.

Nice to Have:

• Certifications: CPA, CRISC, CISSP, CISA, CISM.
• Understanding of Canadian and US regulators (OSFI, OCC, FRB).
• Experience with SOC and SOX reporting.
• Previous experience in a 1LoD or 2LoD role.
• Experience with control rationalization, regulatory mapping, procedure development, or identifying automation opportunities.
• Familiarity with GRC, analytics, and automation tools.
• Big 4 or consulting firm background.

Interview recording & AI notetakers

During the interview process, we may use transcription or AI notetaking tools. To protect privacy, legal compliance, and interviewer/candidate experience, the use of these tools is not permitted without your prior consent. We will ask for your consent and if you wish to decline, handwritten notes are welcome.

Compensation: Salary range is $100,000-130,000 CAD

Salary ranges are designed to be competitive. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, and experience and is subject to negotiation and subject to the candidate meeting the specific requirements or the role. Exceptional candidates may be considered above the top of the range, and pay can increase quickly for those who make a big impact in the role.

A Taste of Some of the Great Benefits at Optimus

Financial

• Annual Bonus
• Retirement savings through our Group RRSP program
• Company equity for Managers and above
• Maternity and Parental Leave with top up compensation

Flexibility

• Work in a Hybrid model (when client projects permit)
• 12 Optimus Days paid

Health

• Top-tier health benefits
• Life & disability insurance
• Health Spending Dollars

So, what's next?

At Optimus SBR, we're all about creating a space where everyone belongs and can thrive. We're committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming people from all backgrounds. We're proud to back missions like the BlackNorth Initiative to drive real change. Let's build something meaningful together, where your voice matters and fearless ideas can shine.

Vacancy Status: Existing vacancy within our organization.

Submit your application with your resume today! While we appreciate all applications, only selected candidates will be contacted for interviews.