Meridian Credit Union

Senior Specialist, Compliance Quality Control

Meridian Credit Union$68K — $103K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in compliance and quality control roles in financial services.
  • Strong knowledge of AML, ATF, and sanctions regulations, particularly FINTRAC and PCMLTFA.
  • Proficiency in risk-based quality control methodologies and auditing standards.
  • Excellent documentation skills with a focus on creating audit-defensible QC papers.
  • Ability to analyze fraud risk and implement effective controls, with knowledge of fraud typologies.
  • Solid organizational skills to manage various priorities with minimal supervision.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; French language proficiency is an asset.

Responsibilities

  • Execute risk-based quality control testing over compliance outputs related to AML, ATF, and fraud.
  • Perform post-funding reviews to assess adherence to policies and documentation quality.
  • Validate that findings are supported by solid evidence and meet audit standards.
  • Conduct quality control testing on fraud-related processes, identifying trends and suggesting improvements.
  • Coordinate with law enforcement on fraud recovery and investigative functions.
  • Design and refine ongoing AML/ATF/SC quality control strategies.
  • Produce regular compliance and fraud reporting for leadership and partners.

Benefits

  • Inclusive and collaborative work environment fostering creativity and curiosity.
  • Access to advanced tools and technology to enhance candidate and client engagement.
  • Opportunity to learn from industry leaders with diverse backgrounds.
  • Flexibility of hybrid work arrangements with required in-office collaboration.
  • Engaging workplace culture with a balance of hard work and enjoyment.
Full Job Description
The role:

The OneCap Compliance Quality Control Specialist operates within Meridian OneCap's Line 1b compliance function and is responsible for independently assessing the quality and effectiveness of Anti-Money Laundering ("AML"), Anti-Terrorist Financing ("ATF"), Sanctions Compliance ("SC"), and fraud-related operational outputs.

The role evaluates post-funding documentation, reporting, and control execution to confirm adherence to internal policies, regulatory requirements, and established quality standards. This includes assessing evidentiary support, documentation defensibility, escalation quality, and the accuracy and timeliness of required reporting.

The Specialist also performs targeted quality control testing over fraud-related controls and workflows that intersect with AML operations and delivers consolidated quality insights and trend reporting to the Meridian Credit Union ("Meridian") Fraud Management & Corporate Security team.

In addition, the role contributes to the ongoing development and maturity of the Quality Control ("QC") Program, supports audit and regulatory exam readiness, identifies root causes and emerging risk trends, and recommends process, control, and reporting enhancements to strengthen overall compliance effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

Tactical

  • Execute risk-based quality control testing over AML/ATF/SC and fraud-related operational outputs in accordance with the approved QC framework.
  • Perform post-funding sampling and testing to assess documentation quality, policy/regulations adherence, evidentiary sufficiency, and reporting accuracy.
  • Validate that findings, conclusions, and remediation recommendations are adequately supported and meet evidentiary and retention standards.
  • Conduct QC testing over fraud-related controls, including escalation timeliness, fraud risk indicator assessment, and operational risk loss-event reporting quality; identify trends and recommend potential control, process, or system enhancements.
  • Support Fraud Management and Corporate Security ("FMCS") to coordinate with Law Enforcement on recovery and investigation of instances of OneCap fraud. Support tactical asset recovery and fraud investigation functions as appropriate.


Strategic Oversight

  • Support the design, ongoing refinement, and execution of the AML/ATF/SC and Fraud Quality Control strategy, ensuring scope appropriately addresses evolving regulatory expectations and emerging ML/TF, sanctions evasion, and fraud risks.
  • Act as a subject matter contributor to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying control gaps, systemic issues, and opportunities to strengthen policies, procedures, systems, and workflows.
  • Coordinate responses and supporting documentation for internal audit, external audit, and regulatory exams related to MOCC Operations.
  • Contribute to fraud risk assessments for new products/processes. Participate in control enhancement initiatives driven by emerging risks.
  • Participate in the RSCA and assist in documentation of OneCap risks, including AML, and internal/external fraud risk.


QC Documentations & Audit Readiness

  • Maintain complete, defensible, and audit-ready QC work papers in accordance with established standards.
  • Support audit and regulatory exam activities by coordinating information requests, validating accuracy of submissions, and ensuring timely responses.


Reporting & Issue Management

  • Produce regular AML/ATF/SC and Fraud QC reporting for OneCap leadership, CAMLO/Deputy CAMLO, and applicable Meridian partners, including defect trends, root-cause analysis, and remediation status.
  • Track issues through resolution and contribute insights to governance reporting and policy and procedure enhancement initiatives.


Required Knowledge/Skills:
• Strong working knowledge of FINTRAC, PCMLTFA, and related regulations, with ability to apply guidance to operational activities.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk based QC/QA methodologies, including sampling, testing, defect analysis, and remediation validation.
• Proven ability to produce audit defensible QC work papers and management reporting suitable for audit and regulatory review.
• Solid understanding of fraud typologies, fraud risk assessments, fraud indicators, escalation processes, fraud control systems and strategies, and operational risk loss event reporting.
• Strong knowledge of equipment financing and leasing, including Personal Property Security Act ("PPSA") and Perfect Money Security Interest ("PMSI") concepts and documentation requirements.• Strong organizational skills; able to manage competing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Working knowledge of federal and provincial privacy legislations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, and SharePoint).
• Excellent written and report writing skills
• French (oral and written) is an asset.

This role represents a new vacancy. Internal candidates are being considered as part of our standard process.

Salary Range:$68,800- $103,200 annually.

Compensation for this role is based on a combination of skills, experience, and internal equity. Candidates with stronger alignment to the role's requirements may be placed higher within the range. Your recruiter will share more information about our total rewards package during the hiring process.

Office Location: Toronto or Vancouver Corporate Offices. This is a hybrid opportunity.

Meridian OneCap has a remote work policy that allows flexibility for employees to work remotely but also requires our employees to attend the office minimum one day per week. The intention is for purposeful meetings to collaborate, innovate and build effective relationships with your team, your colleagues and your leader which is important to us.

What's in it for you?

  • We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
  • We provide you with the tools and technology needed to delight your candidates and clients!
  • You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top organizations around the world
  • Hybrid work arrangements with in-person office time to collaborate, innovate and build relationships with your colleagues
  • This isn't your typical "corporate" job. We work hard and we have fun!


At Meridian OneCap, we're not just adapting to the future-we're shaping it. We see talent as a catalyst forsustainable growth,community impact, andfuture-readiness. As the financial landscape evolves, we're looking for team members who bring:

  • Embedding & leveraging technology- Confidence and willingness to learn and integrate AI and emerging technologies into new ways of working. Experience with low/no code tools like the Microsoft Power Platform and generative AI productivity tools like Microsoft Copilot is considered an asset
  • Critical Thinking- The ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret information from various sources and apply logic and problem solving to make decisions.
  • Data Driven- Leverage data and insights to identify, prioritize and improve member experience and business efficiency.
  • Curiosity & Flexibility- Comfortable navigating and embracing change and uncertainty, ask more questions, explore more options. Continuously learn and grow.


About Meridian Credit Union

Meridian Credit Union is a Canadian credit union that was formed in 2005 as a result of the merger between Niagara Credit Union and HEPCOE Credit Union. It is the largest credit union in Ontario and the third largest in Canada, with over 375,000 members and $20 billion in assets under management. Meridian offers a wide range of financial products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, and more.
Learn more about Meridian Credit Union
Size
1,900 employees
Industry
Net Income
$100 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$1 billion

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