Desjardins
Senior Operational Risk Advisor, Life and Health Insurance
Montréal, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 62 days ago
CRMAccountingLeadershipPublic SpeakingActuarial Science
About the role
- You use this knowledge to make informed decisions that are consistent and aligned with risk management best practices.
- You play a leadership role within the second line of defence, in particular by overseeing the end-to-end production of the sector's quarterly reports on operational risks.
- We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all.
Responsibilities
- You independently oversee complex files and facilitate structured, pragmatic and business-oriented discussions with high-level internal partners.
- You also provide support to the risk officer, who you may occasionally replace at key meetings, thereby ensuring that risks are consistently represented in the sector's strategic directions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, business administration, finance, accounting, risk management or any other relevant field
- Proficiency in French, both spoken and written
- Advanced proficiency of English, both oral and written due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
Compensation
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
Benefits
- As a senior operational risk advisor for the second line of defence, you act as a preferred strategic partner representing the life and health insurance sector.
- Your ability to explain complex life and health insurance issues at the executive level is an important part of your role.
- Produce, analyze, write and present the quarterly operational risk report for the life and health insurance sector, demonstrating a thorough understanding of applicable business and regulatory issues.
- Maintain ongoing business dialogue with colleagues in the life and health insurance sector to support teams in identifying, assessing and proactively managing risks.
- Maintain an integrated vision of the life and health insurance sector's risks, diagnose priority issues and prioritize activities in line with the sector roadmap.
- Represent the team on various committees and decision-making bodies, including filling in for the risk officer, and influence key decisions on multidisciplinary projects affecting life and health insurance.
- Actively assist with efforts to update operational risk management practices, processes, tools and methodologies, taking into account considerations specific to the life and health insurance sector.
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
- A minimum of eight years of relevant experience, including significant experience in the life and health insurance sector
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