Desjardins

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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