Director, Internal Controls

At CI, we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice, where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work, where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves, where they can work on innovative products and projects, and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so.

This is a high-visibility leadership role offering the opportunity to maintain and execute the control frameworks while working closely with executive leadership. You’ll act as a trusted advisor across the organization, helping shape governance practices, enhance operational transparency, and ensure compliance in a fast-evolving, highly regulated environment. The ideal candidate thrives in dynamic settings and brings a balance of strategic thinking and hands‑on execution.

The Director of internal controls ensures the integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the companies’ internal controls, policies, systems, and procedures. The role serves as a strategic partner to management, delivering independent, objective assurance and advisory services that support accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement across the organization. The ideal candidate is expected to apply a risk-based, value-added approach that aligns with international audit standards, strengthens governance, and upholds compliance with regulatory, contractual, and corporate-specific requirements.

The Director of Internal Controls will be based at CI’s head office 15 York Street, Toronto, Ontario, and will oversee a team and internal control specialists and external consultants.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Liaison between the company, internal audit, external audit, and Mubadala Capital (CI’s parent) in corporate audit projects.
• Ensure the effectiveness of CI’s internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”) by maintaining and executing the ICFR program.
• Support internal and external auditors in their audit duties – ensure all requests are delivered in line with agreed timetable.
• Ensure appropriate interpretation and implementation of required changes in a timely manner.
• Support all internal and external audit activities through the provision of required documentation when necessary.
• Undertake special assignments or cross-functional reviews to support organizational improvement and strategic decision-making.
• Stay current with industry leading trends, best practices, SOX requirements and all internal, legislative, and industry best practice.
• Working closely with the Management Team and the Compliance department, evaluate the design and effectiveness of internal controls, jurisdictional internal control matrices, policies, and procedures to safeguard assets, promote operational efficiency, and ensure compliance with organizational and corporate requirements.
• Conduct management testing over financial, operational, compliance, and IT controls across the organization to assess the strength of implemented controls.
• Conduct sample checks as part of the ICFR program to provide assurance over controls and risk mitigation measures, including sustainability of controls implemented by business management to address audit issues.
• Support activities related to the company’s assessment of Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR), including conducting IT process walkthroughs, testing, and summarization of results to support the ICFR program.
• Leading the management testing program areas such as scoping, scheduling, stakeholder management, workpaper review, etc., in communication with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that documentation supporting audit testing is sufficient, competent, and relevant to support conclusions.
• Identify risk, controls and process weaknesses, document main control points and provide evidential support for report recommendation.
• Propose value-added recommendations to address control weakness and/or process inefficiencies identified.
• Monitor management’s implementation of audit recommendations and maintain a tracking system to ensure timely resolution and accountability.
• Prepare and present reports with well‑documented observations, risk ratings, and practical recommendations to Management and the Compliance Committee.
• Elevate the importance of internal controls through training and technical assistance on internal controls, risk management, compliance, and audit readiness, and coach team through the methods for evidence and retaining evidence of controls.
• Provide advisory services on internal control design, process improvement, and risk mitigation strategies for new systems, processes, or projects.Continue to build Floqast, CI’s risk compliance tool, to be best‑in‑class to maximize efficiencies from the tool.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• Bachelor’s Degree in A