Director, Internal Audit

4 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Bank of Canada Full time

**Director, Internal Audit - IT Services and Corporate Services**

**Take a central role**

The Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment.

Building on the principles that have always guided us - excellence, integrity and respect - we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.

With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance - find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada's top employers: Working Here - Bank of Canada

Find out more about the next steps in our Recruitment process.

**What you will do**
As a member of Audit’s leadership team, you will be a recognized expert in governance, risk, and controls for the Information Technology Services and Corporate Services portfolios. You will develop and maintain relationships with business unit management that will help you identify assurance and advisory needs for your clients, prioritize and resource engagements accordingly, and lead a team of auditors who strive to provide meaningful insights within and outside of formal engagements. You’ll support the development of the risk-based audit plans and manage the day-to-day execution of audit activities. You will be accountable for all aspects of each audit, from the planning to completing the reporting.

In addition, you will:

- nurture a positive organizational climate, collaboration across teams, and the advancement of work environment initiatives
- support training and development planning for the team to support their development as well as the delivery of the audit plan
- allocate resources to advance Audit’s quality assurance and improvement program and oversee the adoption of new tools, practices, and competencies by their respective teams to ensure adherence to professional standards and departmental practices
- contribute to the strategic direction of the Audit function and lead tactical and operational plans to transform Audit
- manage client relationships with all levels of management, up to and including the managing director, within assigned business units to ensure a deep understanding of business unit operations and constraints to shape sound audit judgement
- lead the identification of issues requiring escalation for consultation/action to client and Audit department management as well as oversee the related research and document preparation
- represent Audit on initiatives or governance bodies related to assigned business units
- analyse themes, trends, and other patterns related to audit and advisory activity outcomes and reporting in order to identify key strategic actions for management to consider

**What you need to succeed**
- broad knowledge of IT systems and infrastructures under a variety of deployments including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid models, as well as related information and cybersecurity risks and controls
- demonstrated strategic foresight and influencing skills
- leadership/management experience of a diverse range of professionals, with the ability to motivate staff through change and deliver results
- excellent communication skills - both verbal and written; demonstrated experience in being clear and convincing with employee groups and executive staff levels on a broad range of issues
- ability to lead initiatives from the idea stage through to implementation
- knowledge of governance, risk management and control frameworks (e.g., COSO), IT general computer controls and operational and project management controls, including control frameworks such as Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and/or Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)

**Nice-to-have**
- an understanding of the Bank’s functions, its governance and administrative framework, and its risk-management and control practices and/or experience with financial institutions
- knowledge of emerging areas (e.g., third party risk management, cloud security, data governance, innovation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data, zero trust)
- in-depth knowledge of information systems and/or business control end-to-end auditing processes
- using data analytics/visualization to support audit activities and/or audit reporting
- experience in presenting to and/or working with senior management
- knowledge of the International Standards for the Professional Practi



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