Risk Manager

3 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada EDC Full time

**Risk Manager** - 00044N

**Posting Date**: Jan 20, 2023, 11:09:54 AM

**Primary Location**: Ontario-Ottawa

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Schedule**: Full-time

EDC is Canada’s export credit agency, offering information, knowledge and innovative commercial solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. We take on risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world.

When you join our team, you’ll be helping Canadian companies bring their vision, passion and innovation to the global marketplace. Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 25,000 Canadian companies and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success. And you’ll know that you’re making a difference every day—for companies, for Canada and for the people you work with.

Year after year, EDC has been recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer. #LI-Hybrid

**Discipline Summary**
- Applies a risk-based approach for identifying, assessing and mitigating financial crimes risks in business relationships and transactions.
- Follows established policies, guidelines, and procedures to ensure consistent and systematic approach to managing financial crimes risks.
- Effectively communicates risk mitigation strategies to business teams and decision-making committees, both verbally and in writing.
- Following a continuous improvement approach, leads the development and implementation of effective due diligence and risk mitigation practices in line with international industry standards.
- Leads initiatives aimed at raising awareness about financial crimes risks, both internally and externally.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Leverages in-depth knowledge of EDC products and internal network to build a risk-aware culture and improve process efficiencies/effectiveness.
- Independently leads complex financial crimes risk analysis for business transactions and relationships, presents findings and recommendations to business teams and mgt committees.
- Reviews and assesses information from open and non-public sources to identify financial crimes and reputational risks associated with transaction counterparties.
- Reviews the risk management system and controls of counterparties and other mitigating factors and assesses the residual risk.
- In collaboration with Legal and/or Compliance & Ethics as appropriate, conducts in-depth due diligence and customer engagement.
- Helps business teams make informed decisions by clearly articulating potential legal, financial, compliance, or reputational impacts to EDC in complex transactions, relationships or product innovations.
- Communicates effectively with customers and other external audiences regarding EDC’s approach to managing financial crimes risks.
- Stays abreast of trends and best practices in financial crimes risk management to contribute to the team’s expertise and knowledge building initiatives.
- Pro-actively identifies process efficiencies and standards and leads process optimization and scalability initiatives.
- Advises on the implementation of EDC’s Financial Crime program and related process and systems improvements for existing products and new product innovation.
- Completes quality control reviews of colleagues’ work, delivering clear verbal and written feedback and informal coaching or training as required.

**Screening Criteria**
- University Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Law, Political Science or other related field.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Financial Crimes Enhanced Due Diligence, specifically as it related to Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Sanctions, as well as experience in designing or managing Compliance and Ethics programs; Third-Party/Vendor Screening programs; Customer Onboarding programs.
- Demonstrated knowledge of best practices related to the design and implementation of ABC and Sanctions Compliance Programs, including Code of Conduct, Global Sanctions and/or Anti-Corruption Policy & Procedures documents, risk assessments, employee training, communications, third-party due diligence, monitoring, and reporting.
- Proven experience in preparing written reports on financial crime risks associated with high-risk business relationships and/or transactions, as well as presenting recommendations to senior management on mitigation measures required to address potential legal, compliance, and reputational impacts. Familiarity with incident/issue management approaches in the context of high-risk business relationships and/or transactions, including but not limited to audit, remediation and/or monitoring best practices.
- Strong ability to adapt general risk management and financial crime compliance principles to unique and complex transactions and/or customer needs.
- Familiarity with Anti-Corruption/Sanctions compliance clauses (Representation



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