Manager, Contract Reporting

Mitacs is a national not-for-profit that helps industry and not-for-profit partners solve strategic challenges by leveraging Canada’s world-class post-secondary talent and a global network of industry, academic, and government partnerships. Through these collaborations, Mitacs helps business and community partners succeed, improves students’ on-the-job skills development, and strengthens Canada’s world-class innovation ecosystem. At Mitacs, we strive to develop the next generation of innovators with vital research and business skills. In partnership with domestic and international companies, governments, and academia, we support a new economy using Canada’s most valuable resource - its people. To get a better understanding of Mitacs and read more about our values, please visit our _website_._

**Manager, Contract Reporting & Risk**

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This position can be fully remote or hybrid near Mitacs offices in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver_**_._**

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Reporting to the Director, Financial Services, the Manager, Contract Reporting & Risk will manage all contract reporting compliance requirements of various Mitacs contracts and will oversee the Enterprise Risk Management program.

**Responsibilities**:

- Works with contract owner and other teams to ensure contract reporting compliance requirements are documented and an annual calendar is created
- Reviews complex compliance requirements that impact reporting and seeks legal review where appropriate
- Improves efficiency around funder reporting by leading the Funders Reporting Working Group and executing the group’s goals
- Improves processes in place for contract reporting by continuously improving the Funders Reporting Working Group supporting documents and templates
- Ensures all staff associated to the Funders Reporting Working Group team are properly trained to manage their part of the process, including developing onboarding materials
- Oversees the implementation of any changes to create improvements to Mitacs’s funder report templates, ensures these changes are understood and approved by team leads/management
- Provides insights to assist with the analysis, drafting, and preparation of contracts and ability to negotiate terms and conditions of new contracts entered into
- Enhances Mitacs’s internal processes, including the use of industry best practices/ processes related to contract reporting compliance and risk management
- Contributes to the design and assembly of risk registers, providing a common understanding of risk across the organization in compliance with applicable regulations
- Identifies, monitors, reports, and reviews internal/external enterprise risks for Mitacs
- Works in partnership with key internal stakeholders to contribute to the development of Mitacs’s risk management program
- Collaborates with other team leads to ensure proper internal and external reporting guidelines are met
- Collaborates and assists the Director, Financial Services, with all other required departmental needs

**Qualifications/Requirements**:

- University degree (from a recognized Canadian university)
- Minimum five years of professional experience in contract reporting and/or compliance & risk management
- Advanced knowledge of contracts generally
- Strong project management skills and experience
- Experience in enterprise risk management or project risk management
- Canadian Risk Management (CRM) and Project Management Professional (PMP) designation would be an asset.
- Strong leadership and organizational skills
- Works well under pressure and under tight deadlines
- Up-to-date knowledge on industry trends involving contracts, and funding matters
- Excellent customer service and relationship skills
- Team player with a positive attitude and outlook
- Any knowledge of contract law and ability to implement contracting laws, regulations, and best practices will be considered an asset
- Bilingualism in English and French (written and spoken) will be considered an asset.