Manager, Member Risk

Date Posted: 12/20/2024

Location: Ottawa/Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reference No.: 2024-743

Position Type: Full-time Permanent

Salary Range: $115,742.00 - $136,786.50 (salary is generally in that range)

**About us**

We are an organization driven by purpose. We are dedicated to serving Canadians and strongly committed to protecting their hard-earned money when it matters most. We live our promises and commitments every day by serving Canadians as one, and we have their best interest at heart. We strive to build an inclusive, accepting culture with commitment, determination and a bias for action.

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**About the role**

As a Manager, Member Risk and Resolution within the Risk Assessment team, you will be responsible for early detection of vulnerabilities and risks within your portfolio of member institutions, conducting regular risk assessments, and recommending actions to mitigate risks. You will manage relationships with FISC agencies, members, domestic and foreign stakeholders, and standby partners. Additionally, you will support CDIC’s management and Board of Directors in managing exposure to high-risk members, including designing and implementing risk management processes.

This role can be performed from our Ottawa or Toronto offices, following a hybrid model approach. This is a full-time permanent opportunity.

**CORE RESPONSIBILITIES required for this role**
- Contributes to the corporate-wide preparedness and training.
- Builds on experience and skills to formulate recommendations, provide advice and support in areas relevant to assessment of risk of a troubled member. Participates in panel reviews of High Risk members under their oversight.
- In the event of a crisis, assists with planning and executing \ of the resolution strategy for a troubled member. Supports Depositor Protection through the provision of timely and accurate information, and provides advice on recovery and resolution action feasibility and appropriateness.
- Prepares reports to CDIC Leadership teams and Board of Directors on high-risk members.
- Manages relationships with the federal safety net members (FISC), member institutions, domestic and foreign stakeholders for CDIC’s member institutions, and third-party service providers.
- Contributes to the maintenance of CDIC’s methodologies for member risk assessment and resolution, playbooks and analytical framework of member information.
- Supports the Crisis Simulation team on design of testing exercises.
- Conducts special projects to assist the Group and the Corporation, as required.

**About you**

You take pride in the work that you do and are passionate about making a difference and an impact. You face challenges head-on, are an excellent communicator and collaborator, and act with integrity.

**SKILLS you bring**
- A degree in a relevant field (i.e., finance, law, economics, or business administration). A professional designation (e.g., ASA, CFA, FRM, PRM, CPA, CBV, CQF) and/or a relevant graduate degree would be an asset.
- Over 5 years relevant experience in the financial services industry, financial industry regulation, corporate insolvency practice or mergers and acquisitions, fields of expertise may include:

- Underwriting or loan origination experience;
- Financial risk management experience in the financial sector (e.g., credit risk management, commercial lending, bank audit, treasury risk management);
- Corporate finance or mergers and acquisitions;
- Analysis of financial institutions’ performance, asset and portfolio valuation.
- Solid understanding of financial risk management, (i.e. credit risk management, treasury risk management), and/or analysis of financial institutions performance.
- Technical competence, sound professional judgment and mastery of complex accounting, taxation, credit, treasury and corporate finance issues.
- Solid understanding of the financial risk management, (i.e., credit risk management, treasury risk management), and/or analysis of financial institutions’ performance, legislation and regulatory oversight applicable to CDIC’s member institutions, and the economic and policy issues affecting the Canadian financial system and how they might impact CDIC’s membership.
- Technical competence, sound professional judgment and mastery of complex accounting, taxation, credit, treasury and corporate finance issues.
- Problem solving skills and an ability to work effectively towards a solution with senior management, consultants, senior officers of regulatory bodies and management of member institutions.
- Ability to manage internal and external relationships (e.g., with senior management of the CDIC’s members, with peers at the federal safety net members).
- Effective communication and presentation skills and the ability to distill and explain complex issues to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to execute long-term projects while remaining ada