Regulatory Compliance Analyst

About Us
The Ontario Cannabis Store provides safe, responsible access to recreational cannabis for adults 19 and older. We operate the sole legal online store for recreational cannabis in Ontario and are the provincial wholesaler of cannabis for private retail stores.
Working at the OCS is a unique opportunity to be part of an agile start-up in a ground-breaking new industry. We’re a diverse team passionate about delivering a great customer experience, working together with mutual respect and building value out of our differences. We’re an inclusive organization that understands that delivering great results comes out of ensuring every voice is heard.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Regulatory Compliance Advisor to join our team
In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting the Ontario Cannabis Store’s Regulatory Compliance Program by helping implement and maintain essential compliance processes. The goal of the program is to uphold organizational integrity and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, directives, and policies in a structured, proactive way while identifying gaps and addressing risks.
About Your Day
- Support the implementation, maintenance, and ongoing development of Regulatory Compliance programs across the organization.
- Stay up to date on relevant laws and regulations, ensuring timely updates to the Regulations Register and ongoing organizational compliance.
- Analyze regulatory requirements and translate them into clear, actionable business requirements.
- Help develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, forms, and guidelines.
- Assist with creating educational materials and resources to support compliance awareness and training.
- Review and test the effectiveness of compliance controls and assess alignment with laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Develop test plans and schedules to evaluate control effectiveness across departments with regulatory obligations.
- Prepare compliance review reports, identify gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
- Track mitigation efforts, escalate unresolved risks to leadership, and follow up on implementation of recommendations.
- Investigate reports of non-compliance and support resolution efforts.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders to understand compliance needs and provide practical guidance.
- Conduct fit-gap and compliance risk assessments, helping ensure a risk-based approach to regulatory obligations.
- Contribute to risk assessment reports for leadership and collaborate with Enterprise Risk Management on broader risks.
- Work with business partners to develop risk mitigation strategies and corrective action plans.

About You
- Post-secondary education (Bachelor’s degree) in Political Science, Public Administration/Policy, Law, Compliance or related field.
- 1-3 years of experience in a regulatory compliance field (5+ years of experience in a regulatory compliance field within the Ontario Public Sector is preferred)
- Pursuing or possessing a current and active professional certification from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (i.e. CCEP or CCEP-I).
- Experience in report development experience, policy and procedure development experience, preferably industry related.
- Knowledge of industry regulatory standards.
- Excellent analytical, written, and oral communications skills.
- Experience in developing effective business presentations.
- Excellent spreadsheet, internet, PowerPoint, and word-processing skills.

About the Job
- This position currently offers a hybrid work schedule. The current in office requirement is a minimum of 3 days/week (may be more depending on business needs). The OCS office is located near York Mills and Yonge Street. However, OCS reserves the right to change this policy and its office location at any time.
- City: Toronto, ON
- Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
- Required Travel: Rare, usually within the GTA

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