Associate Director, Internal Assurance

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - Excluded M&P

Job Profile

XMP - Accounting, Level G

Job Title

Associate Director, Internal Assurance (Advisory Services)

Department

Internal Assurance | Office of Enterprise Risk and Assurance

Compensation Range

$10,742.83 - $16,760.83 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

February 16, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

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Job Summary
The Associate Director, Internal Assurance (Advisory Services) performs a senior leadership and mentorship role within the Internal Assurance practice area of Enterprise Risk and Assurance (ERA). The role is a key member of the Enterprise Risk and Assurance (ERA) core leadership team, working collaboratively with the Chief Enterprise Risk and Assurance Officer (CERAO), Director Internal Assurance, Associate Director, Internal Assurance (Audit and Investigations), and Director of Enterprise Risk Management to provide integrated, independent, and objective advisory services that support the University’s strategic objectives and manage institutional risks.

Organizational Status
The Office of Enterprise Risk and Assurance (ERA) is organized in a hierarchy designed to reflect the approval and review requirements of the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) of the profession’s standards-setting organization, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). These standards were recently updated in 2024.

These standards require formal review and approval of all IA activities, including annual planning, reporting, and the execution of engagements. The requirements associated with these primary activities are best supported by a hierarchy that reflects the competencies required at each stage of review and approval.

The Chief Audit Executive or CAE (the Chief Enterprise Risk and Assurance Officer or CERAO) is accountable to the Chair of the Audit Committee functionally and the Vice President Finance and Operations administratively for the quality of the Internal Assurance function and its activities, including the planning and the execution of engagements, and performs the final Quality Assurance (QA) step. This role has additional accountabilities, including setting ERA’s overall vision and strategy and the direction for the Internal Assurance function, as well as advocating for the provision of essential conditions for the practice of internal auditing including resource planning and budgeting. The CERAO may delegate certain approvals to the Director, Internal Assurance.

The Director, Internal Assurance (IA), reports to the CERAO. This role develops and executes the overall vision and strategy for the collective Internal Assurance function (Audit and Advisory), provides approvals and Quality Assurance (QA) (as delegated from the CERAO), ensures consistency across the function and compliance with the IIA standards. This role is also responsible for periodic planning and reporting of internal assurance activities to Senior and Executive Leadership and the Audit Committee of the Board.

The Associate Director, Internal Assurance (Advisory Services) reports to the Director Internal Assurance. This role defines the advisory methodology employed across all advisory engagements, providing overall leadership and review over all engagements, including file consistency, completeness, and accuracy as well as logic models employed in arriving at observations and conclusions. The Director relies on the Associate Director for final QA over these components of the engagement. This role is also integral to planning and reporting activities.

The Senior Manager, Advisory, will report to the Associate Director, Advisory. This role has primary responsibility for planning and execution of engagements. They provide leadership and supervision over multiple engagements with different IA teams and provide primary resource allocation and quality control. They are also involved in planning and reporting from a support perspective.

Senior Advisors and Advisors report to the Associate Director but may be supervised and mentored by the Senior Managers and perform primary fieldwork, data analysis and report wr