Vice-president, Internal Audit

Are you ready to take on a new challenge leading a team of professionals in a dynamic environment? Do you instill confidence, trust and respect in those around you? Are you ready to help us evolve and continuously improve our audit function? If so, we’re looking for you.

Reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer (functionally reporting to the Internal Audit Committee),the **_Vice President, Internal Audit _**will oversee all internal audit activities for iA Financial Group and its subsidiaries.

In this role, you will oversee and guide the internal audit team in all aspects of the audit process, including objective setting, risk assessment, control evaluation, and the development of action-oriented recommendations to improve processes, controls, and the business. You will lead a high-performing team, employing leading practices and risk-based process auditing methodologies.

**More precisely, you will assume the following responsibilities**:

- Establish the Internal Audit Department’s strategies and policies to ensure the anticipated request complies with management’s and the Audit Committee’s requirements
- Establish annual audit objectives and programs within each audited company
- Set up and maintain a multi-disciplinary team that masters the fundamentals principle of accounting, actuarial, finance and economics, law, and information technology including information security and data governance, fraud investigation and governance, and access to resources outside the team for specific assignments;
- Ensure that all audit activities comply with professional standards of practice
- Ensure coordination and positive relationships among the auditors you supervise and among the other departments within the company
- Follow up on the recommendations presented in the audit reports
- Develop the productivity of your work units and ensure optimal use of the human and material resources at your disposal in order to manage the department's cost evolution
- Present the results from the work done by auditors at the audit committee meeting
- Maintain contact with the external auditor for the alignment of the assignments
- Communicate directly and regularly with the Audit Committee and report directly to it

**More globally, your role will be to**:

- Assess the activities of iA Financial Group. This independent assessment is a management control aimed at measuring and assessing the existence, adequacy and efficiency of internal controls
- Review risk management, information system, and corporate governance processes, and make recommendations to improve efficiency
- Assess the design, implementation, and effectiveness of the company’s ethics objectives, programs and activities
- Carry out special mandates at the request of senior management and/or the Audit Committee. Work is done in compliance with the Internal Audit Charter approved by the Audit Committee
- Promote a management culture throughout the iA Financial Group organization that reflects a systematic approach to risk management, management and control

**Your profile looks like this**:

- University degree in business, accounting, finance or equivalent
- A minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in the field of internal audit
- Hold the CIA designation or any other degree promoted by the Institute of Internal Auditors or other appropriate professional organizations and/or relevant experience
- Collaborative spirit, ability to deal with peers and strong negotiation skills
- Be able to influence various stakeholders on specific files
- Demonstrate objectivity and an independent spirit
- Promote and demonstrate exemplary ethical behavior, consistent with iA Financial Group's values and culture
- Promote our culture of continuous improvement your sector and be able to manage change
- Ability to maneuver and manage priorities in the context of multiple projects
- Be able to mobilize teams in achieving objectives
- Ability to develop the talents of your team
- Excellent language skills in French and English, both oral and written, for frequent interactions with English
- and French-speaking colleagues and internal/external partners across Canada

**Company Overview**:
**About**:
iA Financial Group is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 50,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.

With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.

At iA, we’re invested in you.

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