Compliance Advisor, Compliance Services and Advisor
3 days ago
**Employment Status**:
Permanent Full-Time
**Location**:
Toronto, ON
**Department**:
Risk & Compliance
**Reporting To**:
Manager - Compliance Services and Advisor Support
**Job Id**:
CPL - 084
**Job Level**:
L3
**Seniority Level**:
Associate
**Position Overview**:
The Compliance Advisor, Compliance Services and Advisor Support, is a resource for employees and other industry related professionals regarding industry regulations that must be adhered to within the firm. The primary responsibilities will be geared towards retail compliance including; daily and monthly trade/account surveillance, responding to queries of the Investment Advisors, Branches and other departments.
**Duties & Responsibilities**:
- Conduct, monitor and document daily and monthly head office reviews of client account activity with a focus on criteria outlined in IIROC Policies and other regulatory/corporate guidelines
- Identify trends developing in trading of specific advisors and/or client accounts with an emphasis on suitability, concentration, potential conflicts of interest and unusual transactions, conducting detailed analysis and escalating concerns to the Manager of Compliance Services and Advisor Support
- Follow up on inquiries from daily and monthly reviews with Advisors and Branch Management
- Ensure that required actions arising from reviews are completed within reasonable timeframes and records are appropriately filed in the central location within the Compliance Department
- Functions as a key point of contact and resource on Surveillance related inquiries and requests from employees and Branches staff
- Monitor business conduct for risk resulting from regulatory non-compliance and recommend course of action
- Assist the AML team as needed relating to unusual and/or suspicious activity
- Continually evaluate the effectiveness of departmental procedures and participate in developing, maintaining and implementing changes to the policies and procedures
- Provide guidance and support to advisors and branch office staff regarding compliance policies and procedures, including effectively communicating requirements
- Work on special projects as requested
**Skills & Qualifications**:
- 3 - 5 years of industry experience with an IIROC Dealer Member is an asset, including ability to conduct suitability assessments (1 - 2 years in a Compliance role specifically)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Good understanding of regulatory requirements and industry rules across Canada
- Good understanding of trading practices, market structure, risk factors, and general characteristics associated with the various securities and investment strategies in order to perform day-to-day analysis
- Ability to use initiative and work with mínimal supervision
- Exercise good judgment on regulatory and supervisory issues
- Self-motivated and interested in ongoing learning and professional development (including attendance of regulatory or educational conferences and seminars)
- Working knowledge of MS Applications including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
- Strong computer and technology skills and familiarity with industry software would be an asset (including Dataphile, Portfolio Aid and Open-Source Ticket Request System (OTRS))
**Education**:
- University degree or college diploma
- Completion of the Canadian Securities Course (CSC); Conduct and Practices Handbook (CPH) an asset
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