Senior Risk

OFX is a leading financial operations company providing businesses and accounting firms with real-time financial control and visibility to do business anywhere in the world. With an innovative platform and 24/7 human support, OFX automates and simplifies doing business across borders, reducing risk and eliminating routine operational tasks. Offering global business accounts, payments to 180 countries in 30+ currencies and currency risk management solutions to simplify global payments. OFX further enhances business operations by providing corporate cards with spend management, bill payments, vendor management, and integrations with popular accounting and HRIS software, to help achieve better business solutions so accounting firms and businesses thrive.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices globally, in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. OFX has been a trusted innovator in global money movement for over 25 years.

Purpose of your role

This is an exciting role to help drive enterprise and operational risk management across the business with a strong focus on risks and controls, including controls assurance.

As a key member of the second line of defence, you will work with cross-functional teams to embed sound risk and control management practices across operational processes within the business.

You will facilitate risk and control self-assessments and perform assurance testing on key controls across the business.

What you'll do

• Identify and evaluate operational risks faced by different business units and assess the control strategies and measures in place to mitigate these risks.
• Provide advice and oversight to business units on design and implementation of controls to manage identified risks
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls, including identifying control gaps and providing fit-for-purpose recommendations
• Ensure control gaps and deficiencies are appropriately documented and remediation progress tracked by the control owners and/or managers.
• Embed internal control best practice and enhance risk culture across the business through training and awareness.
• Provide daily oversight on incident management and support Incident Owners to manage incidents from identification to closure.
• Follow-up with business owners on resolution of open incidents, issues, audit findings and approval of vendor due diligence reviews
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Protecht (OFX's GRC software), managing the integrity of the risk and control data, configuring registers, and developing reports and dashboards.
• Maintain Protecht to ensure it supports consistent processes, record keeping, good data quality and positive risk management outcomes

What you bring

• 4 – 6 years of relevant work experience in Operational Risk, Internal Controls or Internal Audit, ideally in the financial services industry
• Degree preferred in a relevant discipline
• Hands-on experience in risk assessments and controls testing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with system controls and data flows is desired

The salary range for this position is $75,000 - $90,000 CAD. Exact salary offered will be dependent on multiple factors including level of experience, job-related knowledge, skills, work location, etc. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for a variable bonus and/or commission. 

We also offer a flexible hybrid working model where employees typically work 1-2 days from either our downtown Edmonton office.

What it's like working at OFX

We're OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we're not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We're committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We're curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

• Always keep learning. We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career, with leadership training, secondments, internal mobility and access to a large library of online learning.
• Make a difference. Through our Make a Difference program, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, which OFXers can use together or individually, as well as matched giving and the opportunity to nominate charity of choice every quarter.
• Reward and recognition. We recognise a job well done. OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers' effort, technical expertise or support through a range of global and regional channels and awards, including quarterly and annual awards, milestones and shout outs.
• Showing our social side. Our Good Vibes employee-led committees around the globe organize events to help keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it's a wellbeing activity, end of year celebration, or a monthly team get-together, our team wants you to feel welcome
• Benefits that mean something. We offer a range of fantastic benefits, including health insurance, primary and secondary gender neutral carer parental leave (16 weeks) or birthday leave, you'll feel well-supported at OFX.
• A great work environment. Enjoy work-life balance and flexibility with our hybrid work model, in an inclusive, diverse and non-hierarchal culture.

At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at [email protected].

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.