Senior Manager, Real Estate Governance

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: 12 Months 

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Senior Manager, Real Estate Governance to Identify risk & control improvement opportunities that can be leveraged and implemented globally. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

• Provide governance and oversight of the CRE controls and monitoring program to ensure CRE maintains a strong risk mitigation and control posture.
• Work closely with 1B, 2nd and 3rd lines of defense functions to ensure alignment and information is communicated back to the service lines.
• Manage and maintain relevant control and risk documentation e.g. control & risk libraries 
• Manage and maintain the CRE Regulatory Compliance Program second line of defense model to track and report on regulatory compliance for all identified owned locations.
• Internal Audit Continuous Monitoring – Liaise with the IA team for all requests through this quarterly exercise and coordinate with CRE stakeholders.
• Operational Risk – Liaise with the Ops Risk team on key controls, self-identified issues, emerging threats, ongoing assessments and reporting.
• Ongoing monitoring of controls – develop and implement a process for monitoring controls across all CRE service lines to ensure adequate oversight by the CRE teams of the service partners and key controls.
• Lead and facilitate compliance related meetings
• Act as CRE Subject Matter Expert (SME) on internal control development and management
• Identify areas of opportunity through review and /or analysis of industry and suppliers
• Track Audit issues, Regulatory Compliance and Ops Risk issues – work with the service lines to develop action plans and monitor them to ensure timely completion.
• Ensure processes, control reporting and tools are documented and kept up to date (i.e. Playbooks)
• Identify risk & control improvement opportunities that can be leveraged and implemented globally
• Develop & deliver training to CRE Service Area Leads and CRE’s Service Partners to align roles and responsibilities related to internal risk management and ensure activities are completed according to CRE Framework, policies and processes

Must Have Skills:

• 7-10 years of experience
• Audit / Risk Background (i.e. CPA)
• Strong communication, change management, presentation and facilitation skills
• Ability to take complex subjects and communicate them effectively to non-subject matter experts
• Ability to assimilate and interpret information covering a wide range of differing business areas

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Detailed understanding of Corporate Real Estate
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant bank’s Enterprise risk standards, methodologies and audit requirements

Soft Skills Required:

• Strong communication, change management, presentation and facilitation skills
• Ability to take complex subjects and communicate them effectively to non-subject matter experts
• Strong impact and influence skills
• Strong problem solving & analytical skills

Education:

• Highest Education

FP Inc. is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. In accordance with the requirements set out in the Employment Standards Act, FP Inc. hereby declares that AI is utilized in the screening process for this position. The hourly compensation range for this role is $40/hr -$56/hr. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities, and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.