Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Global Economic Sanctions (GES) team is a unique function within the Financial Crimes that provides support to Global Financial Crimes teams and Business Units at an enterprise level for Canadian, US, UK, EU/Europe, APAC and Caribbean economic sanctions.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager to lead and oversee critical components of the enterprise Sanctions Risk Assessment process, including review and challenge of control frameworks, automation design, stakeholder engagement, and risk assessment reporting, as well as other governance responsibilities.

This role combines risk acumen, process oversight, and strong interpersonal skills to ensure the end-to-end execution of the sanctions risk assessment process is robust, efficient, and aligned to enterprise expectations.

What will you do?

Own and manage the end-to-end execution of sanctions risk assessment activities across business units and jurisdictions.

Lead the Review and Challenge of sanctions Control Self-Assessments Questionnaires, Qualitative Risk Questionnaires, and Product & Service Questionnaires.

Review large amount of quantitative data which feeds into the risk assessment to calculate quantitative risk rating, and lead Review & Challenge on calculation outputs and quantitative risk metrics.

Define and provide comprehensive automation requirements across the sanctions risk assessment process, including:

Quality checks on questionnaire responses

Logic for auto-adjudication to streamline review and challenge

Risk flagging mechanisms based on common patterns of data or control errors

Review automation outputs to ensure they reflect business rules, logic documentation, and risk expectations.

Analyze client, transaction, and product data to draw meaningful risk observations and highlight outliers or red flags.

Review risk assessment result visualization and formal Sanctions Risk Assessment Reports, at assessment unit, segment, Board, and enterprise level, as require, synthesizing:

Risk ratings and contributing drivers

Control performance and gaps

Data limitations and caveats

Recommendations and observations

Lead conversations around data inputs/outputs, report content, and issue flagging often under tight timelines or sensitive conditions.

Perform other governance responsibilities, as required, including.

Produce sanctions dashboard and management reporting on sanctions compliance program.

Assist in audit, testing or regulatory exams related to sanctions.

Assist in tracking and closing sanctions-related issues.

Assess and review sanctions policies and procedures developed by global business units and/or local compliance teams; review and recommend amendments to the enterprise sanctions policy based on knowledge of the global sanctions environment.

Develop and update sanctions related training.

Complete other ad-hoc assignments supporting GES program oversight team.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Act as the key point of contact for senior stakeholders in Risk, Compliance, Technology, Data Governance, and the Business.

Communicate complex technical issues in a clear, structured way to non-technical audiences.

Navigate and lead difficult conversations to resolve disagreements, clarify responsibilities, or address delivery gaps.

Prioritize competing demands and manage multiple timelines effectively.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

7–10+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, audit, or regulatory reporting within financial services.

Experience managing or leading risk assessments or quality assurance reviews.

Strong data analysis and validation skills, including high proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g. pivot table, complex formula, VBA etc.)

Demonstrated ability to define automation logic and validate automated outputs.

Strong communication skills and experience engaging with senior stakeholders.

Excellent writing and analysis skills, particularly in formal risk assessment reporting and result visualization.

Nice-to-have

Exposure to sanctions controls, financial crime risk, or operational risk reviews.

Technical familiarity with risk assessment automation tools, scripting logic, data visualization or data workflows (e.g., Python, Tableau).

CAMS, CSS or equivalent sanctions or AML certification.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

A world-class training program in financial services

Flexible work/life balance options

Opportunities to do challenging work

Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities 

Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

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Job Skills

Audits Compliance, Critical Thinking, Data Gathering Analysis, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Industry Knowledge, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Product Services, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-23

Application Deadline:

2025-07-08

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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