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Job Title Associate Director, Wholesale Financial Controls & Systems

• Serve as a dedicated representative of Financial Control on projects governing the implementation of major automation initiatives. This will include:

• Ensuring key Financial Control requirements, including access to financial information and strong internal financial controls, are met prior to go-live;
• Collaborating with regional Financial Controllers to define and document business and testing requirements;
• Identifying and communicating emerging risks;
• Overseeing resolution of issues that arise, collaborating with relevant stakeholders in IT, Financial Control, Product Control, Front Office and Operations; and
• Supporting internal and external audits by providing evidence of FC testing and documentation of process/system flows.
• Support development of a centre of excellence for IT project implementation across Capital Markets Finance. This will include:

• Creating a playbook for IT implementation within CM Financial Control based on lessons learned from past projects;
• Defining the controls required for ensuring that information derived from new systems is well governed;
• Building in-house knowledge of Finance systems and end-to-end information flows, which will serve as a basis from which to quickly identify and resolve issues that arise and identify potential future issues or improvement opportunities;
• Liaising with relevant regional Financial Controller representatives and/or representing Financial Control on future transformational IT projects.
• Identifying continuous improvement opportunities within CM FC's IT infrastructure, including but not limited to automation.
• Help set the direction for the design and implementation of major IT initiatives within CM Financial Control as a key Subject-Matter-Expert (SME) in both systems and financial controls.

Must-have

• Experience working in/with a Financial Control environment and familiarity with internal controls over financial reporting.
• Experience with large IT implementation projects, either from the IT or Financial Control perspective.
• Curiosity to explore better ways of working while maintaining a strong governance mindset, accompanied by a drive to take ownership for and resolve issues with a sense of urgency.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills - ability to work with people at all levels within the organization.
• Ability to manage numerous priorities simultaneously amidst tight deadlines.

Highly desirable

• CPA or equivalent designation,
• Exposure to Capital Markets businesses including some understanding of complex financial instruments and transactions relating to securities, derivatives and debt/equity issuances, together with a willingness and interest in deepening that knowledge.
• Minimum 5 years of high level involvement in financial control and/or IT.

Job Summary The Associate Director, Wholesale Financial Controls & Systems will responsible to direct all aspects of finance, accounting and risk management functions for the organization. Typically manages 2 or more specialized departments comprised of supervisors, managers, professionals, and/or large numbers of operational support employees.

Address: TORONTO, Ontario, Canada

City: CAN-ON-TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: Office of the CFO

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2022-09-13-07:00

Application Deadline: 2022-11-07-08:00

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