We are currently seeking a Bilingual Manager, Financial Controls, Group & North America to play a key role in supporting our growth.

The Manager will be central to the development and evolution of our financial controls and compliance framework, primarily focusing on the NI52-109 requirements. This role will involve managing a team, providing guidance, and coaching to ensure effective process improvements, risk mitigation and controls rationalization, thereby ensuring controls in place are designed and operating effective to ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial reporting.

This position offers diverse responsibilities and an opportunity for significant exposure across many business units and strategies within Intact, all while leading and mentoring an exceptional team of financial and compliance professionals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Plan and execute 52-109 financial compliance work: strategy development (scope of work) and establishment of timelines to support the certification process.
• Ensure appropriate key business process controls are properly risk assessed, identified and corresponding documentation is captured and tested.
• See to the timely execution of the 52-109 testing (design and operating efficiency), including appropriate test strategy, test result quality, assessment of deficiencies and communication of results.
• Provide support to business units in developing their action plans to address identified deficiencies in a timely manner.
• Experience and involvement with implementations, special projects and/or integration projects to oversee successful business implementation of the required controls.
• Coordinate the scope of work and the testing schedule with external auditors to maximize their use of the work performed by the financial controls team.
• Actively seek to improve ways of working and encourage the development and implementation of practices and tools to optimize processes and work methods in accordance with NI 52-109 standards and best practices, including betterments through data analysis or AI.
• Balance business needs, compliance and best practices across the above-mentioned activities.
• Establish and maintain good relationships with the various stakeholders (business units, IT services, internal and external auditors), including higher levels of management.
• Work closely with the Director, Financial Controls, Group & North America and Director, IT Financial Controls, Group & North America to maximize synergies between the two teams, including the use of data analytics.
• Help in the preparation of reports for senior management and the audit committee.
• Develop and manage a team of professionals, including hiring, performance evaluation, salary recommendations, training, career development and timely coaching.
• Support the Director, Financial Controls in the development and achievement of department objectives.

Your skills and abilities:

• CPA designation – is required.
• Outstanding knowledge of COSO and the 52-109/SOX requirements – is required.
• Minimum 8 years of internal or external audit experience, 52-109 or SOX audit experience in an accounting firm, preferably a Big 4 or large company.
• Minimum 3 years experience leading direct reports (including performance management and career development).
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards and financial controls.
• Experience in the insurance and investment industry (an asset).
• Strong ability to positively influence and motivate people towards a common goal.
• Strong ability to maintain a holistic view and manage priorities to focus on what is important.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and relationship-building skills.
• High level of accountability, integrity, agility and transparency.
• Bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking and French-speaking colleagues across the country.

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