Lead, Compliance Operations (Contract)

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact. Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best. We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 665,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do. Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work. Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us. Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply. Lead, Compliance Operations (12-month contract) This role reports to the Director, Compliance Operations and supports compliance monitoring, risk identification, and process improvement initiatives across the organization. This position is important because it helps ensure the organization meets its regulatory and policy obligations through effective compliance oversight, monitoring, and reporting. In this role, you will help strengthen the compliance framework by executing monitoring activities, improving processes, supporting due diligence requirements, and delivering meaningful compliance insights. You will be responsible for : Perform assessment, coordinating with the Global Compliance team when needed, of the applicable compliance designation for new or changed roles within the organization . Administer the mandatory compliance training programs and associated monitoring to enable our key training activities . Execute the monitoring and testing of various compliance activities to demonstrate compliance with the regulatory compliance monitoring program, establish insights, action as needed and prepare meaningful reporting for management . Required Skills & Experience 5+ years of relevant experience in regulatory compliance or similar functions. University degree or college program graduate in business administration, finance or an analytical discipline such as statistics, mathematics or engineering. Advanced analytical abilities and critical thinking skills. Exceptional attention to detail and ability to communicate clearly, concisely and accurately (verbal/written). Strong people skills with an ability to work across multiple teams within the organization. Intermediate to advanced user of Excel, SharePoint, and Word . Preferred Skills & Experience Demonstrated ability to map and analyze business processes and identify opportunities for improvement to align with compliance objectives ; Independently prioritizes work and is able to accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes. Demonstrated ability to support strategic objectives and monitor progress using effective controls and success criteria. Initiative-taker and comfortable working both collaboratively and independently. We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 4 days per week This posting is for an existing vacancy. The expected salary range for this position is $86,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year, prorated based on the term of the contract. You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters. As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve. From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.