Director, Capital Markets Risk Assessment Services (REX-07)

Duties

The Director, Capital Markets Risk Assessment Services (CMRAS) is responsible for leading a team involved in the assessment of financial institutions’ market risk and review of market risk management processes used to control capital markets trading and corporate treasury activities. The Director is accountable for providing expertise in the area of market risk analysis to other divisions within OSFI in support of OSFI’s supervisory process. Leading, developing, and coaching staff are key responsibilities of this position.

Intent of the process

This selection process may be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates, which could be used to staff similar or identical positions with various linguistic profiles and requirements, security profiles and various tenures.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
● A university degree with specialization in commerce, accounting, business, finance, economics or other relevant field OR an acceptable combination of education, experience and/or training.

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
● Recent and significant experience critiquing risk management practices and identifying key risk areas in financial institutions and/or recent and significant experience in capital markets trading and/or market risk.
● Recent experience in leading/managing or developing/coaching staff.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)
The immediate intent of this process is to fill one indeterminate position on a Bilingual Imperative (CBC/CBC) basis.

Information on language requirements

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
● Knowledge of risk management practice in the financial industry, especially with respect to liquidity and/or market risk.
● Knowledge of trading businesses and corporate treasury activities.

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES
● Critical Thinking
● Working as a Team
● Professional Judgement
● Change Leadership

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

ASSET EDUCATION
● An MBA or other relevant post-graduate degree.
● CPA, CFA, or other relevant designation.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE
● Experience with risk management and corporate treasury in a financial institution (deposit-taking and/or insurance).
● Experience with project management.

ASSET KNOWLEDGE
● Knowledge of capital markets products and risk elements.

ASSET COMPETENCIES
● Impact and influence
● Developing Others
● Results Orientation
● Interpersonal Communication
● Excellent oral communication skills
● Excellent written communication skills

Organizational Needs: In order to meet the organization’s employment equity objectives in support of a diversified workforce, ‘right fit’ selection for this position may be made from among qualified candidates who self-declare as being Persons with a disability or Aboriginal peoples.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
● Travel is required for this position.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Agreement to be deployed into another REX position within OSFI at the same level.

Other information

Applicants must clearly demonstrate using concrete examples, how they meet the education and experience factors listed under the essential qualifications, as well as any of the asset qualifications that are applicable. Applicants must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement, as well as time lines of when this experience was gained (please indicate month and year).

Internal indeterminate employees of OSFI at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment or assignment before considering applicants in the advertised appointment process.

Reference checks may be conducted.

Your application may be used to assess written communication.

OSFI is a separate agency with its own classification and compensation system. OSFI's staffing is subject to the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA).

It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

The client organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. To submit an application on-line, please select the button 'Apply online' below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Applicants with disabilities: If you request special accommodation at any stage in the selection process, including technical aid to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please inform us by sending an e-mail to the following address .

To submit an application online, please click on the button "Apply Online" below.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.