Financial Analyst (RE-05), Risk Surveillance & Analytics Division

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Duties

The Supervision Sector is seeking to fill a Financial Analyst position in the Risk Surveillance & Analytics Division (“RSA”). This position will be responsible for the identification and analysis of emerging risks in the financial services industry, which impact institutions regulated by OSFI. The successful candidate will work with a team involved in risk identification, measurement, analysis and reporting of emerging risks. This resource will help meet the ongoing needs for analytical resources for risk analysis that will support our Supervisory teams and Regulation/Policy initiatives.

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.

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

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
● Recent and significant experience in the financial services industry*in Financial Analysis, Risk Management, or in the regulation of financial institutions.
● Recent experience in assessing risk management practices and/or identifying key risk areas in institutions.
● Experience in leading review and/or project teams.

*Financial services industry experience is defined as experience working in a financial institution, including banks, insurance companies, pension funds, wealth management firms, and accounting firms (dealing with audits), as well as government departments that directly deal with the supervision and regulation of these institutions, or other relevant areas.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

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

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
● Knowledge of current financial services industry issues and emerging risks.
● Knowledge of financial statement analysis, accounting concepts and key performance/early-warning indicators within the financial services industry.

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES
● Critical Thinking
● Impact and Influence
● Building Business Relationships
● Professional Judgement
● Excellent oral communication skills
● Excellent written communication skills

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

ASSET EDUCATION
● A post-graduate degree.
● Achievement of a relevant professional designation (e.g. CFA, CA, CGA, CMA).

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE
● Experience in developing and interpreting FRFI legislation, related guidelines and regulations.
● Experience with financial models, interpreting results, conducting “what-if” scenario analysis and forecasting.
● Experience in the use of large databases, along with expertise in data extraction and analysis.

ASSET KNOWLEDGE
● Knowledge of OSFI’s Supervisory Framework, specifically as it relates to monitoring and the identification of inherent risks, credit quality and stress testing.
● Knowledge of key developments in the financial services industry such as the impact(s) of innovative technology on financial services.
● Knowledge of tools such as Bloomberg and/or Haver.
● Knowledge of risk committee and/or organizational risk aggregation/management processes.

ASSET COMPETENCIES
● Developing Myself
● Collaboration
● Developing Others

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
● Some travel will be required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

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For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required. As a result you must update your personal information on your Public Service Resourcing System profile if it changes.

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).

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 .

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.