Senior Supervisor (RE-05), Operational Risk Division

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Duties

The Operational Risk Division is seeking highly motivated individuals to join the Toronto Office in the position of Senior Supervisor. The position will be part of a team involved in the review of FRFIs’ operational risks and operational risk management functions, including a focus on information security and information technology.The position will also assist in planning, determining the scope and conducting supervisory assessments of FRFIs’ operational risks and operational risk management frameworks to support on-going assessments. This includes risk-based profiling of operational risks, risk reviews and monitoring specified FI’s, assessing processes used by FRFIs to address these risks. This position will require frequent travel to Montreal.

Intent of the process

The immediate intent is to staff 1 Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC) position through this staffing selection 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, security profiles (reliability or secret) and various tenures (term, indeterminate, assignment, acting and deployment), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

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 EDUCATION
● A university degree with specialization in commerce, accounting, business, finance, economics or mathematics, the Information Security (IS) or Information Technology (IT) field e.g., Computer Science/Engineering OR an acceptable combination of education, experience and/or training.

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
● Recent experience in the financial services industry*, in one or more of the following areas:
o Business or Technology Operations
o Risk management or a related control function (e.g., information security, information technology business continuity management, operational risk)
o Internal/external technology focused audit (e.g., application audit, cyber security audit)
o Supervising/examining financial institutions

*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)

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
● Knowledge of current and/or emerging operational risks, issues or trends facing financial institutions.
● Knowledge of the banking and/or insurance sectors including key products and functions, and the information and techniques used in their measurement and management.

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES
● Critical Thinking
● Professional Judgment
● Results Orientation
● Developing Myself
● Excellent Oral Communication Skills
● Excellent Written Communication Skills

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

In addition to the Essential Qualifications identified above, please provide details if you possess one or more of the following Asset Education and Asset Experience criteria identified below.

ASSET EDUCATION
● A post-graduate degree
● Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
● Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
● Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE
You may be required to meet a combination of any of these asset experience criteria:

● Experience in liaising with and making presentations to Senior Management.
● Experience in leading teams or managing projects.
● Recent and significant experience in the financial services industry*, in one of the following areas:
o Technology Operations
o Information Security Operations
o Technology risk management
o Information security/cyber security risk management
o Internal/external technology focused audit (e.g., application audit, technology audits, cyber security audit, etc.)
o System/Data analysis
o Supervising, examining or auditing technology or applications in financial institutions

*Financial services industry experience 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.

ASSET KNOWLEDGE
● Comprehensive understanding of OSFI’s Supervisory Framework.
● Knowledge of current and/or emerging operational risks facing financial institutions.
● Knowledge of operational risk management guidelines, specifically E21.
● Sound understanding of the Basel Committee Banking Supervision (BCBS) Principles for the Sound Management of Operational Risk.
● Knowledge of current and/or emerging information security risk/ information technology risk in financial institutions.

ASSET COMPETENCIES
● Impact & Influence
● Collaboration
● Service Orientation

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
● Ability and willingness to travel.

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 designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

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.

RESUMES:
Applicants must clearly demonstrate using sufficient details, how they meet the education and experience factors listed under the essential qualifications, as well as any of the asset qualifications that are applicable, including timelines of when this experience was gained (please indicate month and year). Lack of DETAILS may result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board may have insufficient information to determine whether you meet the qualifications.

SCREENING QUESTIONS (if applicable):
It is the responsibility of the candidate to clearly outline that they meet each of the screening criteria (i.e. Education and Experience Qualifications, both Essential and Assets) by RESPONDING TO THE SCREENING QUESTIONS IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities, rather the candidate must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. Your resume will be used to validate the answers provided; therefore, it should also contain sufficient details regarding your education and experience.

REFERENCE CHECKS/PERFORMANCE REVIEWS:
As part of the assessment, reference checks may be sought and candidates may be required to submit their performance reviews. For internal candidates of the Public Service, the Assessment Committee reserves the right to contact the internal candidates’ current manager(s).

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).

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.

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 require 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, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

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