Chief Data Officer (REX-08), Risk Support Sector *

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*AMENDMENT: OFFICIAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.

Duties

Who we are:
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) is an independent agency of the Government of Canada, established in 1987 to contribute to the safety and soundness of the Canadian financial system. OSFI supervises and regulates federally registered banks and insurers, trust and loan companies, as well as private pension plans subject to federal oversight.

Risk Support Sector:
The Risk Support Sector is a cross-industry function within OSFI that evaluates specific aspects of risk management capability within federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs). The sector’s horizontal perspective on risk informs the development of supervisory risk assessments and regulatory expectations for Canada.

What we Offer:
OSFI is a separate agency that offers an opportunity to directly contribute to the health and safety of the Canadian Economy. People are the foundation of our organisation. You will become part of a diverse community that acknowledges everyone has varied experience in an environment where communication and teamwork amplify our effectiveness.

Duties:
Reporting to the Assistant Superintendent, Risk Support Sector, the Chief Data Officer (CDO) provides leadership and direction on OSFI’s data strategy, ensuring the implementation of critical reforms and enhancements in data governance, quality, usage and management. The CDO provides professional oversight of a team to advance an enterprise-wide and integrated data stewardship program serving all of OSFI’s sectors. It ensures Regulatory Data Analytics’ capacity as an adaptive and agile centre of expertise and testing environment, and ensures comprehensive data governance, leading to effective and efficient knowledge dissemination in this domain, across the organization.

The CDO is instrumental in contributing to OSFI’s leadership role with key external stakeholders in the management of data performance and data risk management, the design and rollout of supporting data strategies (with requisite change management support), including the development of OSFI’s data analytical capability through predictive and analytical tools.

The successful candidate will possess varied and solid experience in the financial services industry and an in-depth understanding of current business issues and trends in the data governance and data risk management environment. Developing, coaching, and leading staff (at all levels, including Executive) is a key responsibility 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.

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

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
● A university degree specializing in data management, information technology, information security, information science, computer science, computer engineering, or another related field, OR a combination of education, experience and/or training.

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Please provide detailed examples that illustrate how you meet this requirement, as well as timelines of when this experience was gained (indicate number of years including specific position title(s) where this experience was gained).
Comments such as "refer to my attached resume" are not acceptable.

● Recent and significant experience at the executive level in a data risk management role, in the financial services industry*.
● Experience in creating and/or managing the design and operation of complex system-wide data governance strategies.
● Experience at the executive level in managing financial resources and/or managing human resources that entails building, mentoring, and coaching a diverse team of professionals.

*Financial services industry includes 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 - Non Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
● In-depth knowledge of data risk management in the financial services industry.
● Knowledge of the underlying technologies needed to enable data innovation across a large organization.
● Knowledge of change management practices.
● Knowledge of the foundations of an information governance program.

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES
● Change Leadership
● Building Business Relationships
● Collaboration
● Developing Others
● Excellent Oral Communication

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 Education and Experience criteria:

ASSET EDUCATION
● A relevant post-graduate degree and/or a relevant professional designation.
● A PhD in Computer Engineering.
● A PhD in Computer Science.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE
You may be required to meet one or a combination of any of these asset experience criteria and therefore if you possess it you should provide details in your resume.

● Experience in providing direction on advanced level of data analytics, and introducing and/or managing technologies needed to enable data innovation across a large organization.
● Significant experience in the development and management of data strategies in the financial services industry*.
● Experience in introducing and/or implementing change management strategies across the organization, related to data management, including data quality and data life cycle management.

*Financial services industry includes 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
● Knowledge of the shared data arrangements between other federal agencies and OSFI.

ASSET COMPETENCIES
● Excellent Written Communication

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
● Domestic and international travel may be required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Security – Reliability (under review)

Agreement to be deployed into another REX position within OSFI at the same level.

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.

Applicants with disabilities: Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605. 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.