Senior Director, Financial Crime

Are you passionate about fighting financial crime and eager to contribute to the purpose of a company committed to ensuring its clients feel confident and secure about their future? As Senior Director, Financial Crime, you will play a key role in shaping the vision, performance, and transformation of iA Financial Group’s financial crime programs. Reporting to the Vice-President and Chief Compliance Officer, who also serves as the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer, you will lead the teams of professionals within the Anti-Money Laundering Office and the Fraud Prevention Office, while also acting as Deputy Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer.

You will also provide functional leadership to the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officers of the Group’s subsidiaries and mobilize AML-ATF representatives across the business sectors in managing cases and information requests. This position represents a great opportunity to showcase your skills and fully realize your potential within a caring and trustworthy company. Here, people and their development are at the heart of our priorities, creating an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.

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What you’ll accomplish with us

As Senior Director, Financial Crime , you will be at the heart of our mission. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead and mobilize two teams of specialized professionals, develop expertise, and build a recognized centre of expertise across the Group.
• Define the multi-year vision, risk appetite, and investment priorities related to financial crime.
• Lead iA Alerte by defining the vision, roadmap, and success criteria for an integrated financial crime detection capability aimed at enhancing detection tools through the integration of artificial intelligence.
• Lead the Group’s AML-ATF governance by guiding the subsidiaries’ Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officers in applying Group standards, ensuring program consistency, and supporting their accountability.
• Mobilize business sectors and coordinate investigations and remediation activities while ensuring rigorous and consistent practices.
• Provide strategic leadership, guide senior management decision-making, and foster alignment among business sectors and subsidiaries with the Group’s financial crime priorities.
• Represent the organization and lead discussions with FINTRAC, the AMF, OSFI, and law enforcement agencies, while demonstrating the robustness of the organization’s programs and controls.

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What could accelerate your success in this role

We are looking for someone who:

• Is recognized for their engaging leadership and ability to inspire and rally multidisciplinary teams around a shared vision, as well as exert significant influence without direct reporting authority.
• Stands out for their strategic vision, strong execution skills, and ability to turn ambition into a comprehensive operating model encompassing governance, processes, tools, and performance indicators.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex issues to the Board, senior management, and regulatory authorities, as well as sound judgment when managing matters with significant regulatory and reputational implications.
• Has a strong interest in innovation and artificial intelligence, along with the ability to leverage emerging technologies to advance prevention, detection, and analytical practices.
• Holds a bachelor’s degree in law, business administration, finance, accounting, criminology, risk management, or a related field.
• Has 10 years of relevant experience, including 5 years of management experience, as well as substantial experience in financial crime, AML-ATF, fraud, compliance, or investigations within a regulated environment, including several years managing teams of professionals.
• Has training or certification in AML-ATF, fraud, compliance, risk management, audit, or data, which is considered a strong asset.
• Advanced proficiency in both French and English is required, as the successful candidate will regularly be responsible for managing files and information requests, coordinating investigations and remediation efforts, and communicating complex issues in a clear and accessible manner to subsidiaries, business units, senior management, and regulatory authorities.

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Why you’ll love working with us

• A work environment where learning and development come together with a collective pursuit of excellence.
• Artificial intelligence is in everyone’s hands, helping increase personal effectiveness and supporting the organization’s growth.
• A healthy, safe, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone can reach their full potential and develop freely.
• The opportunity to work in a hybrid environment supported by flexibility and access to inspiring and innovative workspaces.

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• Employee share purchase plan
• Vacation, wellness, and personal development days
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Ergonomic furniture program
• Performance bonus
• Discounts on iA products
• And much more!

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At iA, we believe in potential and value diverse experiences.

See why so many people choose iA!

iA Financial Group is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 10,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than five million clients and 50,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.

With over $235 billion in assets, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 130 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.

At iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. We strive to provide a workplace that is recognized as inclusive for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation, or physical or mental disability.

Please note that if you need help or assistance to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, write to us. Someone from our team will be happy to assist you.