Manager, Real Estate Governance & Risk Controls

Position Overview

The successful candidate will report to the Director, Real Estate Governance and will be part of a team of two. The culture is built on putting clients first, operating with integrity, collaborating with speed and intention, fostering empathy and inclusion, and executing with urgency, expertise, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide governance and oversight of the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) controls and monitoring program to ensure CRE maintains a strong risk mitigation and control posture.
• Work closely with 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines of defense functions to ensure alignment and information is communicated back to the service lines.
• Manage and maintain relevant control and risk documentation, including control and risk libraries.
• Manage and maintain the CRE Regulatory Compliance Program second line of defense model to track and report on regulatory compliance for all identified owned locations.
• Internal Audit Continuous Monitoring – Liaise with the Internal Audit team for all requests through this quarterly exercise and coordinate with CRE stakeholders.
• Operational Risk – Liaise with the Operational Risk team on key controls, self-identified issues, emerging threats, ongoing assessments and reporting.
• Ongoing monitoring of controls – Develop and implement a process for monitoring controls across all CRE service lines to ensure adequate oversight by the CRE teams of the service partners and key controls.
• Lead and facilitate compliance-related meetings.
• Act as CRE Subject Matter Expert (SME) on internal control development and management.
• Identify areas of opportunity through review and/or analysis of industry and suppliers.
• Track Audit issues, Regulatory Compliance issues and Operational Risk issues; work with the service lines to develop action plans and monitor them to ensure timely completion.
• Ensure processes, control reporting and tools are documented and kept up to date (i.e. Playbooks).
• Identify risk and control improvement opportunities that can be leveraged and implemented globally.
• Develop and deliver training to CRE Service Area Leads and Service Partners to align roles and responsibilities related to internal risk management and ensure activities are completed according to CRE Framework, policies and processes.

Initiatives

• Provide guidance on the development of control processes, governance and controls.
• Identify optimization opportunities that can be leveraged and implemented globally.
• Act as departmental governance SME on CRE and cross-functional projects.

Required Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience.
• Audit / Risk background (e.g., CPA).
• Strong communication, change management, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Ability to take complex subjects and communicate them effectively to non-subject matter experts.
• Ability to assimilate and interpret information covering a wide range of differing business areas.

Technical Requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of Corporate Real Estate.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Enterprise Risk standards, methodologies and audit requirements.

Key Competencies

• Strong communication, change management, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Strong impact and influence skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate complex topics effectively to diverse audiences.

The expected base salary range for this position is $54 – $64 per hour, depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

The Company offers a total rewards package in accordance with all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and requirements. Benefit eligibility and offerings vary based on role, employment status, and work location.

For contractor positions, benefits are limited to those entitlements and protections required by applicable law, which may include (as applicable) vacation pay, public holidays, leaves of absence, and other legally mandated benefits or payments.

We may use AI-enabled and/or automated tools to support parts of our recruitment process, including application screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications. These tools are used to enhance consistency and efficiency. All hiring decisions involve human review and are not based solely on automated processing.