Selection Process Number:
25-26-SIF-EA-JR100182Division:
Industry SurveillanceGroup and Level:
RE 06Salary Range:
$124500.00 - $160800.00Employment Tenure:
IndeterminatePositions Available:
1Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
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Working at OSFIs Industry Surveillance Division (ISD) you will:
Play a key technical role in industry-wide operational and integrity risk surveillance.
Provide expertise in scanning assessing and reporting on the risk landscape for the operational resilience of OSFI regulated institutions and the financial sector.
Identify industry-wide systemic risks financial sector specific thematic issues and trends related to operational resiliency.
The immediate need is to staff one (1) Specialist position with a language requirement of bilingual imperative CBC/CBC on an indeterminate basis. If no bilingual imperative (CBC/CBC) appointment can be made a bilingual non-imperative (CBC/CBC) appointment may be considered within this advertised appointment process.
This process may also be used in the future to staff a Manager position.
A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar or identical positions with various linguistic requirements and/or profiles security requirements tenures and/or locations within the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) which may vary according to the position being staffed.
CLASSIFICATION:
This position is classified at the RE-06 group and level which is roughly equivalent to the CT-FIN-04 group and level.
LOCATION:
The designated worksite for this position is the Toronto Ontario OSFI Office. However the employee may work from the Ottawa office.
OSFIs hybrid model includes telework and mandatory onsite presence. The terms of the employees telework arrangement will be established in accordance with the Directive on Telework and the Guidelines on Hybrid Work. These arrangements must be reviewed annually at a minimum and can be subject to change.
Official Language Proficiency:
Information on language requirements
Bilingual imperative (CBC/CBC)
In order to be considered your application must clearly explain how you meet each of the following education and experience criteria.
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:
Information on degree equivalency
A degree OR diploma from a recognized from a post-secondary institution with specialization in business commerce economics finance accounting mathematics computer science or other relevant field
OR
An acceptable combination* of relevant experience AND education or training
*At the managers discretion OSFI may consider candidates who do not possess the stated education but meet the combination of experience and education or training if concrete examples are provided.
*At the managers discretion OSFI may consider candidates who do not possess the stated education but meet the combination of experience and education or training if concrete examples are provided.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:
Recent* and significant** experience analyzing and assessing operational or integrity risk related risk management practices and identifying and managing key and emerging risks in the financial services industry*** that impact operational resilience and integrity.
Recent* and significant** experience in artificial intelligence research or development.
Recent* and significant** experience carrying out in-depth research on a broad range of non-financial risk subjects in the financial services industry*** and preparing briefing notes reports discussion papers or research papers for executives on these subjects.
*Recent is defined as ANY relevant experience gained within approximately the last three (3) years.
**Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of the experience normally associated with the performance of the duties for a period of four (4) years.
*** Financial services industry experience is defined as experience working in one or more of the following areas: (a) financial institutions including banks trust and loan companies insurance companies and pension plans (b) firms dealing with audits or consulting engagements to such institutions (including reinsurance brokers) (c) technology and data companies providing services to financial institutions or linked to the delivery of financial services (d) government departments that directly deal with the supervision and regulation of these institutions (e) Indigenous Institutions including: Band operations trustees or administrators of pension plans insurance institutions lending institutions or other related areas providing financial services (f) other relevant areas such as but not limited to financial risk management investment management corporate treasury functions or commercial lending.
The following essential knowledge competencies and abilities will be assessed at a later date.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of banking systems banking processes payment rails financial market infrastructure and financial market IT systems
Knowledge of the mechanics and the complexities of fraud
Knowledge of third-party supply chain complexities and interconnectedness
Knowledge of implications of AI on operational resiliency of the financial system
ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES:
Critical Thinking
Interpersonal Communication
Innovation
Collaboration
ESSENTIAL ABILITIES:
Ability to communicate effectively in writing
Ability to communicate effectively verbally
If you possess any of the following education or experience criteria your application must clearly explain how you meet them (may be needed for the job).
ASSET EDUCATION:
A relevant graduate degree from a recognized post-secondary institution
A relevant recognized financial or risk management designation
ASSET EXPERIENCE:
Recent* and significant** experience in the financial services industry*** in all of the following areas:
Third party risk assessment and management
Fraud risk assessment and management
Money laundering assessment and mitigation
Recent* and significant** experience in the construction collection and assessment of risk data and quantitative modelling related to operational resilience.
Recent* and significant** non-financial risk experience in a second line function or multiple lines of business in the financial services industry***.
*Recent is defined as ANY relevant experience gained within approximately the last three (3) years.
**Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of the experience normally associated with the performance of the duties for a period of four (4) years.
***Financial services industry experience is defined as experience working in one or more of the following areas: (a) financial institutions including banks trust and loan companies insurance companies and pension plans (b) firms dealing with audits or consulting engagements to such institutions (including reinsurance brokers) (c) technology and data companies providing services to financial institutions or linked to the delivery of financial services (d) government departments that directly deal with the supervision and regulation of these institutions (e) Indigenous Institutions including: Band operations trustees or administrators of pension plans insurance institutions lending institutions or other related areas providing financial services (f) other relevant areas such as but not limited to financial risk management investment management corporate treasury functions or commercial lending.
The following asset knowledge and competencies may be assessed at a later date.
ASSET KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of financial institutions governance structures and processes that ensure strong operational resiliency
Knowledge of enterprise risk management approaches and practices including the three lines of defence model
Knowledge of a financial institutions core functions business processes critical assets and systems which are subject to integrity and security oversight activities
ASSET COMPETENCIES:
Inclusion
Leading People
Result Orientation
Ability and willingness to work overtime
Ability and willingness to travel within Canada when required
Security Reliability Status
In our hybrid workplace environment the ability to work remotely from home within Canada with access to the Internet in ones residence is a condition of employment
Placing OSFI employees affected by workforce adjustments who have an affected opting or surplus priority status.
OSFI is committed to having a skilled and diverse workforce representative of the Canadian order to meet our employment equity objectives selection for this position may be made from among qualified candidates who self-declare as belonging to one or more of the following Employment Equity groups: Persons with a disability Aboriginal people Members of a Visible Minority or Women. OSFI is committed to diversity and inclusion and we strongly encourage candidates to self-declare if they belong to one of these designated employment equity groups.
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. Employment equity -
Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents with the exception of a job located in Nunavut where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first. Information on the preference to veterans
We thank those who applied; however only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Eligible candidates may be considered and offered a deployment or Interchange before considering other applicants.
This process may also be used to staff a Manager position.
The useof generativeartificial intelligence (AI) tools sites and applications based on large language models (e.g. ChatGPT Dall-E Microsoft Copilot) is forbidden for this that your application may be submitted to a third-party software to detect plagiarism and the use of generative from any source or the use of generative AI from any source will result in the invalidation of your application and consequently elimination from this selection process.
OSFI is a separate agency with its own classification and compensation system. OSFIs staffing is subject to the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA).
All written and verbal communication obtained throughout the staffing process from the time of application to close of process may be used to evaluate the candidate.
Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed; however depending on the requirements of the specific position(s) being staffed one or more asset criteria or organizational need may be invoked at any stage of the process.
Staffing strategies such as random selection top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process may be used for the purpose of managing applications.
Please note that although you may attain the established pass mark on any of the assessments used in this staffing process management may decide to use a higher cut off score.
During the staffing process various assessment methods can be utilized including but not limited to written exams and interviews. These assessments may be conducted either remotely or in-person at one of our OSFI offices (Toronto Ottawa Montreal or Vancouver).
Candidates are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
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