Legal Risk & Compliance – Financial Crimes Compliance Senior Consultant

Accountabilities:

• • Assess financial crime compliance risks across financial services organizations, with particular focus on fraud and fraud risk management.
  • Support projects involving money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, fraud, and other financial crime risks.
  • Execute compliance monitoring activities, internal control risk assessments, and controls testing to evaluate whether policies, procedures, and operational practices are appropriately designed, risk-based, and effective.
  • Analyze current and emerging regulations and assess their relevance and impact on client businesses and operating models.
  • Support the development, enhancement, and implementation of financial crime risk management policies, procedures, and control frameworks.
  • Monitor financial crime compliance activities and evaluate their effectiveness, identifying opportunities to strengthen processes and controls.
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to support regulatory compliance and alignment with industry best practices.
  • Support audits, effectiveness reviews, investigations, and other financial crime compliance assessments.
  • Analyze, organize, interpret, and present data to identify risks, trends, control gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Translate operational and enterprise risks into clear insights and recommendations for client personnel, including executive-level stakeholders.
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients and develop a strong professional network across the financial services industry.
  • Facilitate the successful execution of project work plans, including supporting scope definition, staffing, deliverables, timelines, and methodologies under management direction.
  • Mentor, train, supervise, and coach Interns and Consultants, including reviewing work, coordinating activities, and supporting professional development.
  • Identify engagement risks and opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, and client outcomes.
  • Contribute to a positive team environment characterized by collaboration, open communication, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

  Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or another relevant discipline.
  • At least 2 years of direct experience in financial crime risk, compliance, or audit within professional services or the Canadian financial services industry.
  • Experience conducting audits of financial crime compliance programs and performing risk assessments.
  • Broad knowledge of financial crime compliance, including fraud, fraud risk management, money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, and sanctions evasion.
  • Experience with compliance monitoring, internal controls assessments, controls testing, regulatory analysis, and financial crime risk management frameworks.
  • Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of compliance programs, policies, procedures, and operational controls.
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate, summarize, organize, and interpret complex data.
  • Ability to communicate operational and enterprise risks clearly to client stakeholders, including executives.
  • Strong project management and team leadership capabilities, with experience mentoring, supervising, coordinating, and reviewing the work of others.
  • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
  • Strong client-service mindset with the ability to establish trust and develop productive professional relationships.
  • Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging trends and developments in financial crime, operational risk, enterprise risk, and regulatory compliance.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; experience with Copilot is an asset.
  • Experience with model risk is an asset.
  • Professional certification such as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is required, or candidates must be actively pursuing an applicable certification.
  • Authorization to work in Canada without current or future sponsorship is required.

  Benefits:

  • CAD $72,000–$108,000 annual salary range for a full-time equivalent schedule.
  • Compensation within the range is determined based on experience, skills, and geographic work location.
  • Hybrid work model combining remote work with purposeful in-person collaboration.
  • Flexibility in the balance of remote and in-person work depending on client, project, team, and business requirements.
  • Opportunities to work with diverse financial services clients and highly regulated organizations.
  • Professional development through mentoring, coaching, and exposure to complex consulting engagements.
  • Opportunities to develop leadership, project management, regulatory, and client advisory skills.
  • Collaborative and inclusive working environment focused on integrity, innovation, teamwork, and professional growth.
  • Opportunities to build a broad professional network across the financial services industry.
  • Reasonable accommodations available for candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.
  • Employment is subject to successful completion of a background check.