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Canadian Western Bank

Compliance Analyst

Full-time

Edmonton, AB - CWB Corpor...

Quality Assurance / Control

8 months ago

At CWB, we strive to build value for the people who choose us every day: our people, our clients and our investors. We do this by:Putting people firs.....

At CWB, we strive to build value for the people who choose us every day: our people, our clients and our investors. We do this by:

Putting people first and building relationships with intention
Seeking out and embracing new ideas
Believing that how we do things is as important as what we do

Roles Specifications
Location: Edmonton, AB
Term Role : 6 Months
Everyday flexibility. On-site requirements. Collaborative connections.

CWB Bank

CWB is a bank built for business owners

Our core focus is to become the best full-service bank for business owners in Canada. How do we do this? By delivering a proactive client experience through highly personalized service, specialized expertise, and customized solutions. And we do all this with an unrivalled sense of urgency that our clients love about us.

promotes inclusivity and diverse viewpoints, and inspires collaboration and innovation.

Our employees love CWB. You’ll love it here too.

The opportunity

If you’re driven by accuracy, efficiency and analysis read on, and reach out!

As part of the Centralized Services Regulatory Processing team, we provide efficient, effective and reliable operational support to the CWB Financial Group. We are proud of the key role we play in ensuring the continued success and improvement of processes within CWB Group.

In our supportive environment, the Regulatory Processing team is looking for a Compliance Analyst to assist in ensuring CWB Financial Group operates in compliance with policies and procedures by checking front-line activities, measuring and reporting on compliance and risk areas, and identifying opportunities and actions for improvement in processes and internal controls.

What you’ll be doing

Work with operations management in branches and corporate office to maintain effective risk management practices, and to improve in areas of opportunity as they relate to regulatory compliance.
Provide reporting and analysis to the Regulatory Compliance department to assist in their efforts to monitor the implementation of effective risk management practices and various specific risks such as noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Liaise and provide compliance support to various internal business partners and branches.
Ensure relevant regulatory compliance program activities align with CWB’s corporate policy and strategic direction.
Assist in managing and overseeing key elements of the business-level AML/ATF compliance program.
Participate in regulatory review remediation activities as needed; e.g. identified by FINTRAC, OSFI and/or Internal Audit.
Work with Regulatory Compliance to build a self-assessment program for CWB Group affiliates (e.g. CWT, CWB Wealth Management).
Assess account openings and transactions to ensure compliance with CWB’s Corporate policy as it relates to legislation and regulations.
Work with Regulatory Compliance to effectively manage risk, and strengthen internal controls and support to on AML/ATF related activities.
Conduct assessments of account opening and transactions to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations.
Analyze results of self-assessments to identify areas of opportunity to improve compliance.
Assists with continuous improvement of programs, processes, policies and tools to meet regulatory/compliance requirements, industry best practices and/or achieve organizational goals.

Who we’re looking for & what you’ve done

Capabilities that will take you further

Inquisitive nature. Keen to challenge the status quo and seek better ways to do things, with a strong commitment to learning.
Data skilled & analytically savvy. Demonstrated comfort with the effective utilization of data analytics and related technology-driven processes in support of risk and controls monitoring and testing. MS Excel master.
Efficient & effective. Proven organization & ability to manage multiple monitoring and testing priorities and meet deadlines.
Results focused: Build and execute a business plan to achieve targets while collaborating and respecting the capabilities and contributions of all team members.
Communication. You are clear & concise – both in written & verbal communications/presentations.
Organization and time management. You have the knack to effectively manage several priorities simultaneously and a keen eye for details.
Technologically inclined. Able to quickly learn and effectively use new applications (e.g. FircoSoft, Verafin, etc.)

Foundational knowledge and experience to grow from

Three years banking experience.
Advanced skills and experience with Microsoft Office (specifically Excel) applications and internet searches.
Experience preparing and delivering written and oral communications.
Experience with banking systems, including understanding of policies and procedures as well as financial products and services.

Why work with us?

Your success is our obsession! And our award-winning culture & benefits back it up.

Proudly recognized by Great Place to Work® in 2023 as one of Canada’s top 50 Best Workplaces & recipient of Waterston Human Capital’s Most Admired Corporate Culture 2023.

Wellness matters. We offer an award-winning benefits package that includes:

Hybrid work environments
Everyday flexibility
Generous company-funded health coverage
Health care spending account
A flexible wellness program
generous time-away options to unplug, rest & recover

Career development. We commit to our employees’ development and help them reach their professional goals with:

Organization wide coaching services
Mentorship
Education support & training programs

Bring your whole self to work. Inclusion is a journey requiring practice & experience to result in a powerful outcome. Your perspective matters & voice will be heard. Find community within the CWB family in our employee represented groups.

#LI-JA1

As an equitable employer, CWB Financial Group is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment where a diverse workforce thrives. You are welcomed and encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Dignity, respect and equality are non-negotiables. If you require accommodation during any part of the recruitment or selection process, please reach out.

Closing Date:

* Position closes at 12:01am on the close date identified below.

03/20/2024

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Canadian Western Bank

Manager, Quality Assurance

Full-time

Edmonton, AB - CWB Corpor...

Quality Assurance / Control

8 months ago

At CWB, we strive to build value for the people who choose us every day: our people, our clients and our investors. We do this by:Putting people firs.....

At CWB, we strive to build value for the people who choose us every day: our people, our clients and our investors. We do this by:

Putting people first and building relationships with intention
Seeking out and embracing new ideas
Believing that how we do things is as important as what we do

Manager, Quality Assurance

Everyday flexibility. Hybrid work environments. Collaborative connection.

CWB Corporate

Put a new spin on your banking career.

The overwhelming majority of our employees say CWB is a Great Place to Work®

We’re different from the big banks in the way we engage our employees - caring, responsive, and armed with an obsession for growing talent. Our reputation is powered by a people first culture that ensures our employees be and feel heard, promotes inclusivity and diverse viewpoints, and inspires collaboration and innovation.

Our employees love CWB.  You’ll love it here too.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Responsible for ensuring high quality outcomes of all core banking platform, and core loan origination systems. This includes coordination of workloads and outcomes based on priority business needs and alignment with other IS teams and leaders on execution of work.
Coordinate and plan execution of tactical workloads across team members ensuring functional, non-functional testing cases are carried out on core systems in line with release schedule.
Build plans and coordinate workloads that adhere to testing practices, standards, strategies, and frameworks as defined in Quality Assurance team.
Structure and position technical QA team members to ensure CWB forms solutions have robust scalable testing practices.
Responsible for ensuring high quality outcomes multiple CWB business solutions including but not limited to operational and critical financial systems.
Act as subject matter expert actively executing strategies to improve standard IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Systems Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and tools.
Leveraging direction from Senior Manager, Quality Assurance, continue a culture of continuous improvement built on measured outcomes and key controls and quality metrics in alignment with business stakeholder needs, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and departmental goals and objectives.
Tactical execution of various QA efficiency improvement initiatives maturing QA disciplines, governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.
Identifies and implements opportunism for continual process improvement while leveraging synergies across QA teams in alignment with Application Services goals and objectives.
Build and mature relationship with leaders in 3rd party vendor partner roles ensuring communication of standards, metrics, expectations, and alignment on timing of business outcomes.
Accelerate the strategic execution of Quality Assurance in CWB through automation, secure code testing, and broadening the scope of capabilities and applications in the QA portfolio.
Position strategies to drive a culture of rapid through modernization of tools, capabilities, process, standards, and governance frameworks.
Through strategies and plans, identify and realize cost efficiencies through QA resource structure, tools, and practices.
Develop QA Strategies to ensure the quality of critical banking systems enables the business stakeholders to meet business objectives through implementation of high-quality production systems.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

Professional Knowledge (Education & Technical Knowledge)

Please indicate the minimum level of education required to be successful in this role, being as specific as possible. Include required Certifications, Designations, & Licenses as well

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

• QA Certificate/Diploma and/or ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate an asset.

Professional Experience (Practical Experience)

6 years plus experience in Software Quality Assurance.
3 years plus in Software Quality Assurance leadership.

Professional Competencies

Please identify the specific skills & behaviours required to be successful in the job.

Strong knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Testing Lifecycle.
Experience implementing, and maturing process improvements demonstrating cost efficiencies in line with department budgets.
Knowledge and experience adhering to, collecting, Quality Assurance testing SLA’s, metrics, and measured outcomes.
Strong organizational skills, ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and to be able to synthesize the results.
Demonstrates ability to think strategically while leading a diverse tactical team of QA professionals.
Experience working closely with development and business teams to communicate problem impacts and to understand business requirements.
Strong knowledge of testing disciplines and methodologies.
Project management knowledge.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills that can be applied with people across all levels of CWB.
Thrive in fast moving, performance driven environment with high tolerance for change.
Ability to lead large teams in a complex environment.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills: The ability to utilize both quantifiable and qualitative information to quickly draw conclusions and mitigate risk.