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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Partner with the ACAN CRO to shape and execute Aviva Canada's risk strategy and ensure the effective operation of the Risk Management Framework.
- Provide independent, commercially focused risk insight and challenge to support strategic decision-making, growth objectives, and long-term value creation.
- Ensure the organization operates within Board-approved risk appetite and maintains effective risk governance, oversight, and risk culture.
- Support Executive Committee, Board Risk Committee, and ACAN Board reporting on key risk exposures, emerging risks, and risk management effectiveness.
- Lead independent oversight of Aviva Canada's aggregate risk profile, including insurance, financial, capital, model, technology, data, change, and operational risks.
- Review and challenge business plans, capital deployment decisions, reinsurance strategies, material transactions, product development, pricing, and other significant business initiatives.
- Monitor emerging risks and material changes in risk exposure, ensuring mitigation strategies are identified and executed.
- Escalate significant risk issues and risk appetite breaches, providing recommendations for remediation and management action.
- Provide enterprise leadership for insurance risk, financial risk, capital risk, risk modelling, and risk analytics.
- Oversee Internal Model Independent Validation (IMIV) and material model governance across Aviva Canada.
- Oversee independent validation activities and challenge capital adequacy, economic capital, liquidity, financial resilience, and risk-return optimization.
- Drive the evolution of quantitative risk capabilities and risk analytics to enhance business decision-making and risk insights.
- Lead the Risk Business Partnering team and build relationships with executives, regulators, Board members, Group Risk teams, and external stakeholders.
- Represent Risk on governance committees, industry forums, and global initiatives.
- Foster transparency, collaboration, proactive risk management, continuous improvement, talent development, and succession planning.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team across Risk Business Partnering and Quantitative Risk.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree and relevant professional designation (e.g., FCAS, FCIA, FSA, CRM) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 15+ years of progressive risk leadership experience within the insurance and/or broader financial services industry.
- Deep expertise in Enterprise Risk Management, including risk governance, risk appetite, risk culture, ORSA, stress testing, capital management, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong understanding of insurance risks, including underwriting, pricing, claims, reserving, reinsurance, investments, and emerging risks.
- Experience engaging with Boards, Board Risk Committees, and regulators (OSFI and/or equivalent regulatory bodies).
- Proven ability to develop and execute risk strategies that support business objectives, customer outcomes, and sustainable growth.
- Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build high-performing teams and influence executives, regulators, and cross-functional partners.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and communication capabilities, including the ability to translate complex risk, actuarial, and financial information into clear business insights and drive organizational change.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive executive compensation package, including annual incentive opportunities.
- Comprehensive pension and retirement savings programs.
- Flexible hybrid work model.
- Industry-leading health and wellness benefits.
- Professional development and executive leadership growth opportunities.
- Inclusive employee resource groups and diversity initiatives.
- Volunteer opportunities and community impact programs.
- Competitive vacation and wellness offerings.