Senior Risk Specialist, ERM (Operational Resilience)

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Join a pivotal second-line position at the heart of Canada's financial market infrastructure. As a Senior Risk Specialist, ERM, you will support the delivery of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Operational Resilience programs across the Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS), Canada's central securities depository, clearing and settlement hub, and the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), the national central counterparty for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives — collectively known as “TMX Post-Trade.”

You will play a key role in the identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting of significant non-financial risks, working closely with business lines, process owners, and the Senior Leadership Team. This role carries a primary focus on the Enterprise Risk Management program — spanning risk taxonomy, risk appetite, top-risk identification, quarterly reporting, change management risk evaluation, and enterprise-wide training — and on advancing Post-Trade's Operational Resilience program, providing independent second-line oversight of the non-financial risks and controls owned within the first line of defence.

This role reports to: Manager, Enterprise Risk Management & Non-Financial Resilience

Job Location: Hybrid (2-3 days in office) - we are open to candidates being located in one of our Canadian office locations: Toronto or Montreal.

Key Accountabilities

Operational Resilience: Post-Trade has introduced a new Tier 2 Operational Resilience Policy to increase visibility into key dependencies, prepare for worst-case scenarios, and assess our ability to operate through disruption.

• Program Implementation: Drive the rollout of the Tier 2 Operational Resilience Policy, increasing visibility into critical business services and their internal/external dependencies.
• Pilot Execution: Lead the launch of the Operational Resilience pilot to test and validate the proposed framework, documenting findings and driving refinements.
• Framework Development: Contribute to the formal Operational Resilience Procedure, developing supporting tools, templates, and critical operation dependency maps.
• Stress Testing: Spearhead scenario development and...