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About the Role
The Chief Internal Auditor, Canada leads the Internal Audit community team in Canada. The primary role is to assist the Board in discharging its governance responsibilities by providing assurance on the effectiveness of internal controls, governance, risk management, and control processes. The secondary objective is to partner with the leadership team to support continuous improvement in these areas.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the function drives a best practice approach and has a strong customer focus.
- Support stakeholders’ understanding of issues relating to the governance and risk management framework.
- Ensure Internal Audit leverages the work being led by 2nd Line Risk and Compliance while providing independent assurance.
- Maintain a comprehensive, reliable risk profile across delegated areas.
- Create a flexible plan based on collaboration with executives, management, and colleagues.
- Deliver high impact written reports and presentations on governance, risk management, and control issues to key stakeholders.
- Instill a professional approach to the manner and methodology through which Audit staff deliver their work.
- Enhance the function’s performance while improving personal performance and career development.
Requirements
- 15+ years of executive experience in a complex, highly regulated environment, ideally within financial services or insurance.
- Proven success leading a progressive internal audit function, strengthening audit practices, governance frameworks, and enterprise risk management capabilities.
- Strong experience managing relationships with regulators, external auditors, and senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to balance audit independence and governance rigor with business priorities.
- Track record of building, developing, and retaining high-performing, diverse teams.
- Experience operating in global, matrixed environments, navigating competing priorities and collaborating effectively across geographies and functions.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Strategic yet hands-on leader who combines strong business acumen, sound judgment, and attention to detail.
- Resilient, adaptable, and culturally agile leader.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Relationship-building skills
- Business acumen
- Judgment
- Attention to detail
- Execution and results-driven
- Resilience
- Adaptability
- Cultural agility
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full Time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Executive experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline
- CPA/CA designation is an asset
Benefits
- Career Development opportunities
- Access to industry-leading learning programs
- Up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement
- Flexible health and dental benefits
- $5,000 mental health benefit
- Regular vacation and personal days
- Volunteer day
- Company-matching pension plan
- Share ownership program
- Additional investment options
- Employee recognition programs
- Service milestone celebrations
- Employee discounts
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Mentorship programs
- Social clubs and events
About the Company
- Great-West Lifeco Inc is a Canadian headquarter, international financial services holding company with interests in life insurance, health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management, and reinsurance businesses.
- We operate in Canada, the United States, and Europe under the brands: Canada Life, Empower and Irish Life.
- At the end of 2024, our companies had over 32,250 employees, 106,000 advisor relationships, and thousands of distribution partners – serving approximately 40 million customer relationships.
- Great-West Lifeco trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol GWO and is a member of the Power Corporation group of companies.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com. All information provided will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and Great-West Lifeco policies.