Financial Crime Risk Management Specialist in Markham

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Financial Crime Risk Management

Pay Details: $96,900 - $136,800 CAD

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Department Overview

The TD Bank Group Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) Department is responsible for Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML/ATF) regulatory compliance and prudential risk management across the TD footprint. We act as proactive and trusted advisors to TD Business Lines, while supporting a consistent, adaptable, and effective culture across the organization, ensuring money laundering and terrorist financing risks are appropriately identified and mitigated.

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Manager, FCRM Privacy, Data, and Change Governance, the Financial Crime Risk Specialist provides subject matter expertise and hands‑on support to the FCRM’s privacy designate activities. The FCRM Privacy Designate (PD), representing the FCRM 1B, acts as the privacy subject matter expert within the FCRM, maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders, fosters a privacy‑aware culture and promotes best practices within the FCRM.

Responsibilities

• Managing and identifying privacy risk in day-to-day activities and influencing a culture of privacy compliance.
• Providing privacy‑related subject matter knowledge applicable to the Risk Owner’s products, services, and initiatives.
• Identifying, understanding, and assessing privacy risk associated with business products, services, initiatives, data usage activities, models, tools and operations, etc.
• Understanding impacts of new/amended privacy legislation, regulation, and applicable privacy regulators’ expectations.
• Supporting Risk Owners with the establishment, implementation and maintenance of privacy procedures and controls, as appropriate and in line with TD’s risk appetite.
• Supporting Risk Owners as they mitigate and manage privacy risks applicable to their business activities and/or operations, leveraging where possible existing governance, processes and controls.
• Supporting the Risk Owner with Regulatory Compliance Management (RCM) Program activities relating to privacy Laws, Rules and Regulations (LRRs), e.g., inherent risk rating, control mapping, etc., and escalating to the Privacy Office any RCM impacts/triggers that may warrant updated RCM activities for the Risk Owner.
• Promoting the privacy mandate through the implementation/maintenance of and compliance with privacy related policies, standards, procedures and guidelines, while collaborating with business and jurisdictional stakeholders.
• The review, challenge, and approval of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA).
• Supporting end‑to‑end activities and reporting related to identified issues, events, and, where applicable, individuals’ rights and information access requests and privacy related complaints and events, etc.
• Working collaboratively with other PDs when Risk Owner’s activities overlap across multiple Risk Owners and jurisdictions.
• Participating in activities that support the oversight and inform the effectiveness of the PD program.
• Acting like an owner in understanding and proactively supporting privacy compliance within their Risk Owner’s strategic priorities.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• 7+ years of experience in a governance/oversight role, compliance, audit, or related fields.
• Familiarity with privacy concepts and principles with a desire to learn more about privacy.
• Knowledge of the organization and FCRM function.
• Problem solving and analytical skills to assess privacy risks, identify issues and opportunities, and implement action.
• Keen ability to identify and elevate privacy risk as appropriate.
• Strong ability to work independently, think critically and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to respond to conflicting points of view and effect creative, responsive and feasible solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to the privacy needs of their Risk Owner.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize workload.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Education and Accreditation:

• Post secondary education.
• Previous privacy experience preferred.
• An International Association of Privacy Professional (IAPP) certification or other comparable certification, is considered an asset.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world’s leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world.

Our Total Rewards Package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well‑being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well‑being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

We’re committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals.

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

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