Director, Technology Assurance and Advisory at Loblaw Companies Limited

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Director, Technology Assurance and Advisory – Risk Advisory Services Team

Location:

Work model: Minimum 4 days in the office per week.

Base office: 1 Presidents Choice Circle, Brampton, Ontario, L6Y 5S5

Travel: Requirement to travel to our various offices in the Greater Toronto Area (including Toronto and North York), from time-to-time, based on project and business needs

About The Company And Team

At Loblaw, we have a passion for customers, whether that means creating the best in food, health, and beauty, building an innovative online shopping experience, or leading an impressive loyalty program. The Loblaw Technology department services a broad spectrum of businesses within the Loblaw Group of Companies, including financial services (President’s Choice Bank), grocery, apparel, pharmacy (Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaw Pharmacies), and a large ecommerce and digital business.

As a key business partner, the ‘Risk Advisory’ team is a progressive and dynamic world-class consulting function that collaborates with the business functions to protect, improve, and grow its technology and infrastructure, governance, people, and programs, through driving strategic initiatives, assurance, and advisory engagements across Loblaws, PC Bank, Shoppers Drug Mart, Choice Properties and George Weston Limited.

You will work with a team that values diverse ideas, prioritizes a culture of inclusion, and develops our talent from within. We hire business-minded and entrepreneurial people, who strive to learn and solve problems. We will fuel your curiosity with challenging work, talented colleagues, and creative learning resources. At every level, we champion leaders who influence and achieve results.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is a unique opportunity to join as a Director, Technology Assurance and Advisory, Risk Advisory Services. This key role will focus on driving assurance and advisory initiatives to support the technology portfolio spanning across our wide spectrum of businesses. You will be responsible to drive and lead relationships, teams, and projects across all our businesses, its leaders, and the Board, and liaise with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders in critical and exciting strategic, technology operations, and regulatory areas.

The company is looking for a dynamic individual with technical depth around technology risk, entrepreneurial and business-oriented mindset, who is self-driven and possesses the right leadership and interpersonal skills, and executive presence to drive partnerships and engagements across the full spectrum of our businesses, its leadership, and the Board.

Role Requirements And Responsibilities

Technical

• The engagements span across the technology risk spectrum at Loblaw and the leader must have the technical depth, balance, knowledge of best practices and top industry risks and trends, to evaluate, monitor and improve the management of technology risk, across:
• Cyber-security, Privacy, and Penetration Testing, including knowledge of penetration testing frameworks
• System, network, and infrastructure optimization
• Data governance
• Data analytics and visualization
• System implementations, including cloud applications
• Deep understanding of the three lines of defense, including leading trends and practices in optimizing management of technology risk across large organizations
• Determine and lead the technology strategy and plan for assurance and advisory, based on enterprise technology risk exposure and priorities
• Partner with the technology team, second lines risk and compliance functions and external auditors to establish reliance between coverage of risk across the three lines of defense, including oversight of the 2nd Line initiatives, as needed
• Strong financial acumen, including deep understanding and knowledge of risk and control assessments supporting systems, including SAP ECC, application security and identity access management
• Deliver and present highly visual, creative, client-focused deliverables and presentations
  

Leadership

• Versatile and business-minded leader, with a strong executive presence, who will proactively drive and own relationships across the Loblaw technology teams, business functions, including leaders and the Board, to liaison on strategic, assurance and advisory initiatives, including promoting the Risk Advisory brand and service offerings to ensure that we are adaptable to changing business needs and add value in the right direction
• Highly charismatic, invested, and trusted people leader, who will manage and lead the delivery teams, while mentoring team members through coaching, counselling, and leading by example
• Foster trusted business partnership by delivering thought leadership, actionable risk insight and intelligence to Senior Leadership and the Board
  
  

Experience Requirements And Competencies

• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field such as IT Systems, Computer Science, IT Management, Data Analytics or Engineering
• Strong technology and financial acumen, with one or more of the designations preferred: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), CPA, CISSP, CISM or CIA.
• 8+ years of experience, including 3+ years of leadership experience, in a combination of technology roles – preferred roles are systems design, solutions architect, technology consulting/ Big4 firms, internal audit, cyber-security, IT risk management.
• Knowledge of assurance, governance, risk and control frameworks including COBIT, ISF, NIST and ISO, Service Organization Controls (SOC) Reporting standards (e.g. CSAE 3416, Section 5025, AT 101) sufficient to provide subject matter expertise in applying IT risk and control concepts
• Experience auditing large enterprise IT implementations with knowledge of project methodologies (Agile, Iterative etc.) including project risks and controls
• Superior communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels (both written and verbal)
• Strong business acumen, with an ability connect the dots between the business strategy, tactics, risks, and control environment, with significant exposure to risk/control mindset & frameworks
• Proven problem-solver, with an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset and self-starter with a strong work ethic and ‘no-excuses’ mentality
  
  

WHAT LOBLAW OFFERS YOU / What’s in it for you?

• Unique opportunity to join a large world-class team of risk advisory professionals with a proven industry leader
• Ongoing opportunities for learning and career development
• Ability to make an immediate impact on business leaders through projects and risk discussions
• A competitive compensation and benefits package
• Continuous learning through development reimbursement, in accordance with company policies
• Work Perks Program
• On-site gym, Basketball & Volleyball courts, Ice Rink, Groceries delivered to work via PC Express, Dry-Cleaning services (1 Presidents Choice Circle Office)
  
  

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:

Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

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