Manager or Associate Director, Investment Audit

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We are growing and seeking an Associate Director/Manager, Internal Audit to support our investment audit portfolio. This role will be leading assurance and advisory engagements across Total Portfolio Management, Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Private Equity, as well as related enterprise functions including risk management, operations, investment finance, and transformation initiatives. This role manages engagements end-to-end and provides independent assurance over investment-related risks, controls, and processes.

We are open to considering candidates at either the Manager or Associate Director level, depending on experience and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead audit and advisory engagements, ensuring audits are well planned, executed to a high standard, and reported clearly and on time;
• Manage engagements by maintaining regular communication with internal stakeholders and keeping them informed of progress and outcomes;
• Deliver clear, practical, and value-added findings and recommendations that address root causes and enable management to strengthen controls and processes;
• Prepare clear and concise audit reports;
• Track and validate management remediation activities to ensure audit issues are resolved and closed on a timely basis;
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with key stakeholders across the organization;
• Maintain awareness of the organization’s business activities, regulatory environment, and emerging risks to support audit planning and provide meaningful risk insights;
• Participate in and advise on business initiatives by providing proactive feedback from a control and governance perspective and recommending improvements where appropriate;
• Contribute to departmental initiatives focused on innovation, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an external audit, consulting, or internal audit roles;
• Strong knowledge of Capital Markets, Private Markets, and/or related functions including risk management, investment operations, or investment finance;
• Professional designation in accounting (CPA), audit (CIA), or investments (CFA) preferred;
• Strong analytical, problem solving, stakeholder management, and project management skills with attention to detail;
• Demonstrated ability to gain a strong understanding of new sophisticated areas in a relatively short period of time;
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, prioritize competing demands, and manage concurrent deliverables;
• Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills; strong presentation and executive deck development skills considered an asset;
• Expertise with AI tools and/or data analytics considered an asset.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.