Senior Corporate Compliance Specialist

About the role

Canada Life Reinsurance Barbados, part of Great West Lifeco Inc., is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Senior Corporate Compliance Specialist to support and strengthen compliance, governance, risk management and regulatory activities across its entities in Barbados and Bermuda. The role covers compliance risk assessments, audit coordination, regulatory filings, banking and supplier risk, and AML/KYC matters.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate compliance risk assessments and testing, including evidence collection, issue tracking, remediation monitoring and annual testing against approved methodology and sampling requirements
• Support control assessments and reporting through the GRC platform
• Coordinate internal and regulatory audit requests, track findings and remediation
• Coordinate economic substance and other regulatory filings, and quarterly CCO and ICOFR reporting
• Monitor regulatory developments and maintain filing schedules and records
• Coordinate non-Barbados banking and custodial accounts (KYC), third-party and supplier risk assessments (IRQs) and quarterly Tier 1 disclosures
• Support KYC due diligence, MLRO risk assessments and CRS requirements
• Improve compliance processes and controls, maintain system proficiency, take part in professional development and provide backup support

Required profile

• University degree in Compliance, Governance, Law, Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management or a related discipline
• Professional designation in compliance, governance, corporate secretarial practice, accounting, audit, risk management or a related field
• 5-7 years of experience in compliance, governance, audit, risk management or a related discipline
• Experience coordinating audits, regulatory reviews and stakeholder-driven projects

Required skills

• Working knowledge of corporate governance, regulatory filings, AML/KYC requirements, risk assessments and compliance testing
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and compliance systems