Senior Manager, Corporate Risk

Who is Allstate:

Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. The company is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years and prioritizes supporting employees and fostering an inclusive, welcoming corporate culture. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to provide reassurance with its "You’re in Good Hands®" promise.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, Opportunity, Flexibility, Community, Diversity and Family, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

Role Designation: Hybrid

Benefits to joining Allstate

• Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
• Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
• Personal reflection day
• Working within the community and giving back!
• Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
• Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans

The Senior Manager, Corporate Risk is accountable for the overall risk identification and assessment and ensuring risk assessments are conducted in a consistent manner by Business areas, aligned with ACG’s methodology. Provide subject matter expertise on risk assessments to Business areas and partners. Conduct comparative analysis of regulatory frameworks. Identify and address enhancement opportunities. Execute on risk programs and support risk reporting. The Senior Manager, Corporate Risk will build relationships at all levels of the organization to help facilitate change and where appropriate provide value-added recommendations to management with a focus on risk mitigation and improved profitability.

Accountabilities:

• Build strong relationships and provide proactive thought leadership, advice and communications to stakeholders ensuring that risk issues are identified, understood and managed effectively
• Leads strategies for large-scale, complex, department-wide initiatives
• Delegates and prioritizes work in accordance with the role and scope of work to be completed
• Leadership skills to develop, coach, and manage a team of direct and indirect reports
• Monitor risk appetite indicators to ensure that risk appetite results are aligned with the ACG’s strategic plan and embedded in day-to-day operations
• Develop or alter audits or methodology around changing priorities and as new internal or external fraud or learnings warrant.
• Proactively manage and meet regulatory requirements that affect the organization
• Be a value-add risk oversight partner and work closely with other risk and control groups while actively engaged in independent challenge and review assessments ensuring appropriate documented challenge
• Innovate to enhance and contribute to the team effectiveness by streamlining processes and develop tools to automate repetitive tasks or laborious routines where possible
• Recommend preventative and detective control mechanisms and requirements to key business partners and processes to ensure compliance with overall ACG and regulatory, legal and ethical policies to ensure adequate mitigation of risks. This includes setting context and direction and prescribing limits to direct reports and implementing feedback loops

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Complex decision-making skills
• Intermediate level proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint software.
• University degree (Science or Business)
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate capacity for effective decision making and drawing reasonable conclusions.
• 7+ years of experience in property and casualty underwriting or internal audit. 7+ years of previous people manager experience and large teams.
• CIP and/or CRM and/or CFE or actively pursuing same

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.