Chief Legal Advisor

at  National Bank of Canada

A career as a Senior Legal Advisor in the Screening and Regulatory Financial Transactions Reporting team, within the Compliance sector at National Bank, means acting as an expert with the Head of International Sanctions for screening activities. It also means working closely with the PCMLTF compliance program team for regulatory reporting to FINTRAC and acting as a liaison among compliance partners.
This position allows you to have a positive impact on our organisation through your leadership and communication skills with the stakeholders in different sectors.

• Provide expert interpretations pertaining to screening activities and regulatory reporting to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal standards and the organization’s risk appetite
• Provide strategic expert advice to management based on best practices, regulations and recent technological devloppements
• Develop a vision for our international sanctions screening and regulatory reporting activities, in collaboration with senior management, by suggesting innovative ideas
• Lead governance activities for international sanctions screening and regulatory reporting to FINTRAC
• Present to the management the statutes on the state of risks, the issues, the incidents and the mitigation measures to be implemented
• Represent the Bank on industry committees and participate in internal committees that require a high level of expertise