Vice President, Internal Audit

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing team to achieve and exceed expectations while coaching individual employees to realize their professional development goals.
• Engage with Purpose practices, lead by example, provide feedback, coach, commit to regular one on ones and team meetings,
• Develop effective working relationships with internal partners across all departments, acting as One Assiniboine to achieve strategic goals.
• Maintain overall department service levels and standards, ensuring team capabilities support the delivery and execution of strategic and operational plans.
• Foster employee engagement through regular and effective communication, championing change, positively addressing employee concerns, building trust, and supporting productivity through all phases of the merger.
• Serve as a visible and approachable leader, promoting shared values and a unified corporate culture, to ensure employees feel connected and valued through all phases of the merger.
• Ensure that employees understand the benefits of the merger and are equipped to adapt to new and/or changing policies, procedures, processes, systems, and structures. Identify and work to positively and collaboratively address resistance to change.
• Invest, ensuring alignment with partners on merger integration priorities and timelines.

• Lead the Internal Audit IA function is to strengthen Assiniboine Credit Union / Caisse Assiniboine’s ability to create, protect, and sustain value by providing the board and management with independent, risk-based, and objective assurance, advice, insight, and foresight.
• Develop an annual risk-based internal audit plan as required by the Global Internal Audit Standards and the Board approved IA Charter.
• Ensure internal audit engagements are performed, documented, and the reporting of engagement findings, conclusions and corrective actions are communicated in accordance with the Global Internal Audit Standards.
• Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations and corrective actions.
• Support the Audit & Risk Committee in the discharge of its governance responsibilities, including the responsibilities outlined in the ERM Framework.
• Maintain a relationship with DGCM and ensure that the annual internal audit plan considers the changes in the regulator’s views and examination process.
• Develop and maintain strong and collaborative relationships with internal management, employees and external organizations and build mutually valuable networks outside the credit union.
• Ensure the IA team collectively possesses or obtains the knowledge, skills, and other competencies and qualifications needed to meet the requirements of the Global Internal Audit Standards and fulfill the IA mandate.
• Maintains awareness of emerging risks, trends, regulatory and legislative changes, organizational and operational changes impacting internal audit planning.
• Encourage and promote an ethics-based culture in the organization.
• Conformity with the Board approved Internal Audit Charter.

• Leading Self
• Member Service
• Delivering Results
• Communication
• Change
• Team Leadership
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Organizational Acumen

• Has proven knowledge in the Global Internal Audit Standards, risk-based audit approaches, internal control and risk management frameworks.
• Keeps ahead of trends in the regulatory environment and in the financial services industry and beyond and understands the implications for ACU.
• Has a successful history of executing Board approved annual internal audit plans.
• Is knowledgeable in ACU’s current credit union philosophies, principles, legislation, regulations, policies, procedures, technologies and operations.
• Understands core principles of ethics, integrity, objectivity, due professional care and confidentiality.
• Has demonstrated ability to build strong, balanced relationships irrespective of hierarchy inside ACU, and builds mutually valuable networks outside ACU and the credit union system.
• Operates at the highest standard of ethical behavior as a leader by example.
• Has excellent communication skills for report writing and presentations to senior management and the Audit & Risk Committee.
• Is dedicated to quality coaching and professional development, supporting others to be effective in their roles.
• Demonstrates well-developed sensitivity to the cultural dynamics of a merged organization, capable of effectively navigating and integrating organizational cultures.
• Champions a commitment to quality service, competitive positioning and convenient solutions in urban, rural and agricultural communities.
• Understands the vital role the Francophone community plays in the vibrant tapestry of Manitoba and Canada and is dedicated to delivering on our commitment to provide continued access to services to Francophone members in French.
• Demonstrates a personal and professional connection with ACU’s money doing more purpose, integrates values based leadership and triple bottom line accountability in day to day work.

• puts people, planet and prosperity first,
• values diversity and inclusion,
• is committed to serving its urban, rural, agricultural, and Francophone communities,
• is focused on social and environmental responsibility,
• supports employees through training programs and long-term career development,
• offers a competitive total compensation program which includes bonuses, a matched pension program, and health and dental benefits.

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