Senior Business Information Management Specialist

TD•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$115,600 - CA$163,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) group at TD Bank Group (TDBG) is accountable for establishing TDBG's global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorist Financing (ATF) program to ensure that all TDBG businesses remain compliant with AML/ATF regulatory expectations in all jurisdictions where TDBG operates. This includes setting consistent standards across business segments that may be further tailored to specific business or jurisdictional requirements, conducting annual enterprise-wide AML risk assessments, maintaining the Global AML Policy (including Know Your Customer (KYC) and Enhanced Due Diligence on High-Risk Customers); currency transaction and suspicious transaction monitoring and reporting; screening TDBG customers against regulatory watch lists; a hierarchy of designated AML officer functions; enterprise-wide and specialized AML training of employees, and independent AML testing. The FCRM Data Strategy and Management team is a key function enabling TD's AML Program, and a first line function in the three-line-of-defense data risk management model. The team consists of the following three subgroups: Data Strategy & Initiative – Define FCRM's data management strategy & roadmap to enable AML capabilities at their target state and advance the roadmap via technology and non-technology initiatives, operating model/governance/process enhancements, and deliver data management requirements for FCRM projects. Data Management – Establish and execute data risk controls including reporting and escalation, adhering to the Bank's data management standards. Data Issue Management & Metrics Reporting – Drive data issue resolution and own data risk metrics reporting. We are looking for a Senior Data Management Specialist to join the FCRM Data Strategy and Management team, to implement data management controls for key AML capabilities (e.g., Transaction Monitoring, Customer Risk Rating etc.) and subsequently maintain and evolve data controls in BAU.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree; 10+ years of data management focused experience in an AML or Risk Management background.
Extensive experience in best practice of data management controls to mitigate data risk in the space of AML; solid understanding of how data is enabling AML capabilities/use cases, able to explain "so-what" from AML risk & control perspective.
Proven ability in implementing data management controls across data supply chain partnering with data producers, data consumers, and technology; defending appropriateness of data management controls to the satisfaction of Governance and Audit.
Advanced knowledge of common design of source to consumption data pipeline, leveraging the Bank's data lake, as well as ETL.
Advanced knowledge of the Three Lines of Defense in a risk management framework.
Strong and demonstrated storytelling, writing (memos, procedures, slides), and presentation skills, to executive audience and the audience of Governance and Audit.
Excellent at prioritizing in an environment where there are constant competing priorities and time-sensitive regulatory requests
Highly organized and diligent individual with the ability to manage multiple workstreams

Nice To Haves

ACAMS certificate is an asset

Responsibilities

Interpret Enterprise Data Management Standard and design practical and defensible data management controls based on criticality of data usage use cases.
Partner with data producers in Canadian Personal Banking, Business Banking, Wealth, and technology to build and implement appropriate data management controls. Explain and defend the data management controls to 1B Governance, 2nd line Oversight, and Audit.
Lead a team of data management practitioners assigned to projects/initiatives to deliver FCRM Data Management owned work (e.g., Critical Data Elements/Business Data Elements identification, data lineage, metadata, data completeness & correctness controls, timeliness controls, data retention & disposition etc.); mitigate risks and resolve issues impacting completion of the FCRM Data Management owned deliverables.
Participate in ongoing audit and 2nd line testing of FCRM Data Management practice; Own remediation of assigned findings
Proactively provide input to FCRM executives on potential gaps, ongoing improvements, investment opportunities in Data Management to ensure data consumed by key AML capabilities is of acceptable quality and fit-for-purpose.
Keep data management controls up to date as changes to AML standards, Enterprise Data Management Standard, data architecture, input data etc. happen.
Champion the value FCRM Data Management practice brings to FCRM; Provide education and clarity on how data management fits in the value chains of key AML capabilities/use cases.
Develop and maintain knowledge of data available from upstream sources and data within various AML platforms; and data elements critical to AML capabilities/use cases.
Keep current on emerging ML/TF trends and regulatory requirement changes, as well as the Bank's data management standards.
Develop technical skills and soft skills required; Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite.