Vice-President, Audit and Evaluation

Job Requisition : 11898

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office

Location:

Montreal (QC);
Ottawa (ON);
Toronto (ON)

Travel Requirement: Occasional

Language Designation: Bilingual

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): CBC

Security Requirement: Secret

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 215668.84 to $ 269586.04 and are based on qualifications and experience.

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

We have retained the services of an Executive Search firm for this recruitment (Odgers). If your application meets all required qualification, it will be forwarded to the Executive Search Firm for further assessment. Applicants who have successfully passed the firm assessment will be invited for an interview with CMHC.

• Annual Paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension Plan.
• A Corporate benefit Incentive Plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.

The Vice-President, Audit and Evaluation is an executive leader responsible for designing, developing, and delivering a risk-based approach to CMHC’s audit and program evaluation functions. This role provides independent, objective assurance and advisory services, focusing on identifying and reporting the effectiveness, adequacy, and sustainability of governance, risk management, and control processes that support the achievement of corporate business objectives.

The incumbent directs the strategic planning and management of audit and evaluation activities, ensuring alignment with the three lines of defence risk governance model and responsiveness to policy objectives, budget requirements, and stakeholder expectations. The Vice-President maintains the independence and objectivity of audit and evaluation functions, confirming their organizational stature through formal reporting to the Audit Committee while administratively reporting to the CEO.

• Directs the design and development of options to strategically plan and manage a corporate audit and evaluation function, ensuring that it is aligned with the three lines of defence risk governance model and able to respond to policy objectives, budget considerations and stakeholder expectations.
• Directs the development of a comprehensive, risk-based, multi-year risk-based audit and evaluation plan aligned with organizational objectives; establishes plans, priorities and objectives for projects and initiatives within the plan and the associated reporting.

• Provides subject matter expertise and advice on reasonable, risk-based assurance and ongoing objectives, substantiated assessments on the design and function of the organization’s governance, risk management and control processes including for new initiatives, and submits insightful, proactive and future-focused reports to the Audit Committee, Board members, the CEO, senior managers and other stakeholders.
• Provides insights into emerging risks, trends and control gaps.

• Ensures that the audit and program evaluation functions are aligned with the organization’s strategic objectives and risk appetite and able to provide assurance on risk, governance, business process control and program effectiveness.
• Manages performance indicators for multi-year audit and evaluation plans and program objectives, milestones and key performance indicators for project teams; tracks project…