In this role, you will be accountable for the following key areas:
Enterprise Risk Leadership and Strategy
• Partner with the ACAN CRO to shape and execute Aviva Canada’s risk strategy and ensure the effective operation of the Risk Management Framework.
• Provide independent, commercially focused risk insight and challenge to support strategic decision-making, growth objectives, and long-term value creation.
• Ensure the organization operates within Board-approved risk appetite and maintains effective risk governance, oversight, and risk culture.
• Support Executive Committee, Board Risk Committee, and ACAN Board reporting on key risk exposures, emerging risks, and risk management effectiveness.
Risk Oversight and Independent Challenge
• Lead independent oversight of Aviva Canada’s aggregate risk profile, including insurance, financial, capital, model, technology, data, change, and operational risks.
• Provide effective review and challenge of business plans, capital deployment decisions, reinsurance strategies, material transactions, product development, pricing, and other significant business initiatives.
• Monitor emerging risks and material changes in risk exposure, ensuring appropriate mitigation strategies are identified and executed.
• Escalate significant risk issues and risk appetite breaches, providing clear recommendations for remediation and management action.
Quantitative, Capital and Model Risk Management
• Provide enterprise leadership for insurance risk, financial risk, capital risk, risk modelling and risk analytics.
• Accountable for overseeing Internal Model Independent Validation (IMIV) and material model governance across Aviva Canada.
• Oversee independent validation activities and provide challenge on capital adequacy, economic capital, liquidity, financial resilience, and risk-return optimization.
• Drive the evolution of quantitative risk capabilities and risk analytics to enhance business decision making and risk insights.
Business Partnering and Stakeholder Management
• Lead the Risk Business Partnering team, ensuring Risk is a trusted advisor and constructive challenger to business leaders across Aviva Canada.
• Build strong relationships with EC, regulators, Board members, Group Risk teams, and external stakeholders
• Represent Risk on key governance committees, industry forums, and global initiatives, promoting effective risk management practices and influencing outcomes.
• Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, and proactive risk management across the organization.
People Leadership and Functional Excellence
• Lead and develop a high-performing team across Risk Business Partnering and Quantitative Risk.
• Establish clear priorities, performance expectations, and accountability for delivery of high-quality risk outcomes.
• Build organizational capability in risk management, business partnering, analytics, and technical risk disciplines.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, talent development, and succession planning while ensuring Risk operates as a cohesive and high-performing function.