Are you a seasoned leader in driving strategic initiatives and ensuring operational excellence? As the Senior Manager, Compliance Programs reporting directly to the Director, Assessments, you'll have the unique opportunity to shape departmental strategies and provide guidance to our dedicated team, including Assessment, Audit, Credit and Collections Managers, and supervisors.
In this role, you'll have the chance to showcase your leadership expertise by steering the activities of our Assessment department, ensuring the seamless implementation of departmental strategies and business plans. Your role will be instrumental in cultivating a culture of excellence, stakeholder management and relationship building. As a valued member of our departmental management team, you'll actively participate in policy development, planning, and decision-making activities, contributing to the overall success and growth of our organization.
How you’ll make a difference: You'll help protect the financial integrity of B.C.'s workers' compensation system, ensuring we serve workers and employers now and in the future.
Where you’ll work
At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines the convenience of working remotely with the dynamism of working in one of our offices based on the operational needs of the position.
In this role, you will work primarily from our Richmond office, with some flexibility in working from your home in B.C.
We’re looking for someone who can:
- Demonstrate strong leadership within the Audit, Compliance, and Collections section, with the ability to formulate operational plans, set objectives, and implement business initiatives while fostering teamwork and collaboration
- Effectively communicate departmental strategies, business plans, and policies to the management team, staff, and external stakeholders, promoting a customer-focused, service-oriented approach.
- Collaborate effectively with other WorkSafeBC managers, fostering effective liaisons and collaboration in planning, program development, and operational activities.
- Manage and direct assigned staff, demonstrating proficiency in hiring, orienting, evaluating, disciplining, and motivating employees, while fostering a supportive and healthy work environment.
- Manage financial resources within allocated budgets, demonstrating financial planning, monitoring, and corrective action skills as required for the assigned area.
- Navigate changes and new initiatives in the workplace adeptly, supporting staff, ensuring effective communication, and recognizing employees' contributions and achievements during transitions.
- Travel within the region as per the business requirements.
- Demonstrate proven ability to lead and motivate teams to achieve strategic objectives.
- Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of financial regulations and compliance standards.
Your background and experience
- A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation is a required credential for this role.
- A minimum of eight years of directly related experience in managing staff in audit or finance-related functions.
- A solid collections, audit, or compliance background would be an asset.
An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
Important to know
Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must confirm you are legally entitled to work in Canada.
Who we are
At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.
What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?
It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.
Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.
Learn more: Discover who we are.
Our benefits
As a member of our team, you’ll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work — and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire.
- 4 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service.
- Extensive health care and dental benefits.
- YourChoice Benefit Program.
- Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more).
Salary: $139,423 - $169,399/annually
Learn more: Find out what we offer.
Want to apply?
- Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.
- Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.
- Cover letters are appreciated but not mandatory.
We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.