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Reporting to the Vice President, Legal & Compliance, Private Equity & Oxford, the Director, Legal & Compliance will join the Global Compliance & Ethics team in the development, implementation and maintenance of a global compliance program and provide investment transaction support to transactional lawyers and investment pursuit teams.
As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:
Investment Transaction Support:
· Support the North America deal teams on transaction due diligence, including Anti-Terrorist Financing, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions due diligence and Anti-Bribery and Corruption due diligence and risk assessments.
· Provide asset management compliance support and ongoing compliance monitoring.
Compliance Monitoring:
• Managing the compliance monitoring program with particular focus on the Oxford business.
• Conduct an annual review of the compliance program monitoring and assess its adequacy and effectiveness.
Policy Management and Training:
· Monitor new and emerging regulatory and legal requirements and assist with changes to the compliance program as necessary.
· Coordinate and support the development, review and administration of compliance policies, procedures and tools on enterprise-wide level (i.e., across business units and jurisdictions).
· Support the global compliance training program.
Reporting:
· Provide reports on a regular basis, and as directed or requested, to keep the Vice President, Legal & Compliance and/or senior management informed of the state of compliance operations and progress of compliance efforts.
Required Skills & Experience:
Compliance, Risk & Business Acumen: 5+ years of experience in compliance, legal, or related risk management roles, ideally within a regulated environment. Strong ability to understand, identify, assess, and mitigate risk while applying sound business judgment and a commercially pragmatic approach.
Relationship Management & Influence: Proven ability to build trusted relationships, influence stakeholders, and collaborate effectively across teams and business functions. Natural collaborator who can build consensus and serve as a trusted advisor to business partners.
Communication & Emotional Intelligence: Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. High emotional intelligence with the ability to communicate clearly, persuasively, and with sound judgment.
Execution & Problem Solving: Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail. Self-motivated and proactive team player who demonstrates accountability, resourcefulness, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
Real Estate & Industry Expertise: Experience within the real estate industry, including real estate transactions and/or regulatory compliance matters.
Legal Education: Juris Doctor (JD) or other law degree.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.
From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in compliance, legal, or related risk management roles
- Experience ideally within a regulated environment
- Ability to understand, identify, assess, and mitigate risk using sound business judgment
- Ability to build trusted relationships, influence stakeholders, collaborate across teams, and build consensus
- Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- High emotional intelligence and clear, persuasive communication
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills
- Self-motivated, proactive, accountable, resourceful, and committed to continuous improvement
- Experience in the real estate industry, including real estate transactions or regulatory compliance matters
- Juris Doctor or other law degree
OMERS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about OMERS and has not been reviewed or approved by OMERS.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout part of total rewards, anchored by a defined benefit pension that provides predictable lifetime income and includes survivor, disability, bridge, and inflation-protection features. The plan is often treated as materially more valuable than typical RRSP matching, despite requiring employee contributions.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is frequently characterized as fair or well-paid in certain roles, and the overall package is sometimes framed as “excellent compensation” when pay and benefits are considered together. Pay competitiveness appears strongest in investment-focused groups and in higher-cost markets.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Non-pension benefits are described as strong in areas like wellness and mental health support, alongside lifestyle allowances and paid-time-off features. These elements add perceived value beyond base salary and bonus.
OMERS Insights
What We Do
Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $133.6 CAD billion in net assets as of June 30, 2024. With employees in our offices in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe, OMERS invests and administers pensions for over half a million active, deferred and retired employees of 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities across Ontario
