Global Head of Financial Risk and Resilience (London, GB) chez Canada Life UK

Job closing date: 24th October 2025

Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.

Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.

Role Description

As the Global Head of Financial Risk and Resilience, you will be a senior leader at the forefront of shaping Great-West Lifeco’s strategic approach to financial risk. This role is pivotal in defining and advancing frameworks that ensure long-term financial resilience across the organization. Operating at the intersection of strategy, risk management, actuarial science, investments, and regulation, you will serve as a key advisor to the Chief Market and Credit Risk Officer and represent the function at executive and regulatory forums.

You will lead the development of forward-looking financial risk methodologies, influence enterprise-wide decision-making, and ensure robust oversight of financial risks across Lifeco’s global portfolios. This is a high-impact role with significant visibility and influence across the organization and with external stakeholders.

What You Will Do

• Strategic Leadership: Define and embed the strategic vision for financial resilience, integrating macroeconomic, regulatory, and systemic risk insights into enterprise-wide frameworks
• Internal Influence: Drive alignment across business units and functions through participation in governance forums and executive committees
• External Representation: Act as a senior representative in engagements with regulators, rating agencies, and external advisors
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure alignment with evolving regulatory requirements and lead regulatory engagements
• Thought Leadership: Shape enterprise-level thinking on financial risk and resilience, leading transformative initiatives with significant strategic impact
• People Leadership: Build and mentor high-performing teams, fostering cross-enterprise collaboration and succession planning

What You Will Bring

• Extensive senior-level experience in financial risk, capital management, or balance sheet management within a regulated financial institution
• Degree in finance, economics, mathematics, or a related field
• CFA, CA, and/or Actuarial designation required
• Proven ability to influence at the c-suite, board, and regulatory levels
• Deep expertise in asset liability management, market risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk
• Demonstrated success in leading transformational change and enterprise-wide initiatives
• Strategic thinking and sound judgment in complex, ambiguous environments
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills across diverse teams and geographies
• Ability to drive innovation, challenge the status quo, and deliver results
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (fluent in French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only as the position will regularly serve our clients with French and English-speaking needs

In the first instance please inform your Manager of your application.

We will review all applications and a member of the Talent Acquisition Team will be in contact with the outcome directly. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team directly.