Director, Audit & Compliance Assurance

Role Responsibilities

The Director, Audit & Compliance Assurance, provides strategic leadership for Alberta’s audit, compliance, and risk-management functions within the Primary and Preventative Health Services (PPHS) Ministry. The role exists to strengthen confidence in the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan by ensuring effective monitoring, detection, and prevention of non-compliance across the health system. As the senior leader, the Director of Audit & Compliance Assurance, sets strategic direction, oversees audit methodologies, and ensures alignment with legislation, ministry priorities, and professional standards.

The position leads the development of audit and compliance strategies, including risk-based planning, analytics, and monitoring frameworks. It guides the design and implementation of processes that assess compliance with the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act and related legislation. The Director of Audit & Compliance Assurance provides authoritative advice to executive leadership, influences policy and legislative decisions, and ensures significant risks are identified, quantified, and addressed.

The successful candidate is expected to build an integrated compliance framework across PPHS, coordinate health service and compensation related audits  , lead continuous improvement initiatives and ensure that audit processes are well-documented and consistent. The role requires extensive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and will represent the ministry on cross-government committees. The position also provides leadership and mentoring, fostering a team with expertise in audit, analytics, and risk management.

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

•    Systems Thinking: Integrates broader context into planning; plans for how current situation is affected by broader trends. The role is required to integrate multiple stakeholder business processes and viewpoints into a coordinated and tightly managed change process to achieve system wide impacts.
•    Drive for Results: Works to remove barriers to outcomes; forecasts and proactively addresses project challenges. 
•    Creative Problem Solving: Creates the environment for innovative problem solving. 
•    Build Collaborative Environments: Involves a wide group of stakeholders when working on outcomes. 
•    Agility: Proactively incorporates change into processes. 

Qualifications

University graduation in a related field (Business, Information Technology, Securities, and/or Audit Designation), supplemented by seven years related experience.  

Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis. 

Assets:
•    Graduate level degree in Business, Information Technology, Securities, and/or Audit Designation
•    Public sector experience in risk management and/or internal auditing, or finance and/or business planning
•    Working knowledge of the PPHS Ministry, which includes understanding the governance and political dynamics within the provincial health system
•    Knowledge of the policy development process within the ministry and GOA. 
•    Knowledge of the AHCIA and supporting legislation
•    Knowledge of the Financial Administrations Act, POPA, Health Information Act, and Government Accountability Act
•    Direct experience in senior leadership and team management

Preferred Skills:
•    Strong planning, analytical thinking, and problem solving skills scalable to immediate detailed scenarios and/or longer term broader issues
•    Self-directed and initiates ideas and work deliverables in anticipation of new business requirements
•    Demonstrated abilities in knowledge management, team building, mentoring, and facilitation

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

Hours of Work are Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week (full-time).

Candidates are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter that demonstrates how you meet the educational and experience requirements, along with examples to demonstrate competencies, as noted above. 
In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience.

The final candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment checks (direct supervisor reference check, Criminal record level one and two, and/or academic verification).

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

•    Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
•    Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
•    Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca.
•    Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
•    Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
•    Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
•    Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
•    Leadership and mentorship programs.