Manager, Financial Reporting Controls

Manager, Financial Reporting Controls

Permanent Appointment

Regina Head Office

Job Summary:

The Manager, Financial Reporting Controls is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously enhancing the WCB’s Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework. This role provides strategic leadership and oversight of the WCB’s financial reporting control environment, ensuring the integrity, reliability, and transparency of financial reporting processes. The Manager partners with Finance, Information Technology, Internal Audit, and business leaders to identify and mitigate financial reporting risks, strengthen governance practices, support regulatory and audit requirements, and foster a culture of accountability and control ownership across the organization. The position serves as the WCB's subject matter expert for ICFR and provides leadership with independent insight into the effectiveness of financial reporting controls, emerging risks, remediation activities, and opportunities for continuous improvement.The Manager also ensures that the ICFR framework remains responsive to organizational, technological, and regulatory changes and supports informed decision-making through a strong and sustainable control environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of the WCB's Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework, ensuring alignment with recognized control standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational objectives.
2. Provide strategic oversight of financial reporting risks by identifying areas of potential exposure, assessing the impact of business and system changes, and ensuring appropriate controls are designed, maintained, and operating effectively.
3. Establish and maintain governance practices, policies, methodologies, and monitoring processes that promote accountability, strengthen the control environment, and support reliable financial reporting.
4. Direct the documentation and maintenance of financial reporting controls, including process narratives, flowcharts, risk and control matrices, control objectives, and evidence requirements, ensuring documentation remains current and audit-ready.
5. Lead the planning, execution, and evaluation of control testing activities, including assessment methodologies, deficiency evaluations, root cause analysis, remediation plans, and re-testing activities.
6. Oversee the identification, assessment, and reporting of control deficiencies, providing recommendations to management and monitoring corrective actions to ensure timely and sustainable resolution.
7. Partner with Finance, Information Technology, Internal Audit, and operational leaders to evaluate and strengthen controls related to financial reporting systems, data integrity, automated processes, IT General Controls, and end-user computing tools.
8. Serve as the primary liaison with internal and external auditors on matters related to financial reporting controls, coordinating walkthroughs, testing activities, audit requests, and management responses.
9. Provide regular reporting, strategic advice, and recommendations to senior leadership regarding the effectiveness of the control environment, key risks, remediation progress, emerging issues, and overall ICFR program maturity.
10. Lead initiatives that enhance control awareness, promote ownership and accountability across the organization, and foster a culture of risk management, compliance, and continuous improvement.
11. Identify opportunities to strengthen governance, improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, leverage automation, and enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of financial reporting controls.
12. Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation and a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited post-secondary institution in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline.

A minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience demonstrating the ability to:

• Lead and support organization-wide internal control, financial reporting, audit, or risk management initiatives.
• Apply knowledge of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR), the COSO Framework, financial statement assertions, and applicable accounting standards.
• Assess risks, evaluate control effectiveness, identify deficiencies, and develop practical recommendations to strengthen governance and financial reporting processes.
• Build collaborative relationships and effectively communicate with senior leaders, auditors, business partners, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare and present clear, concise reports, recommendations, and technical information for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Manage multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines while maintaining a high degree of accuracy, professionalism, and attention to detail.

Applications:

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is received through the online application system prior to close. Each application must include a cover letter explaining how each qualification is met and an updated resume.

The Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board is committed to achieving a representative workforce. Members of designated groups (women, aboriginal people, people with disabilities and visible minorities) are encouraged to apply.

Application Deadline: November 22, 2026

Financial services provides stewardship of the WCB’s financial resources, including its investments, to ensure the organization has adequate funds to meet its obligations and strategic objectives.

Workers’ compensation insurance is a provincial responsibility. Each Canadian province and territory has its own workers’ compensation legislation.

The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) operates like an insurance company. We provide guaranteed benefits and programs to injured workers in industries covered by The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 and we protect registered employers from lawsuits when a workplace injury happens.

The Saskatchewan WCB was established in 1911 because of a historic compromise between Saskatchewan workers and employers. Under that compromise, workers injured on the job in covered industries do not have to pay for the benefits they receive or sue their employers to get them. Costs are paid entirely by Saskatchewan employers in covered industries. This is referred to as a no-fault insurance system, also referred to as the compensation system.

The WCB’s vision is to eliminate injuries and restore abilities. This is the fundamental driver of all that we do on behalf of our customers – the workers and employers of the province. The WCB is governed by The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013.