Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist
Aviso Wealth, Canada
Job Description
Aviso Wealth:
At Aviso Wealth, we are dedicated to improving the financial well-being of Canadians. As a leading wealth management organization, we are committed to leadership, innovation, partnership, responsibility, and community. Working with talented and energetic professionals who exemplify our values every day, you will quickly notice that our people and dynamic ‘oneaviso’ culture sets us apart. If you are looking for interesting and challenging work, at a company committed to its people, find out more about what Aviso Wealth has to offer at www.aviso.ca.
The Opportunity:
We’re looking for a PIA Specialist with a strong work ethic along with excellent analytical and communication skills to join our privacy team. The ideal candidate will be someone who is creative and thinks outside-the-box and is a self-starter who takes ownership over initiatives.
This can be a remote role, however for those who would like to come into the office we are at 151 Yonge St, Toronto, ON.
Reporting to Director, Privacy, the PIA Specialist is responsible for helping to enhance Aviso's data privacy framework and implement privacy strategies and processes to support to Aviso's Legal Department and other members of the Company as required. The PIA Specialist will implement industry best practices and solutions to reduce risk and ensure the protection of customer data. The PIA Specialist will leverage their knowledge of privacy law to assist with privacy inquiries from all departments of the organization and will act as an initial point of contact and lead for the management of all Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA’s).
Who you are:
- Service You consider both internal and external stakeholders and demonstrate intent of understanding and putting the clients’ needs first. You advocate service excellence and work to deliver solutions that meet the needs. You proactively develop strategic partnerships that allow Aviso Wealth to become a trusted advisor and partner
- Execution You are committed to achieving your goals and to succeed. This includes focusing on getting things done, as well as recognizing and taking advantage of opportunities as they arise. You are consistently looking for ways to improve your personal best and see value in continuous improvement. You take accountability for your actions and learn from mistakes
- Collaboration You work collaboratively with others with the common goal of driving positive results. Making meaningful contributions to your team to achieve organizational goals is a priority. You proactively encourage collaboration, build trust and inclusion, and work to establish effective relationships both inside and outside of the organization
What your day looks like:
The candidate contributes and leads the overall success of the Privacy Program by ensuring accountabilities are conducted in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, internal policies and procedures and privacy by design principles. They will implement ongoing auditing and monitoring framework for the PIA program and ensure that Aviso complies with the applicable privacy legislation and amendments thereto - PIPEDA, Quebec Privacy Act/Law 25, BC/AB PIPA, CASL, Bill C27, etc.
Implement industry best practices and solutions to reduce risk and ensure the protection of customer data. Leverage their knowledge of privacy law and IT skills to conduct complex and technical PIA’s and Privacy Compliance Audits including the involvement of necessary regulatory bodies where applicable.
- Be the central point of contact for all privacy project and vendor related inquiries at Aviso
- Develop and maintain policies, processes, and training as required
- Through comprehensive Privacy Impact Assessments or as a result of incident investigations, evaluate areas of vulnerability and provide directive leadership for the implementation of corrective actions for their resolution.
- Communicate new privacy risks, emerging issues, managing effectiveness and consistency of practices across the organization, assessing compliance and escalation of internal issues or risks
- Ensure Aviso complies with the applicable privacy legislation and amendments
- Promote awareness and an effective privacy compliance culture and provide advice and recommendations
- Lead in the development and implementation of privacy management framework and create tools to manage compliance, incl. policies, process, and training
- Collaborate with all areas of the business to ensure records of processing activities are maintained
- Perform privacy risk assessments amp; vendor privacy assessments on products and services, building in privacy by design and default
- Create and maintain process for transfer impact assessments