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Unit Business Risk & Compliance Manager

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  • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Risk & Compliance
  • Full time

Job Description

  • Job ID: 314709

  • Date posted: 28/10/2025

    • Who you are

    • You have extensive knowledge of national laws and legislations connected to risk management, health, safety, security, risk & compliance, and working methods within Ingka Group
    • You’re knowledgeable of relevant risk & compliance, health, safety & security laws/legislation, standards, and rules
    • You possess a high degree of integrity and risk & compliance mind-set
    • You have 1- 3 years of Leadership experience (preferable)
    • You can communicate with various audiences both verbally and in writing
    • You can influence at all levels of the organization
    • You have a good understanding of business processes
    • You understand risk assessment and Management Process
    • You know how to implement, lead and drive an agenda
    • You have a good understanding of Ingka’s corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people
    • You’re a strong promoter of IKEA culture and values
    • You have a passion for working with people, being an ambassador for IKEA culture and values
    • You’re motivated to create a compliant, healthy, safe and secure place to work
    • You have a desire to continuously improve and challenge the organisation by identifying problem root causes to find solutions
    • You can achieve results through others by influencing and challenging
    • You have excellent facilitation, change management and communication skills
    • You can build relations in an easy and trustful way
    • You have a supporting and challenging approach enabling others to perform
    • You can deal with emergencies and sensitive confidential matters
    • You can see the broader scope of problems and finding the best solution
    • You can understand and translate KPI’s and goals into tangible actions and work in a structured way

    Your responsibilities

    • Promote risk management in the unit, informing and sharing expertise in order to develop risk-aware decision taking in relation to unit goals and unit business plan
    • Secure the implementation and follow through of Ingka Rules and Local (country and regional)
    legislation, guiding local stakeholders, to ensure compliance and a healthy, safe and secure
    environment for customers visitors, co-workers and external partners, also operating risk and
    compliance verifications within the matrix framework
    • Conduct internal investigations, analysing unit processes and data in collaboration with local and
    country stakeholders, following Ingka group rules and standards to ensure compliance
    • Identify and plan for the proper trainings needed and facilitate for co-workers, and external
    partners to meet IKEAs/Ingka’s risk appetite
    • Create a Risk & Compliance culture by developing leadership and conscious approach in identifying
    and implementing systems to detect, analyse and reduce business loss, financial impact, prevent
    incidents and accidents
    • Be the single point of contact for all the matters connected to Risk & Compliance when it comes
    from Authorities (when applicable)
    • Coordinate the Unit Crisis Management Team for the handling of any emergency cases and
    perform appropriate actions according to the “Ingka Emergency Response rules” to ensure process
    is followed and all key stakeholders are involved
    • Plan for and ensure that Crisis Management trainings and ways of working are in place in
    accordance with the CMT working method and Country and Local CMT plans and protocols to
    ensure all involved know their responsibilities
    • Lead, manage and coach co-workers in your team to encourage development, support succession
    and secure a high performing team
    • Reduce of preventable incidents
    • Implement mitigation plan for health, safety and security risks
    • Relevant health, safety and security documentation
    • Ensuring Crisis Management charter is in place for unit
    • Implementation of the country the BR&C strategy
    • Achieving the annual compliance plan for the unit

    Together as a team

    You could think that we have supernatural powers, but the truth is that our team is really great at putting our insights together to detect potential risks early on. We’re a diverse group of people who work together to protect and strengthen the IKEA brand through our laser focus on risk management, data protection, compliance, business operations, health and safety. Thanks to us our assets, co-workers, visitors and customers can feel safe. At least we think that’s pretty cool!





    WHY YOU WILL LOVE US

    Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:
    • Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
    Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
    • RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
    • Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
    • Flexible spending account
    • Life insurance
    • Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
    • Parental leave
    • Bereavement leave
    • Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

    P.S. In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Unit Business Risk & Compliance Manager.

    Please note: This position requires the submission of a satisfactory criminal record check. A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position.
    The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 70,800 CAD to 88,500 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.
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