Uncover the truth and protect public integrityDemonstrate your financial background and investigative expertise in this diverse role with the Ontario Internal Audit Division. Join this multidisciplinary branch and apply your skills to leading multifaceted projects.
Please note that you will be required to regularly travel in all seasons. You may occasionally be required to work weekends.
The results of this competition may be used to fill future vacancies, including positions of various tenures such as short-term assignments, in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
About the job
The Forensic Investigation Team (FIT) of the Ontario Internal Audit Division, Treasury Board Secretariat is a centralized resource of the Ontario Public Service (OPS) that provides enterprise-wide services in forensic investigation, forensic audit, and digital forensics. This includes proactive fraud prevention, fraud awareness training and consulting services. FIT investigates internal misconduct and serious fraud within or against the government, including supporting Ethics Executives in the investigation of disclosures of wrongdoing pertaining to all public servants as set out in legislation.
In this challenging role, you will:
• lead complex investigations and forensic audits of serious fraud, misuse of resources, and ethical misconduct including any other dishonest or corrupt act within or against the OPS
• collaborate with a skilled team of investigators, forensic accountants, and digital forensic specialists serving all ministries
• brief executives on sensitive issues and prepare briefing materials for investigations and audits
• produce high-quality reports following professional standards, procedural fairness, and legal requirements
• investigate OPS public servants and contractors, including forensic audits of entities like grant recipients, and consult with various stakeholders
What you bring to the team
Investigative and auditing expertise
You have knowledge of and experience with:
• investigations, auditing, governance or oversight-related fields, including judicial processes, rules of evidence, chain of custody and court procedures, and administrative structure, programs and processes
• investigative and forensic audit standards, investigative and forensic audit procedures, procedural fairness and investigative interviewing
• gathering evidence and interpreting findings by examining available evidence, identifying potential tests for proving theories and providing testimony in court, including investigation and forensic audit planning, and digital forensic data analysis
You have the ability to:
• interpret and apply relevant case law, provincial and federal legislation (e.g. Public Service of Ontario Act, Canada Evidence Act, Criminal Code of Canada), collective agreements and other statutes and regulations
• ensure that case work meets relevant professional standards (e.g. investigations, auditing)
Communication, interpersonal and consultation skills
You have:
• written and oral communication and presentation skills to provide comprehensive reports, complex findings and conclusions to all levels of senior management and provide testimony in judicial proceedings
• the ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with internal and external partners
• consultation skills to lead and direct consultant firms and collaborate with law enforcement and anti-fraud agencies
• superior judgment, tact and diplomacy to conduct interviews and deal with sensitive situations
Analytical, research and technology skills
You can:
• conduct complex investigations and forensic audits
• assess the relevance of information, synthesize large sets of data and information from multiple sources, correlate evidence and develop findings and conclusions
• apply your knowledge of computer applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, as well as knowledge of computer-assisted audit or investigation techniques
Project management and leadership skills
You can:
• provide advice and expertise on a range of technical investigative/forensic audit/legal issues to senior management and executives
• provide direction to work groups and deal with conflicting demands, ensuring investigations and forensic audits are on target and on budget
• balance multiple investigations and forensic audits, prioritize investigations and develop plans that will yield timely, responsible, informed and useful information
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace: