Compliance Analyst
Reports To
Director, Compliance Canada
Location
All Canada - all locations
Type
FT - permanent
Closing Date
August 5, 2025
Salary Range
$54,431 - $112,865
Company Overview
Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.
With over 57,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2024 that ended July 2, 2024, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD.
Sysco, one of Canada’s Best Employers 2024, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.
Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?
For more information, visit www.sysco.ca or follow us @SyscoCanada at facebook.com/SyscoCanada; twitter.com/SyscoCanada or instagram.com/SyscoCanada
For a full list of opportunities, visit www.sysco.ca/careers
Role:
The primary purpose of the role is supporting the Director, Compliance Canada to develop and operate compliance programs, taking charge of certain initiatives and projects, provide guidance to process owners and coordinate activities of resources.
Carry out and oversee detailed info gathering, process mapping, analysis, and other activities with the objective of identifying and assessing compliance risk to ensure that all finance processes and controls are compliant with corporate guidelines (FAMM) and any other regulatory body, where required. Also, it will identify and communicate opportunities for improvement that could help process efficiency.
Role Responsibilities:
- Take part in Company-wide initiatives where compliance related skillset can be utilized.
- Respond to requests/inquiries from business partners as well as requests for due diligence related to business and regulatory compliance control framework.
- Assist Director, Compliance Canada with the implementation/review of new controls across the country.
- Evaluate internal operational and procedural compliance.
- Communicate compliance policies and guidelines to regional management and designated departments.
- Implement, execute, and manage the organization’s compliance and risk assessment programs for each one of the regions and provide recommendations for necessary changes.
- Coordinate efforts with regional process owners to execute SOX testing based on the annual compliance plan.
- Prepare all working papers and supporting documentation evidence according to audit quality standards in a consistent manner.
- Partner with regional management to determine appropriate remediation steps and ensure corrective actions are being implemented accordingly.
- Assist in the design of the review scope for regions that have been considered in the annual review calendar prepared by the Sysco Advisory & Audit Services group (SAAS), this will include determining controls and approach for each project assigned.
- Coordinate external requests for customer audits.
- Communicate and follow-up on audit exceptions to Pricing management.
- Assist regions with Segregation of Duties (SOD) and system access reviews on a quarterly basis.
- Provide guidance, technical expertise, and support to regional process owners to ensure consistency in different tasks.
- Provide support with development and execution of internal training and communications.
- Complete special projects as assigned.
- Complies with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
- Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor.
- Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements (About you):
- 2+ years of auditing experience and/or an accounting role
- 4+ years of experience in an internal audit, risk management, process mapping or related areas would be an asset.
- Previous Distribution/Supply Chain experience an asset.
- Solid understanding of risk management and/or accounting/finance background
- College degree in accounting or business
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, with concentration in accounting, or equivalent experience is an asset.
- Professional designation or active enrollment in a Professional program an asset
- Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Knowledgeable of IDS/AS400, IBM Cognos an asset
- Ability to summarize data and drafting business reports.
- Ability to optimize processes, promote automation and manage change.
Internal candidates apply via the Career Centre on your HR Portal / ADP Workforce Now.
External candidates submit cover letter & resume via www.sysco.ca/careers
Our Purpose:
Connecting the world to share food and care for one another
Our Mission:
Delivering success for our customers through industry-leading people, products and solutions
Our Identity:
Together we define our future of foodservice and supply chain
Sysco is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.
Here’s a sample of the many benefits Sysco colleagues enjoy:
Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Life Insurance • Voluntary Optional Insurance • Parental Leave Plan • Company Pension Plan • Group RRSP & TFSA • Employee and Family Assistance • Stock Purchase Plan • Maple Virtual Care • Unlimited on-line learning • Sysco product discounts • Preferred vendor discounts • Colleague Resource Groups
(*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)