Senior Assurance Specialist

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Posted On: November 5, 2026
Last Day to Apply: November 19, 2026

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), North America's third largest transit system and recognized as one of the top places to work in the GTA has introduced its new 2024-2028 TTC Corporate Plan - Moving Toronto, Connecting Communities which continues the TTC’s legacy of delivering service to hundreds of millions of customers a year. The TTC’s new vision and mission statements also help promote the many environmental, social equity and economic benefits that the TTC provides:

Vision: Moving Toronto towards a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future.

Mission: To serve the needs of transit riders by providing a safe, reliable, efficient, and accessible mass public transit service through a seamless integrated network to create access to opportunity for everyone.

The full Plan can be viewed on ttc.ca.

Career Opportunity

Looking to make a meaningful impact on contract governance, commercial accountability, and organizational performance? Join the TTC's Commercial Management team as a Senior Assurance Specialist, where you'll play a key role in strengthening governance frameworks, monitoring contract compliance, validating commercial performance, and driving continuous improvement across major commercial and capital programs.

This role is ideal for a commercial, contract management, or governance professional who enjoys balancing analytical review, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and operational improvement in a complex public-sector environment.

What You Will Do

Reporting to the Manager, Governance & Assurance, you will support the oversight of commercial governance, contract compliance, and assurance of commercial activities across the TTC's contract portfolio. You will ensure contractual obligations are fulfilled, vendor performance is monitored, financial transactions are validated, and commercial risks are proactively identified and addressed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting contract assurance reviews to verify compliance with contractual obligations, policies, procedures, and governance requirements.
• Monitoring vendor performance, deliverables, claims, payments, change activities, and commercial outcomes to ensure accuracy, accountability, and value for money.
• Investigating discrepancies, overpayments, non-compliance issues, and commercial risks while developing corrective actions and recommendations.
• Supporting audits, compliance assessments, governance reviews, and assurance programs, including documenting findings and preparing management reports.
• Reviewing contract documents, scopes of work, specifications, commercial terms, claims, and related documentation to identify risks and opportunities.
• Developing and improving governance frameworks, procedures, templates, controls, reporting tools, and assurance processes.
• Collecting, analyzing, and reporting on governance KPIs, compliance metrics, performance trends, and risk indicators.
• Facilitating meetings with vendors and internal stakeholders to resolve issues, negotiate outcomes, and maintain positive working relationships.
• Supporting lessons learned initiatives, corrective action programs, continuous improvement activities, and staff training programs.
• Collaborating closely with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Commercial Management, Project Teams, and external stakeholders to ensure consistent application of governance and commercial management practices.

What Qualifications Do You Bring?

• University degree or college diploma in a related discipline such as Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Contract Law, Construction Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Procurement, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong experience in contract management, commercial management, contract administration, governance, assurance, compliance, claims management, or procurement environments.
• Demonstrated expertise interpreting and applying complex contract terms, commercial conditions, specifications, drawings, and legal requirements.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, commercial governance principles, and Ontario legislation, including the Construction Act, Professional Engineers Act, contract regulations, and industry-standard procurement and contracting practices.
• Experience conducting audits, compliance reviews, assurance programs, governance assessments, or quality reviews.
• Strong analytical and financial review skills with experience validating payments, assessing claims, identifying discrepancies, and evaluating commercial risks.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence outcomes and build collaborative relationships.
• Strong understanding of risk management, quality assurance/quality control principles, and governance methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, conduct detailed investigations, and deliver accurate results within tight timelines.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, performance metrics, and management recommendations that support informed decision-making.
• Good understanding of technical matters related to engineering, construction services, infrastructure projects, and contract delivery.

Technical Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required, including pivot tables, advanced formulas, lookups, dashboards, data validation, financial analysis, and reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Visio is required, including process mapping, workflow development, governance documentation, and controls visualization.
• Advanced proficiency in the full Microsoft 365 Suite is required, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and related business applications.
• Advanced Power BI experience is required, including dashboard development, KPI reporting, trend analysis, data visualization, and management reporting.
• Experience with contract management systems, document management platforms, governance tools, or enterprise reporting systems is considered an asset.

Assets

Professional certifications such as:

• CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply)
• WorldCC/IACCM Contract Management Certification
• Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)

• RICS or equivalent commercial management designation
• Experience in public transit, transportation, infrastructure, engineering, construction, municipal government, or other major capital construction environments.
• Experience supporting internal audit, enterprise risk management, governance, or quality assurance functions.
• Experience developing training programs, governance frameworks, and competency development initiatives.

What We Offer

• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives and making the most of the benefits of working remotely and purpose-driven in-person collaboration opportunities.
• One of the great benefits of being a full-time TTC employee is becoming a member of TTC defined pension plan.
• A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision and more.
• Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being.

Commitment to EDI

The TTC is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, anti-racism and inclusion in the delivery of its services and in its workplaces. The TTC is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities it serves at all levels of the organization and supports an inclusive environment where diverse employee and community perspectives and experiences bring value to the organization. The TTC encourages applications from all applicants, including members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, including but not limited to, Indigenous, Black and racialized groups, people with disabilities, women and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. The TTC values and supports an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process. Accommodations for applicants are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process, including for those who identify as having a disability. Please contact Talent Management at (416) 393-4570 or [email protected] . Any information received related to an accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

General Prohibition in Hiring Process

The TTC is also committed to a fair hiring process based on job related qualifications, merit, and abilities. You are expected to write your own materials and provide your own qualifications and experiences during the hiring process. The TTC will not tolerate the use of artificial intelligence or external resources in any of your submissions or responses, or the disclosure of interview questions to others. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

• The use of any artificial intelligence (AI) tool including, but not limited to, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, to generate or produce any information or materials to be submitted or any response to any assessment question or any interview question, is prohibited.
• All information and materials you submit, including resume, cover letter, and assessment responses, are your own original work without the use of any AI tool
• During any interview, your response to any interview question is your own without the use or assistance of any AI tool or any person.
• You will not disseminate or disclose to any person any interview question.

Should you breach the prohibition of AI tool use, or information dissemination or disclosure, you will be in violation of TTC’s hiring process and TTC may withdraw your application and may prohibit you from participation in the TTC hiring process.

Relatives of TTC Employees

The TTC’s policy prohibits relatives of current TTC employees from being hired, assigned, transferred or promoted into positions, where there is a conflict of interest due to a relationship. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be required to disclose the name, relationship and position of any relative who is a current TTC employee.

We thank all applicants for their interest but advise only those selected for an interview will be contacted.