Senior Assurance Specialist

**JOB INFORMATION** **Requisition ID:** 13918 **Number of Vacancies:** 1 **Department:** Commercial Management (20001220) - Head & Staff - Commercial Management (30000598) **Salary Information:** 100,318.40 - 125,434.40 **Pay Scale Group:** 09SA (CAN/S/J/09SA) **Employment Type:** Regular **New or Existing Vacancy****:** New **Weekly Hours:** 35 **Off Days:** Saturday and Sunday **Shift:** Day **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. **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 findi