Subject Matter Expert(s) CIRO Exams

Subject Matter Expert(s) SME – CIRO Exams (Learning Content & Exam Validation)
Contract | Remote (Canada) | ~20+ hours per week | up to 20-week contract
Multiple Specializations & Contractors Needed (9 Exam Areas)

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As a SME, you’ll play a key role in shaping the content that fuels this experience. Your insight will directly help thousands of future advisors, traders, supervisors, executives, and compliance leaders succeed on their CIRO proficiency exams — and in their careers.

We’re seeking senior industry professionals to serve as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) supporting the development and validation of learning content and assessments to prepare learners for their Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) proficiency exams.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the curriculum and exam standards for the next generation of Canada’s investment industry professionals.

We are looking for SME contractors across nine specialization areas:
• Canadian Investment Regulatory Exam (CIRE)
• Retail Securities Exam (RSE)
• Institutional Securities Exam (ISE)

- Director & Executive Governance Exam
• Supervisor Exam
• Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Exam
• Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Exam
• Derivatives Exam
• Trader Exam

About the Role
As a CIRO Exam SME, you will:

- Validate the technical, regulatory, and conceptual accuracy of learning modules and assessment items.
• Ensure realism and professional credibility across all scenarios, case studies, and question sets.
• Review content for correct interpretation of CIRO/IIROC rules, UMIR, CSA National Instruments, NI 93-101, and relevant market, governance, or financial frameworks.
• Evaluate exam items for judgment quality, decision reasoning, and alignment with professional expectations.
• Ensure all rationales, distractors, and calculations are correct, defensible, and reflective of real-world practice.
• Provide structured, actionable feedback to improve clarity, accuracy, and instructional design.
• Contribute to ontology and curriculum architecture, helping to strengthen the conceptual structure and sequence of learning.

Key Areas of Expertise (You may qualify for one or more)
1. CIRE (Regulatory Integration)

- CIRO/IIROC rules, UMIR, and CSA National Instruments
• Client relationship standards (KYC, KYP, disclosure, conflicts)
• Complaints, record-keeping, and suitability supervision
• Ethics and professional responsibility
• Regulatory enforcement and disciplinary processes
• Financial statement interpretation and market integrity obligations

2. Retail Securities

- Know-Your-Client (KYC) and suitability requirements
• Product categories: equities, fixed income, managed products, and derivatives basics
• Disclosure and conflict-of-interest standards

• Client communications and ethics

- Trade execution, account documentation, and complaint handling
• CIRO rules and National Instrument 31-103

3. Institutional Securities

- Market structure, trading systems, and order handling
• Best execution and market conduct (UMIR)
• Fixed income, derivatives, and alternative investment products
• Institutional risk management and margining
• Clearing, settlement, and collateral management
• Compliance supervision and governance for institutional dealers

4. Director & Executive

- Corporate governance and fiduciary duties

• Director and UDP responsibilities

- Risk oversight and internal controls
• Ethics, transparency, and decision-making frameworks
• Board composition, independence, and reporting structures
• Regulatory accountability under CIRO and CSA frameworks

5. Supervisor

- CIRO supervisory standards and branch mana