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Annex 3 - Organizational Structure
The Director, appointed by the Governor-in-Council, has all the powers of a deputy head of a department, as well as those of a separate employer. The Director is required to report to the Minister of Finance from time to time, on the exercise of those powers and the performance of duties authorized under the Act. FINTRAC's tactical and strategic analytical functions for money laundering and terrorist activity financing are grouped under the Financial Intelligence Analysis Sector. An Operations Support Secretariat provides support to the analytical functions and to the Disclosure Committee headed by the Director. The External Relationships Sector is responsible for FINTRAC's relationships with all partners and stakeholders, as well as for compliance and communications. The Reporting Entity Relationships group, including the regional offices, is responsible for implementing the compliance program, building and maintaining relationships with reporting entities and undertaking regional outreach to law enforcement. The Government Relationships section is responsible for relationships with domestic and international partners. The Communications group is responsible for external communications and public awareness. The Corporate Management Sector is made up of four groups: Financial, Administrative and Strategic Planning; Human Resources; ATIP and Library; and Security. It plays a key role in supporting organizational effectiveness. It also has the lead role in two areas critical to the integrity of FINTRAC operations: privacy of information and security. The Information Technology (IT) Sector is responsible for developing and applying information management and information technology methodologies that will support and advance all of FINTRAC's objectives. It designs, maintains, implements and supports database management systems and systems solutions to meet internal and external end user requirements. Legal Services are provided by the General Counsel and three Senior Legal Counsel, who are employees of the Department of Justice. In addition, FINTRAC provides two FTEs towards the administration of this office. |
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