Director & Account Mgmt - Retail Investment Tech

Application Deadline :

12 / 30 / 2024

Address : 302 Bay Street

302 Bay Street

Job Family Group : Technology

Technology

Provides management consulting and technology / industry expertise in support of business and enterprise needs. Liaises with executive stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities, to facilitate the organization's goals by understanding business vision, objectives, and key performance indicators.

Aligns technology requirements and solutions to a real business need, meets essential quality standards, and ensures approval by all relevant stakeholders.

Acts as a consultant to business partners in collaboration with the project team in strategy and planning sessions (e.g.

multi-year and annual plans), reviews, or inspections to ensure the quality of work products. Promotes new processes and methodologies, emerging technologies, and agile, and aligns to the unique project team requirements.

Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic initiatives.

Develops business cases by identifying needs, analysing potential options, and assessing expected return on investment.

Manages significant budgets and ensures financials are kept aligned with deliveries at the portfolio level

Manages vendor relationships and ensures alignment of vendor deliverables with initiatives

Builds interdependent teams that collaborate across functional and operating groups to create the highest value for all stakeholders.

Manages a team of Business Consultants and Analysts who help define requirements based on business needs

Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent.

Drives innovation through observation of common customer problems to identify emerging customer needs and pain points, alternative or emerging solutions, and opportunities for rationalization among existing solutions.

Develops an expert understanding of business / group challenges.

Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices.

Establishes deep relationships at all levels within IT and business units to effectively collaborate in identifying new technological directions for the business strategy and to provide input into the roadmaps for these solutions.

Acts as the prime contact for internal / external stakeholder relationships, which may include regulators.

Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.

Facilitates / leads requirements, storyboarding, epic descriptions, and other mechanisms to clearly articulate business goals and actions.

Completes root-cause analysis to determine underlying causes and participates in problem resolution for complex issues at all levels.

Facilitates discussions and follows a disciplined approach to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate, and manage business requirements with stakeholders;

applies a variety of elicitation techniques to probe, challenge, and understand requirements.

Provides analytical support and insights to identified / assigned user areas to support relative product, channel, and business development initiatives (e.

g. product, portfolio, and profitability analytics, and customer analytics).

Aligns business needs to vision / goals to ensure development teams can translate them into detailed design specifications and code.

Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through benchmarking and / or participation in professional associations.

Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviours in all that they do.

Qualifications :

Typically 9+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Business Analysis Accreditation is an asset.

Knowledge of software development practice, concepts / methodologies (i.e. waterfall, Agile, iterative), and technologies obtained through formal training and / or work experience.

Knowledge of one or more requirements analysis and problem decomposition techniques.

Knowledge of technical / business environment (e.g. Microsoft business technologies and applications, relational databases, and SharePoint).

Understanding of industry standards and standard business capabilities.

Knowledge of business analysis, project delivery practices and standards across the project lifecycle.

Possesses a deep understanding and problem solving ability of Information Technology of various complexities.

Understanding of techniques associated with data modeling, process modeling, and user-centered design within the context of the organizational standards.

Familiar with business strategy and assessments (i.e. feasibility studies, business cases and / or cost / benefit, project sizing and costing, and current state analysis / needs assessments).

Seasoned expert with extensive industry knowledge.

Technical leader viewed as a thought leader for innovation.

Verbal & written communication skills - Expert.

Analytical and problem solving skills - Expert.

Influence skills - Expert.

Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration - Expert.

Able to manage ambiguity.

Data driven decision making - Expert.

Salary :

$113,900.00 - $211,800.00

Pay Type : Salaried

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure.

Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards.

BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit :

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By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one for yourself and our customers.

We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs.

From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

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BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

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