Bank of Montreal

Senior Manager, North American Retail Credit Operations and Compliance

Bank of Montreal$94K — $176K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in business or finance required.
  • 8+ years of experience in regulatory, compliance, audit, consumer lending, or risk management in a financial institution.
  • Advanced knowledge of regulatory/compliance requirements and audit processes.
  • Understanding of OSFI's Guideline B-20 and Capital Adequacy Requirements preferred.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in implementing and maintaining compliance programs.
  • Coordinate risk assessment and compliance testing activities.
  • Advise on regulatory implications and implement necessary policy changes.
  • Develop compliance reports and maintain compliance databases.
  • Act as a subject matter expert on regulations and influence stakeholders.
  • Manage pre-audit activities and internal team communications.
  • Support issue management and maintain tracking for resolutions.

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage.
  • Tuition reimbursement programs.
  • Accident and life insurance benefits.
  • Retirement savings plans.
  • Performance-based incentives and discretionary bonuses.
Full Job Description
Application Deadline:

Address:
33 Dundas Street West

Job Family Group:

Audit, Risk & Compliance

This is a fixed term position with an end date of 10/15/27

  • Assists in the implementation, maintenance and administration of a specific compliance program.
  • Coordinates and performs risk assessment, monitoring, testing and surveillance activities to ensure program remains current and aligned with BMO Compliance Program. This includes assisting with the annual B20 Attestation process with the Home Financing team and with the Head, NA Retail Credit Operations examine the key control artifacts, draft effective challenge commentary and review with the CRO, Retail Risk.
  • Advises business/group on implications of new regulatory developments or internal products, and assists to implement new/revised policies and programs to address them. Identifies risks and implements appropriate actions to mitigate them.
  • Develops and maintains compliance information for analysis and reporting via the enterprise database (GRCE) and performs risk assessment, monitoring, testing and surveillance activities to ensure compliance activities are aligned with enterprise program requirements.
  • Acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies and provides advice and influences assigned business/group on implementation of solutions aligned to regulatory risk appetite based on an understanding of business operations and stakeholder needs.
  • Performs and/or effectively challenges monitoring and testing activities to ensure regulatory compliance controls are operating and aligned to regulatory requirements. Supports root cause analysis in response to material control failures in business/group.
  • Manages the North American Retail Credit pre-audit preparedness activities and preparing internal team communications, managing and triaging the flow of audit pull lists to the subject matter experts, as well as tracking, monitoring and managing all submissions to Corporate Audit.
  • Responsible for managing Process, Risk & Controls activities including updating PRC inventory, monitoring and testing and developing Product/Service & Process Risk Assessment.
  • Assist in issue management, assisting team in identifying self-identified issues and recording audit and regulatory issues. Maintain monthly tracking remediation of issues and communicating with NA Retail Credit leadership team on issue resolution.
  • Work on annual review of the Basel paragraphs, challenging 1st line assessments and facilitate discussion with the accountable executive to review the recommendations for revision.
  • Supports the execution of Risk Framework Enhancement activities in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
  • Assist in various administrative, reporting and strategic management activities related to the North American Retail Credit team. This may include tracking of progress toward team and Enterprise Risk & Portfolio Management objectives, assisting in the development and coordination of team townhalls as well as other team-wide communications, and coordinating corporate policy and standard reviews.
  • Builds effective professional relationships with business group, internal/external stakeholders and trust with regulators.
  • Oversees the implementation, maintenance and monitoring/ reporting of all policies, guidelines, procedures and compliance programs, provides advice/rulings as necessary, for one or multiple complex function(s)/activity(ies).
  • Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
    Qualifications:
  • Undergraduate degree in related discipline (business or finance) required.
  • Typically 8+ years business experience at a financial institution in a regulatory, compliance, audit, consumer lending and/or risk management role.
  • Advanced knowledge of regulatory/compliance requirements and audit processes.
  • Good understanding of OSFI's Guideline B-20 and Capital Adequacy Requirements guideline preferred.
  • Strong communication, critical thinking, relationship management and project management skills.
  • Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth / Expert.
  • Analytical and problem solving skills - In-depth / Expert.
  • Influence skills - In-depth / Expert.
  • Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration - In-depth / Expert.
  • Able to manage ambiguity.
  • This position is located in Toronto, where the successful candidate will spend 4 days per week on-site.


Salary:

$94,600.00 - $176,000.00

Pay Type:

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: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Bank of Montreal

The Bank of Montreal is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. It provides a wide range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management, and investment banking products and services. The bank had revenues of CAD 23.6 billion in 2020.
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