Senior Advisor, Anti-Corruption, BMO Ethics Office

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The Senior Advisor Anti-Corruption is an individual contributor reporting to the Director Ethical Culture and Anti-Corruption. The Senior Advisor supports the development implementation and ongoing oversight of the enterprise Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Program. The role provides practical risk-based advice to business partners leads risk assessments manages complex matters and helps ensure the organization meets applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and regulatory expectations. The Senior Advisor is a key subject matter expert and partner to business lines corporate functions Compliance Legal Risk and other areas of the Ethics team including Conduct Risk Conflicts and Speaking Up. The Senior Advisor will have the following key responsibilities however broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed:

ABAC Program Management

• Acts as an enterprise lead for governance and oversight of key aspects of the anti-bribery and anti-corruption program including gifts and entertainment hiring practices involving public officials sponsorships charitable contributions third-party risk management and other bribery and corruption risk matters.

• Supports the design implementation and ongoing enhancement of the enterprise Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Program.

• Drafts reviews and provides expert input on policies procedures guidance and governance documents to ensure clarity consistency and enterprise alignment.

• Monitors regulatory developments emerging risks and industry practices related to bribery and corruption.

• Identifies opportunities to strengthen controls and enhance program effectiveness.

• Supports the management of exceptions reporting control development monitoring and testing activities.

Advisory and Risk Management

• Provides advice and guidance on complex bribery and corruption risks including gifts and entertainment third-party risk management sponsorships charitable contributions hiring practices involving public officials books and records requirements new initiatives and emerging risks.

• Reviews and assesses high-risk transactions activities escalations and other matters requiring Ethics engagement.

• Supports business partners in identifying assessing and mitigating bribery and corruption risks.

• Translates policy and enterprise expectations into practical risk-based guidance for employees and leaders.

Governance and Monitoring

• Leads periodic bribery and corruption reviews and risk assessments.

• Analyzes trends identifies vulnerabilities and recommends mitigation strategies.

• Develops metrics and reporting to assess program effectiveness and support senior management and governance committee updates.

• Supports compliance testing issue management remediation audit and regulatory initiatives requiring senior Ethics engagement.

• Maintains strong governance documentation and evidence practices.

Partnership Enablement and Influence

• Acts as a lead Ethics partner for international anti-bribery and anti-corruption partners developing a strong understanding of local requirements and supporting alignment between global and local programs.

• Leads or supports enterprise and cross-functional change initiatives including planning partner engagement execution and sustainment.

• Designs and delivers targeted anti-bribery anti-corruption and ethics training to reinforce Code of Conduct requirements and expectations.

• Defines business requirements for analytics and reporting to support insight-driven decision-making.

• Builds and maintains strong internal and external relationships to stay informed of emerging practices and standards.

• Leads or supports additional enterprise initiatives and priorities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Typically 7 or more years of relevant experience in legal compliance risk or a similar senior advisory role with demonstrated experience translating regulatory or policy expectations into practical outcomes; post-secondary degree or equivalent experience.

• Demonstrated ability to provide independent risk-based advice and influence outcomes at senior levels.

• Advanced analytical critical-thinking problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Strong written verbal executive-level communication and presentation skills.

• Proven ability to manage ambiguity multiple priorities and complex stakeholder relationships while operating independently and collaborating effectively across teams.

• Strong knowledge of anti-bribery and anti-corruption legislation regulatory expectations and industry practices is an asset.

• Proficiency in Excel PowerPoint Power BI and Copilot is an asset.

• Strong knowledge of BMO products services and operating groups are assets.

The above represents BMO Financial Groups 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 Groups expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Groups 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: Us

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