Senior Technology Officer (Corporate and Commercial Banking Credit Risk Applications)

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This role is a Senior Technology Officer for several Corporate and Commercial Banking & Credit Risk Applications including ABL Built Crowe (US and Canada) and DataScan. These customer facing applications are a mix of vendor SaaS products and in house hosted applications. This management role is responsible for application health adoption and innovation. It will involve strategically partnering up with Operations and the Lines of Business to build out application road maps.

• Builds relationships with and works with stakeholders to understand the platform vision align and deliver on the roadmap.

• Be responsible for a team of both BAs and Developers that work on technology projects. Team is responsible for the full SDLC cycle.

• Analyzes platform data to drive and implement optimizations.

• Undertakes prioritization of work of a component or group of components that are used by customers the LOB and Operations.

• Acts as an L3 support and escalation for all production issues.

• Participates in yearly financial and project reviews.

• Understands the competitive and strategic position of the organization in order to deliver best-in-industry products.

• Ensures compliance with service and support agreements and standards.

• Work closely with the vendor management team and the vendor on SOWs and Master Agreements.

• Have a great understanding of budgets and financials through working closely with PMs on clarity and forecasts.

• Manages technical requirements e.g. APIs and other platform components with a focus on security and resilience to protect end-users.

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

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

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

• Applies Improves team performance recognizes and rewards performance coaches employees supports their development and manages poor performance.

• Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to problems that can be complex and non-routine.

• Implements changes in response to shifting trends.

• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

Advanced level of proficiency:

• Typically 10 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Proficiency in any of the following applications - DataScan ABL LIQ Crowe or Built applications.

• Seasoned professional with a combination of education experience and industry knowledge

  • System design and implementation.

  • Vendor management and best practices.

  • Contract negotiations.

  • Application programming interface (API) management.

  • some exposure in production support (3rd line)

  • disaster recovery testing

  • Product design.

  • Test driven development.

  • Devops.

  • Data collection and analysis.

  • Building and managing relationships.

  • Product management.

  • Value propositions.

  • Continuous improvement management.

  • Verbal & written communication skills.

  • Analytical and problem solving skills.

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

  • Able to manage ambiguity.

  • Data driven decision making.

Intermediate level of proficiency:

• New product development.

• User interface and user experience design.

• Cybersecurity and privacy concepts principles and solutions.

• Learning Agility.

• Creative thinking.

• Emotional agility.

Additional Job Description:

Strong preference:

• Commercial Banking experience.

• Experience in and of the following areas - Dealer Finance Asset Based Lending Commercial Real Estate and/or Commercial Lending.

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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