Head, North American Commercial Deposits

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The Head North American Commercial Deposits has accountability to lead the US and Canadian Liquidity Solutions Product organizations and the Working Capital Optimization advisory services team in Canada. They are accountable to build own and drive the overall multi-year Commercial Deposit growth strategy in close partnership with BMOs B2B businesses Finance Corporate Treasury Technology & Operations and other related Enterprise functions. The objective of the role is to continuously improve BMOs competitive market share position by developing and executing on a multi-year growth strategy which includes a combination of strategic product and sales-led activities across the Business Bank Commercial Bank and Capital Markets in both Canada and the US. The role will work in close partnership with key senior stakeholders in TPS Businesses Technology Corporate functions and others as required.

Success measures include execution on critical growth levers that will deliver outsized growth and margins as well as strategically position BB/NACB/CM to drive accelerated market-leading high quality deposit growth with strong target margins.

Specifically the role will be responsible for:

Defining and executing on critical medium to longer term growth levers in partnership with initiative owners that will drive multi-year Commercial Deposit growth

Ensuring appropriate senior level governance and executive oversight is in place to support individual initiative/program-level reviews RYG status identification of risks/issues with appropriate mitigation plans in place and preparing appropriate materials to facilitate reviews for BMO and TPS executive and performance management forums

Identifying cash rich industry / vertical / segment trends and to build a market competitive product shelf and go-to-market plans

Working with business leaders to ensure those initiatives which are assigned to them (i.e. banker/sales team scorecards/incentive plans optimal team structure training and other tools) are aligned to enable deposit acceleration

Prioritizing and stewarding multi-million-dollar technology and people investments to drive financial and strategic outcomes

Effective deposit pricing / margin management and fee capture in line with market benchmarks

Engaging with clients to design product roadmaps and advise them on working capital optimization opportunities

The role will need to continuously collaborate with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders to support business strategies while addressing mandatory requirements and managing risk

Business Unit leaders: Understands business / customer needs works closely with stakeholders to align / augment TPS products / infrastructure for future business growth and meet customer experience aspirations and align sales force incentives

Sales leaders: Maintains open and effective relationships with sales/service distribution networks across all segments to ensure that customers are well understood sales forces have the required product knowledge and that the product suite is well positioned to meet the needs within the marketplace

Technology & Operations: Addresses technology requirements to deliver the product roadmap ensuring adequate funding and resources

Finance / Treasury: Ensures accurate planning financial forecasting transfer pricing balance sheet risk management and regulatory compliance

TPS Product partners: Regularly engages with all TPS product and digital teams to identify / plan / prioritize intersections to deliver a well managed product roadmap and an E2E digital-first product experience

BMO Partners / Corporate Development: Outlines critical capabilities required and collaborate to identify industry solutions for TPS to leverage

The Head North American Commercial Deposits will lead a team to deliver on the above and as a leader will be responsible for:

Activating our winning culture aligned with Purpose. Ignites engagement by aligning our culture to our strategy and fueling exceptional execution

Fostering diversity equity and inclusion and creates an inclusive environment for all employees by eliminating barriers to inclusion

Developing leaders plans for succession and fosters a high-performance culture Driving top talent acquisition and retention developing organizational capabilities to drive competitive advantage

Leading and mentoring employees with diverse risk and business experience skills and orientation

Leading promoting and role modelling the Banks customer focus to support our vision

Qualifications:

University degree - Master of Business Administration is an asset

5-10 years of Product Leadership experience (ideally deposits) with progressive growth and comprehensive knowledge of treasury payments corporate card deposit product commercial businesses and client servicing.

Experience in delivery of highly complex strategic initiatives or projects impacting large groups of people processes and technology

Strategy and roadmap planning combined with equally strong execution focus

Strong people leadership interpersonal communications and influencing skills with all levels of stakeholders incl. executives at all levels of the organization

Highly developed relationship management skills to effectively manage relationships across multiple levels of the organization across lines of business across various BMO groups

Strong consulting and change management skills able to think strategically and implement strategic vision

Deep understanding of Commercial Payments and underlying technology systems that support the payment ecosystem

Please note the base salary range for this role is CDN $200K - $230K

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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