Director GRCE Compliance Capabilities

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The Director GRCE Compliance Capabilities is accountable for the strategy development and ongoing evolution of BMOs enterprise GRC platform ensuring it effectively enables compliance outcomes across the organization. This role serves as the single point of accountability for the endtoend GRC platform for regulatory compliance risk spanning technology roadmap operating model data quality regulatory fitness and stakeholder adoption.

The Director partners closely with Compliance Operational NonFinancial Risk (ONFR) Technology and Business stakeholders to ensure the platform supports enterprise frameworks (e.g. risk assessments issue management regulatory change) and meets supervisory expectations while delivering a strong user experience.

GRC Platform Strategy & Ownership

• Own and execute the enterprise GRC platform strategy and multiyear roadmap aligned to regulatory requirements enterprise risk frameworks and business priorities.
• Act as LRC product owner for the GRC platform integrating process methodology data and technology into a cohesive ecosystem.
• Ensure platform capabilities support core GRC use cases including risk assessments controls issue management regulatory change monitoring and attestations.

Delivery Change & Optimization

• Lead platform enhancement initiatives vendor engagements and major releases including prioritization of backlog defect management and design decisions.
• Oversee optimization and remediation activities arising from health checks audits regulatory exams and secondline effective challenge.
• Ensure disciplined change management release governance and clear communications to stakeholders (e.g. forums release notes training artifacts).

Governance Risk & Regulatory Alignment

• Ensure the GRC platform remains aligned with enterprise compliance frameworks policies and supervisory expectations.
• Provide executivelevel oversight of platformenabled processes such as issue escalation attestations regulatory change tracking and risk reporting.
• Partner with secondline and audit functions to support examinations reviews and ongoing effective challenge.

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

• Serve as a senior point of contact for Compliance Technology and thirdparty partners.
• Lead or support GRC steering committees and executive forums providing clear reporting on roadmap risks dependencies and decisions.
• Drive adoption through strong stakeholder engagement clear accountability and pragmatic design choices.

Team & Operating Model Leadership

• Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviors in all that they do.
• Build and lead a highperforming team spanning project management and helpdesk support.
• Define and mature the GRC platform operating model including roles responsibilities RACI and service management.
• Ensures alignment between values and behavior that fosters diversity and inclusion.
• Provides feedback on the development of program methodology.

*This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days in the Chicago office (subject to change)

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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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