Senior Compliance Officer, Canadian Personal & Business Banking Compliance

Application Deadline:

06/18/2025

Address:
100 King Street West

The Canadian Personal and Business Banking (P&BB) Compliance Team is a Second Line function that provides advisory guidance to First Line P&BB business units.

The Senior Compliance Officer will manage a specific P&BB portfolio and ensure the effective execution of Enterprise Compliance Program deliverables. This is a hybrid role, based out of our Toronto office (First Canadian Place).

Responsibilities:

• Assists in the implementation, maintenance, and administration of the Canadian P&BB Compliance Program.
• Provides advice and guidance to assigned portfolio based on an understanding of business operations, regulatory obligations, and internal methodology.
• Develops and maintains a high degree of expertise on the Enterprise Compliance Program ("ECP") and the Operational Non-Financial Risk ("ONFR") Program, and applicable manuals and guidance. Effectively communicate and administer new requirements to ECP and ONFR programs.
• Develops and maintains a high level of expertise in all regulations, directives and guidance which apply to the group(s) supported.
• Provides input to business/group on emerging risks, regulatory developments, and interpretation of regulations.
• Conducts and/or effectively challenges risk assessments for business/group and assists to identify more effective compliance controls.
• Identifies, assesses, effectively challenges, and provides oversight on the satisfactory resolution of issues, including ensuring adequate management remediation plans and validation. Identifies and advises on emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making. Elevates high profile issues/risk cases to Compliance and business/group management for prompt resolution.
• 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.
• Consults on new products, services, and automated systems to assist with incorporating compliance requirements into these initiatives.
• Anticipates potential consequences of unaddressed risk factors or shortfalls in ECP and ONFR implementation and recommends appropriate enhancements.
• Builds effective professional relationships with business group, internal/external stakeholders, and trust with regulators.
• Operates effectively within a high stress environment with constantly changing expectations and regulatory & audit scrutiny.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• Typically minimum of 6 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Recognized compliance certificate or equivalent preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of consumer protection requirements for retail banking products.
• Strong communication, critical thinking, relationship management and project management skills.
• Ability to drive and execute projects/deliverables with minimal supervision and regularly handle non-routine situations.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.
• Subject matter expert on the ECP and ONFR Program preferred.
• Advanced user of Archer (GRCE) preferred.
• Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth.
• Collaboration & team skills - In-depth.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills - In-depth.
• Influence skills - In-depth.
• Data driven decision making - In-depth.

Grade:
7
Job Category:
Individual Contributor / Collaborateur

Salary:

$74,800.00 - $138,600.00

Pay Type:

Salaried

The salary range provided reflects BMO Financial group's compensation range for the grade band associated with this position.

Salary placement within the range outlined above is role-based and will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set consistent, and competitive ranges. We regularly evaluate compensation, identify any changes in the market and adjust our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed.

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's comprehensive 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

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