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Change Manager - Payments

Hybrid
Toronto, Ontario
Senior Level
contract

About the role

Location: Toronto

Contact duration: October 31 2026

Key Responsibilities:

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.

• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities across the Global Payment Platforms initiative payment engine modernization

• Apply a change management process to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative based on a change impact assessment

• Support the design, development, delivery, and management of communications

• Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress

• Conduct impact analysis, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders

Lead Change Management and Training definition, planning and execution, including:

o Working closely with the Director in the strategic definition, management, and execution of the change management plan, along with a variety of support tools and templates, to manage the development and execution of the change management deliverables

o Supporting the transformational nature of the program to align with the strategy and to drive adoption and sustainment across impacted groups and stakeholders

o Providing day-to-day management of change management plans, including working with the business line communication and training teams to deliver effective materials to partners

Direct Strategic Message Development and Communication by:

o Utilizing key messages, impact assessments, industry material, and benefits to support the development of communications materials for internal and external stakeholders and clients, taking a proactive, timely, and customer-centric approach

o Coordinating review and approval across key stakeholders including work back schedules and publication timelines to ensure timely execution

Partner with Product Owners to drive change management efforts by:

o Leading with an end-to-end mindset, where business, technology and operations are all considered when making decisions that drive change

o Conducting needs analysis/analyzing recommended and/or implemented changes

o Ensuring proper determination of workflow effort differences between existing and recommended processes

o Identifying areas for improvement and assessing cost efficiency and risk

o Ensuring cross-departmental socialization on program status, as well as highlighting key risks and major constraints

o Rolling out the change in a feedback driven manner, adjusting/evolving as necessary

Serve as a relationship manager, facilitator, and relationship-builder among key stakeholders with sometimes competing priorities by:

o Overseeing/coordinating partner socialization around major themes of change and proposed initiatives

o Managing day-to-day relationship with internal partners (e.g., operations, client service & support teams, sales, and segment owners) to ensure visibility to upcoming initiatives requiring integration, communication, and change management support

o Participating in, and helping to coordinate the execution of various committees designed to increase program transparency with internal partners

o Meeting regularly with program peers and leads to ensure visibility on program milestones, impacts, and industry timelines to evaluate support required; identifies integration opportunities with other in-flight and planned initiatives

• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with bank’s Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.

• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Must Have Skills:

• 5-8 years Strong understanding of change management methodology and/or experience participating in initiatives requiring organizational change. Please highlight the most recent example.

• 3-5 years ability to translate technical and complex information into key benefits appropriate for a non-technical audience

• 3-5 years proven track record managing multiple cross-functional business, partner, and customer relationships

• 5-8 years of experience influencing leaders and senior executives

• 3-5 years of working experience in change management or corporate communications

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• ADKAR framework certification

• Payments domain knowledge

Soft Skills Required:

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal (experience developing and executing on communication plans)

• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship management skills

Education & Certificates:

Undergraduate and above level preferred, and change management certification or designation desired.

About Finance Professionals Inc.

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WHO WE ARE

We are a specialist FinTech and Financial Services recruitment consultancy. We have been helping clients attract, hire and retain staff across all areas from technology to finance. By being specialists in our sectors, we are able to use our deep and active network of professionals to quickly match the best people with great permanent and contract job opportunities.

WHAT WE DO:

We deliberately work on a small number of assignments allowing us the time to deeply search for talent for your business. By partnering with an excellent client base including Banks, Financial Services Firms, FinTech companies at various stages and established multinationals, we are able to present compelling career opportunities to industry professionals.

SECTORS WE WORK IN: -FinTech -Infrastructure -Financial Systems -Banking & Securities -Wealth Management & Advisory -Fund Management -Fund Services -Payment Services -Financial Services -Insurance -Real Estate Investment Trusts -Real Estate Development -Construction Finance and Private Equity

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