100 King Street West Toronto Ontario,M5X 1A1

The Banks and Market Structure team is internationally located, with offices in New York, Toronto, London and Hong Kong. The client base is comprised of Canadian investment dealers, financial market infrastructure providers, Domestic and International Banks.

As a senior member of the GFIG team, the successful candidate will take a lead role in client relationship management, first-line risk management, mentorship, coaching and developing the team. The candidate will coordinate with other product areas as an integral part of a larger coverage team that maintains strong client relationships. Includes providing lending expertise to Banks and Market Structure clients, establishing credit facilities to support all relevant trading products, facilitating credit approvals in support of transaction banking products and presenting all products and solutions relevant to the Banks and Market Structure client base.

Qualities we are looking for in a candidate:

• Proven leader in high growth, large team format, and demanding banking environment:
• Elevates the BMO and BMO Capital Market brand with a commitment to and presence in the community.
• Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviors in all that they do.
• Regularly connects work to BMO's purpose, sets inspirational goals, defines clear expected outcomes, and ensures clear accountability for follow through.
• 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.
• Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.
• Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements, and develops roadmap for strategic execution.
• Generates significant revenue for the bank over a sustained period and recognizes revenue opportunities to cross-sell products and solutions for all areas of the bank:
• Demonstrates ability to win business from new clients and develop new client relationships.
• Oversees deal origination. Leads the deal team in executing pitches to prospective clients with efforts to maximize sector penetration and returns.
• Develops and maintains strong client relationships with decision makers.
• Provides clients with impactful strategic advice. Acts as a trusted advisor.
• Collaborates with sector and product partners to generate ideas, identify client solutions, pursue sector marketing efforts, cover clients, and deliver timely solutions.
• Leads and owns the credit, legal, operational, reputational, and all other risks as part of managing the portfolio of facilities deployed to support the Banks and Market Structure sector
• Balances the Bank's risk appetite with the client needs in making recommendations/proposals.
• Makes decisions based on a strong understanding of risks; effectively evaluates risk-return trade-offs, and proactively takes accountability for risks assumed.
• Ensures that bank policies and guidelines applicable to the division are complied with.
• Monitors client, client industry and regulatory agencies for potential changes which may affect client’s portfolio and business needs.
• Prepares credit documentation (i.e. including applications, memoranda, presentations, etc.) for internal and external stakeholders.
• Provides outstanding deal structuring, business development, and other expertise and negotiates transactions with clients on highly complex deals.
• Acts as the primary contact for internal/external stakeholder relationships, which may include regulators.
• Completes due diligence and credit analysis on new and existing client relationships. May includes client visits, analysis of business models, and comprehensive review of industry trends and related regulations.

Qualifications:

• Typically, 15+ years of relevant Banks and Market Structure experience in a Corporate & Investment Banking or Capital Markets environment.
• Excellent knowledge of the Banks and Markets Structure industry.
• Proven and independently verifiable client relationships within the Banks and Markets Structure industry. Technical and strategic leader within the industry.
• Successful history of structuring, leading and underwriting a wide variety of corporate recourse credit facilities to the sector and tailored for the respective business model and asset class.
• Managerial, change management and leadership experience, preferably with a large, cross-border located team.
• Undergraduate degree has focal areas of finance, economics, or accounting preferred with high academic achievement.
• MBA, CFA or equivalent experience in financial services, accounting and legal fields

Base salary for this role is $225,000 CAD. Total compensation is market competitive.

Salary:

Pay Type:

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s 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 Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s 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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As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

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