Advisor, Business

Desjardins Group; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness

Telework equipment

Benefits based on eligibility

Job summary

Desjardins Group is seeking a Senior Business Advisor to cultivate and manage relationships with members and clients across multiple channels. You will lead strategic initiatives, identify opportunities, and advise on plans to boost growth and profitability while ensuring client satisfaction and retention.

The role emphasizes French proficiency and strong networking capabilities. You will also develop partnerships, monitor market trends, and represent the unit in key decision-making processes,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum of six years of relevant experience.
• Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered.
• Knowledge of French is required.
• Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Nimble learning.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and act on business and partnership opportunities to boost development and profitability.
• Advise members, clients and stakeholders to help position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic initiatives.
• Support member, client and stakeholder development, retention and satisfaction.
• Develop retention tactics and strategies.
• Monitor the industry to understand trends and provide recommendations.

Skills

Business development

Client relationship management

Strategic thinking

Sales

French language

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

As a senior business advisor, you help serve, prospect for, solicit, and develop and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You help sell business products and services through multiple distribution channels based on member/client needs and current strategies and practices. You lead clients and practitioners on sales and service development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact multiple business sectors. You take a strategic mindset to boost the organization’s development and profitability while retaining clients and stakeholders and ensuring their satisfaction. You draw on your networking skills and interpersonal savvy to develop and maintain business partnerships with important clients who have complex, diverse needs. Your complex, strategic initiatives require extensive knowledge of sales and service. You analyze highly complex problems and develop and implement personalized solutions tailored to client needs. You serve as a specialist and resource person for your unit, members and clients and represent your unit before decision-making bodies. You help represent Desjardins and enter the organization into important agreements with clients. More specifically, you will be required to: Evaluate and act on business and partnership opportunities to boost the organization’s development and profitability Advise members, clients and stakeholders to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic initiatives See to member, client and stakeholder development, retention and satisfaction. Develop retention tactics and strategies Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends in your specialty area and make recommendations

What we offer

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
• Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Knowledge of French is required
• Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Nimble learning

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve. If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America. We're the choice for over 52,000 employees and we're named one of Canada's top employers by Mediacorp and Forbes. We offer a full range of financial products and services and share our expertise in personal services, business services, wealth management, life and health insurance, and property and casualty insurance. Pursuing a career at Desjardins means being part of an organization that puts people first.