Banking Manager, Personal Debt Solutions

BDO Canada; Belleville; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Canada is seeking a Manager, Banking to lead the Banking Centre of Excellence within the Personal Debt Solutions team. The role oversees banking operations, ensures compliance, and guides a team across Canada.

It is a replacement role requiring strong leadership and insolvency knowledge, particularly related to estate funds under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. The role emphasizes hands-on operation, workload distribution, and coordination with Licensed Insolvency Trustees and other

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience within the Insolvency field.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and coach staff.
• Strong prioritization and attention to detail in fast-paced environments.
• Flexibility to accommodate varying work schedules, including occasional evenings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a hands-on role in day-to-day banking operations across multiple offices to ensure accuracy, compliance, and service excellence, while leading the team.
• Coordinate and distribute workload across the team, monitoring progress and ensuring timely completion of tasks.
• Oversee high-volume transactional workflows, including bank reconciliations, PAD agreements, dividend distributions, interim payments, final disbursements, and fee cheques.
• Provide guidance and support in resolving complex banking issues, exceptions, and client escalations, ensuring timely resolution and strong client experience outcomes.
• Clearly communicate performance expectations, priorities, and operational objectives to team members.
• Partner with Licensed Insolvency Trustees, Team Leaders, and internal teams to align operations with firm priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Identify performance gaps and work with Team Leaders to develop and implement improvement plans.
• Ensure work is completed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with quality assurance standards.
• Coach, mentor, and support team members in their professional growth and subject-matter expertise.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Coaching

Regulatory knowledge

Client service

Job description

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a Manager, Banking to join our Banking Centre of Excellence within the Personal Debt Solutions team anywhere in Canada. This role is a key leadership position responsible for overseeing the Banking Centre of Excellence and ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality, compliant, and client-focused banking services. This is a replacement role, and the successful candidate will bring a strong leadership, organizational capability, and knowledge of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, specifically related to the handling of estate funds.

Responsibilities – Banking COE Manager

• Maintain a hands-on role in day-to-day banking operations across multiple offices to ensure accuracy, compliance, and service excellence, while leading the team.
• Coordinate and distribute workload across the team, monitoring progress and ensuring timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Oversee high-volume transactional workflows, including bank reconciliations, PAD agreements, dividend distributions, interim payments, final disbursements, and fee cheques.
• Provide guidance and support in resolving complex banking issues, exceptions, and client escalations, ensuring timely resolution and strong client experience outcomes.
• Cleary communication performance expectations, priorities, and operational objectives to team members.
• Partner with Licensed Insolvency Trustees, Team Leaders, and key internal team to align on banking operations with firm-wide priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Identify performance gaps and collaborate with Team Leaders to develop and implement effective resolution and improvement plans.
• Ensure work is completed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with quality assurance standards.
• Coach, mentor, and support team members in their professional growth, skill development, and subject-matter expertise.

How do we define success for your role?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspects of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration.
• You understand your client's industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high-quality work.
• You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients.
• You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains & attracts talent.
• You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace.
• You grow your expertise through learning and professional development.

Your Experience And Education

• Experience leading, mentoring, and coaching staff, with the ability to support development and drive individual and team performance.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience within the Insolvency field; while corporate insolvency experience is an asset, the primary focus will be on consumer work.
• Proven ability to effectively prioritize and mange competing demands in a fast-paced environment while handline multiple task with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Able to prioritize with the flexibility to manage workload demands and multiple tasks as required
• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to accommodate varying work schedules, including occasional evening hours as required.
• Demonstrate commitment to teamwork, exceptional client service, and producing high-quality, detail-oriented work.

The compensation range for this role is $70,000 to $106,000 annually.

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2026. This recognition is a milestone we're thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

At BDO, our people experience is guided by three core pillars—Do work with genuine care, Do what matters with purpose, and Do what's next - shaping how we support our people, serve our clients, and grow together.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.
• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.
• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.
• We foster a collaborative, inclusive environment where your ideas are valued, and you can do your best work with genuine care and purpose
• We encourage innovation and forward thinking, empowering you to embrace what's next and help shape the future of our firm

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