Enterprise Board Governance Lead

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 103,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

BMO Financial Group is seeking a senior legal/compliance professional to lead governance and regulatory programs in Toronto. The role partners with senior leadership, boards, and committees to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across corporate governance processes.

You will manage Board meeting logistics, maintain governance records, coordinate audits, and drive process improvements while upholding BMO's values.

Qualifications

• Typically 7+ years of relevant experience in finance, risk management, legal or compliance.
• Proficient knowledge of the business and regulatory environment.
• Law degree preferred with focus on corporate, securities or tax law.
• Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience and industry knowledge.
• Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth / Expert.
• Analytical and problem solving skills - In-depth / Expert.
• Influence skills - In-depth / Expert.
• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration - In-depth / Expert.
• Able to manage ambiguity.
• Data driven decision making - In-depth / Expert.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviours in all that they do.
• Ensures alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion.
• 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.
• Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic initiatives.
• Acts as a subject matter expert for internal/external stakeholders.
• Participates the development and distribution of tailored messaging.
• Reviews technical procedures for all key processes including those pertaining to the Board of Directors, Committees and Shareholder Services, and implement process improvements, as required.

Skills

Verbal communication

Analytical thinking

Influence skills

Collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Data-driven decisions

Education

Law degree (preferred)

Job description

BMO Financial Group is seeking a senior legal/compliance professional to lead governance and regulatory programs in Toronto. The role partners with senior leadership, boards, and committees to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across corporate governance processes.

You will manage Board meeting logistics, maintain governance records, coordinate audits, and drive process improvements while upholding BMO's values.