REGIONAL COACH, FINANCING - Montreal, Laval, Quebec

BDC; Laval (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

BDC is seeking a Regional Coach to provide tailored coaching to a select group of employees in business development. You will support new hires and existing staff, driving initiatives, skill development, and performance improvements across the region.

You will collaborate with Learning, regional strategy, and coaching peers to deliver cohorts, training, and feedback. Travel within the region is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, business administration or equivalent.
• Five years of experience in a business development role within BDC.
• Excellent track record and proven success in business development.
• Experience as an integration coach.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and Collaborative Tools.
• Proven track record of providing impactful coaching, focused on skill development.
• Self-motivated; strong peer collaborators; good diagnostic skills.
• Ability to adapt coaching style to best support the employees being coached.
• Good facilitation and presentation skills.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Bilingualism (French and English).

Responsibilities

• Provide individual coaching, feedback and action plan follow-up with new or existing employees in a business development role.
• In collaboration with the Learning Team, deliver group cohort classes for employees based on need.
• Train business development cohorts for common learning topics (CLICs, marketing tools, BDC policies, business, credit guidelines, segmentation).
• Collaborate with business center managers to align management and training plans.
• Support integration coaches in the region with training resources for high-quality coaching.
• Keep track of coaching needs for the region to ensure proper mix of local coaches.

Skills

Coaching

Facilitation

Presentation

Communication

Team collaboration

Bilingual FR/EN

Education

Bachelor’s degree in commerce/finance/business administration or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Collaborative Tools

Job description

We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer

Means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits , including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days , sick days as necessary , and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning , training and development , and much more…

Explore the BDC Way in our Culture Book

At BDC, we help Canada and its entrepreneurs create a prosperous, inclusive and green economy. Our mission is to help Canadian businesses thrive by providing financing, capital and advisory services. Furthermore, for over a decade, we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers.

Diversity. Inclusion. They’re more than just words for BDC. We are committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion. Our goal is to have a team that reflects gender and visible diversity. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Regional Coach provides tailored and specific coaching to a select group of employees to enhance their business development banker skills. Depending on the priorities of the region, his or her efforts may be geared towards new hires or existing employees to support new initiatives or specific skill development or to accompany high-potential individuals in reaching their next step.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Provide individual coaching, feedback and action plan follow-up with new or existing employees in a business development role.

• In collaboration with the Learning Team, deliver, when required, a group cohort class for employees based on need (new hires or existing employees) for new initiatives or specific skill development.

• Work closely with members of the regional strategy implementation team and the Learning Specialists to train business development cohorts for common learning topics (CLICs, marketing tools, BDC policies, business, credit guidelines, segmentation, etc.).

• Collaborate with business center managers by providing feedback as part of the ongoing integration and development of employees to ensure alignment of management and/or tracking of training plans.

• Provide support to the integration coaches in the region to ensure they possess the right training and resources to give high quality of coaching to employees.

• Keep track of the coaching needs for the region to ensure there are sufficient and the right mix of local coaches.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKNG FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, business administration or equivalent

• Five years of experience in a business development role within BDC

• Excellent track record and proven success in business development

• Experience as an integration coach

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and Collaborative Tools

• Proven track record of providing impactful coaching, focused on skill development

• Self-motivated; strong peer collaborators; good diagnostic skills

• Ability to adapt coaching style to best support the employees being coached

• Good facilitation and presentation skills

• Excellent communication and listening skills

• Bilingualism (French and English)

IMPORTANT: The selected individual will be able to work from their current location, but will need to travel across the region on occasion.

Join BDC and help make a difference!

With us, you’ll be able to achieve the work/life balance you’re looking for, with competitive working conditions and flexible benefits.

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers , we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail].

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.