Senior Advisor, Governance and Strategic Initiatives

Banque Nationale du Canada; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee assistance program

Preferential banking services

Community involvement

Virtual sleep clinic

Job summary

Banque Nationale du Canada in Montreal seeks a Senior Advisor, Governance and Strategic Initiatives to partner with senior leadership across the Commercial Banking and Private Banking sectors. The role focuses on governance, decision quality, and execution discipline to strengthen the organization’s strategic outcomes.

The position involves leading governance forums, preparing executive materials, and monitoring strategic decisions while coordinating with Strategy & Growth teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience in strategy, governance, performance, project and process management.
• Demonstrated experience preparing analyses, recommendations, and executive‑level materials for senior leaders and decision‑making bodies.
• Strong ability to structure complex issues, synthesize information, and translate strategic direction into actionable plans.
• Proven ability to influence and advise leaders in complex, fast‑paced, and highly visible environments.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry or experience in a similar environment is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the orchestration of the sector's executive governance, ensuring the quality of governance forums, alignment of priorities, and effectiveness of decision‑making processes.
• Support executive visibility and decision‑making by conducting analyses, developing recommendations, and preparing materials for executive and governance forums.
• Ensure rigorous follow‑up on strategic decisions, commitments, and priorities to strengthen execution discipline and accountability across the sector.
• Support strategic planning, executive reflection, performance management, and reporting activities to ensure consistent execution of business priorities.
• Conduct strategic analyses and maintain ongoing monitoring of the business environment to identify emerging issues, risks, and opportunities for the sector.
• Collaborate closely with the Strategy & Growth, Performance, and regional leadership teams to ensure alignment of priorities and consistency across initiatives and strategic efforts.

Skills

Strategic governance

Executive advisory

Project management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field

Job description

Senior Advisor, Governance and Strategic Initiatives

Hybrid

Job number

35770

Category

Senior Professional

Status: Permanent

Schedule: Full-Time

28-Sep-2026

Area(s) of interest: Advisory services, Commercial banking, Project management and agile methodology, Business intelligence and data

Location(s): Montreal

A career as a Senior Advisor, Governance and Strategic Initiatives within the Governance and Leadership Enablement team of the Commercial and Private Banking 1859 sector at National Bank means acting as a strategic partner to the Senior Director and the Executive Vice-President to enhance decision quality, organizational alignment, and execution discipline across the sector.

It is through your strategic mindset, experience in governance and executive advisory, and ability to synthesize complex issues that you strengthen decision-making, organizational coherence, and execution excellence across the sector.

Your role:

• Lead the orchestration of the sector's executive governance, ensuring the quality of governance forums, alignment of priorities, and effectiveness of decision‑making processes.
• Support executive visibility and decision‑making by conducting analyses, developing recommendations, and preparing materials for executive and governance forums.
• Ensure rigorous follow‑up on strategic decisions, commitments, and priorities to strengthen execution discipline and accountability across the sector.
• Support strategic planning, executive reflection, performance management, and reporting activities to ensure consistent execution of business priorities.
• Conduct strategic analyses and maintain ongoing monitoring of the business environment to identify emerging issues, risks, and opportunities for the sector.
• Collaborate closely with the Strategy & Growth, Performance, and regional leadership teams to ensure alignment of priorities and consistency across initiatives and strategic efforts.

Your team:

Within the Commercial Banking and Private Banking 1859 sector, you will be part of the Governance and Leadership Enablement team, reporting to the Senior Director, Governance and Leadership Enablement.

Our team plays a central role in advancing the business line's priorities by ensuring alignment between strategy, leadership, and execution for the Executive Vice-President. We operate in a dynamic, collaborative, and high‑visibility environment where rigor, influence, and strategic judgment are highly valued.

We foster continuous learning through a variety of development opportunities, including learning on the job, access to training resources, and collaboration with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise.

This role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of the business line's strategic priorities and collaborate closely with senior leadership, Strategy & Growth teams, and key partners across the Bank. The breadth of the mandate and exposure to high‑profile initiatives will provide unique opportunities to strengthen your impact, strategic judgment, and understanding of the drivers that support the organization's growth and market position.

Prerequisites

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience in strategy, governance, performance, project and process management, organizational transformation, consulting, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience preparing analyses, recommendations, and executive‑level materials for senior leaders and decision‑making bodies.
• Strong ability to structure complex issues, synthesize information, and translate strategic direction into actionable plans.
• Proven ability to influence and advise leaders in complex, fast‑paced, and highly visible environments.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry or experience in a similar environment is considered an asset.

Languages

Reason to require this language: you will need to work closely with our colleagues outside Quebec.

Making a bold move in a people‑first environment

We’re a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments. We aim, wherever possible, to provide a barrier‑free and accessible environment to all employees.

We strive to provide accessibility measures throughout the recruitment process within the limits of our available resources. If you require accommodations, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Why work at National Bank?

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on‑the‑job learning and training, co‑development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

• Health and wellness program, including many options
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and family assistance program
• Preferential banking services
• Involvement in community initiatives
• Virtual sleep clinic

We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting‑edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.