VP, Digital Automation & AI Strategy (Hybrid)

The Citco Group Limited; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Training & education support

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Citco is seeking a Senior Vice President to lead Digital Workflow, Automation & AI for Private Assets Operations in Toronto. The role shapes automation strategy, defines deployment standards, and partners with IT and Risk to realize measurable benefits.

You will identify opportunities across the assets estate, justify approaches, and drive adoption while mentoring rotating colleagues and reporting progress to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field; professional accounting designation a plus.
• Proven delivery of automation, digital workflow or AI initiatives with real adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead the automation and AI agenda for Private Assets Operations—determine what is worth automating, how it gets deployed, and whether the benefit was real.
• Identify and prioritise automation, digital workflow and AI opportunities across the Private Assets estate.
• Determine the right approach for each opportunity—workflow, automation tooling or AI—and make the case for it.
• Own deployment standards so solutions are reusable and supportable.
• Partner with IT and Transformation Office through build, deployment and support.
• Define how benefit will be measured before build starts, and report on it.
• Establish governance and controls around automated and AI‑assisted processes with Risk and Control Office.
• Coordinate with Tactical Operations on deployed automation and scale worthy solutions.
• Lead and mentor focus area resources, including rotational colleagues joining from the business.
• Report on progress, risks and benefits realisation to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Automation Delivery

Digital Workflow

AI Initiatives

Leadership

Stakeholder Negotiation

Strategic Planning

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Citco is seeking a Senior Vice President to lead Digital Workflow, Automation & AI for Private Assets Operations in Toronto. The role shapes automation strategy, defines deployment standards, and partners with IT and Risk to realize measurable benefits.

You will identify opportunities across the assets estate, justify approaches, and drive adoption while mentoring rotating colleagues and reporting progress to senior leadership.