Specialist, Community Banking & Impact Office (Cbio) – Strategy & Operations

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**Please note that bilingualism in French and English both oral and written is required for this role.**

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Specialist CBIO Strategy & Operations plays a pivotal role in enabling the Chief Community Banking & Impact Officer (CCBIO) and the broader leadership team to deliver on BDCs Community Banking and Impact strategy. This role provides strategic planning execution support performance management and cross functional coordination to advance the organizations priorities and ensure operational excellence across all CBIO lines of business (Community Banking Inclusive Entrepreneurship & Securitization).

This person brings rigor structure and strong analytical capabilities while demonstrating the ability to influence and mobilize diverse internal and external stakeholders.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

1. Strategic Planning & Execution

• Lead and coordinate the CBIOs strategic planning processes ensuring alignment of priorities across CBIO business lines and BDCs enterprise objectives.

• Support the development deployment and monitoring of strategic initiatives ensuring clear objectives success measures and milestones.

• Translate high-level strategy into actionable plans performance indicators and execution roadmaps.

• Mobilize and engage relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment clarity of roles and timely execution of priorities.

2. Strategic Advisory & Leadership Support

• Work closely with the Chief Community Banking & Impact Officer and CBIO senior leadership team to provide strategic insight decision support and business intelligence.

• Conduct analysis environmental scanning and synthesis of industry trends and opportunities to inform both short-term decisions and long-term positioning.

• Foster strong relationships across BDCs lines of business and corporate functions to ensure end-to-end understanding of operations and strategic implications.

3. Corporate Governance & Executive Reporting

• Collaborate with executives to prepare high-quality materials for the Senior Management Committee (SMC) CEO briefings and Board of Directors.

• Lead the quarterly Board reporting cycle for the CBIO including preparation of documentation data gathering insight generation and coordination with contributors.

• Play a key role in corporate planning and business unit planning processes ensuring coherence and alignment across lines of business.

4. Performance Management & Analytics

• Develop dashboards scorecards and operational reporting to provide visibility on key operational strategic and impact metrics.

• Lead ongoing monitoring of KPI dashboards and performance routines generating insights that inform strategy operational enhancements and business development action plans.

• Support VPs in monthly and quarterly business review cycles enabling robust performance discussions and follow-up.

5. Collaboration & Cross Functional Engagement

• Maintain strong and proactive relationships with core corporate functions (e.g. Finance HR Marketing & Public Affairs Operations) to ensure integrated planning and optimal resource utilization.

• Partner with Finance and Operations to refine forecasting productivity analysis and resource allocation across Community Banking and Impact Office team

• Ensure clear and consistent communication and coordination across the Community Banking and Impact Office ecosystem.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Technical & Professional Skills

• Bilingualism in French and English is required

• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate strategy into actionable plans.

• Bachelors and graduate degree; concentrations in Business Economics or related fields are considered assets.

• 5 7 years relevant experience in strategy operations and execution planning and implementation

• Experience in strategy consulting ideally in the financial sector or with SMEs is also an asset.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities; comfortable working with complex datasets and KPIs.

• Superior communication skills including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear concise executive ready materials.

• Experience in business planning corporate governance or strategy/operations roles.

Behavioral & Leadership Competencies

• Highly organized structured and detail oriented with strong time management skills.

• Ability to influence without authority and to build trust across multiple stakeholder groups.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with curiosity adaptability and a proactive approach to driving results.

• Comfort operating in an evolving environment with emerging priorities and multiple workstreams.

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