Associate Director or Director

Presence: Hybrid

Category: Senior Professional

Contract Type: Permanent A career as an Associate Director or Director, Business Integration within the New Products and Activities team of Banque Nationale's Capital Markets involves acting as a strategic partner in the implementation of new products and business initiatives. In this role, you leverage your expertise in securities trading and financing activities to drive the analysis and integration of high-impact initiatives, influencing key decisions related to the design of operational models, risk management frameworks, and integration strategies. This position allows you to have a direct impact on the organization by fostering business growth while ensuring the implementation of robust operational, regulatory, and risk management frameworks.

Your Role

• Lead the evaluation and integration of new securities trading and financing products and activities, contributing to the definition of end-to-end operational, regulatory, and risk management requirements.
• Develop a strong understanding of trading structures, financing operations, and business objectives to challenge assumptions, ensure the robustness of solutions, and influence decision-making.
• Contribute to the definition of target operational models and formulate strategic recommendations that promote sustainable and scalable growth.
• Adopt a corporate-wide perspective to balance business objectives, operational efficiency, risk management, and regulatory requirements, while influencing partners and stakeholders to align strategic directions and implement sustainable and scalable solutions.
• Foster alignment and collaboration among key stakeholders, including Operations, Technology, Risk Management, Legal, Finance, Treasury, and other relevant functions.
• Establish and maintain robust governance frameworks, controls, implementation plans, and deployment strategies, while proactively identifying and resolving risks and issues, and escalating significant concerns to appropriate stakeholders and governance committees.
• Your Team

This position reports to the Senior Vice President responsible for transformation and evolution initiatives within the New Products and Activities team of the Capital Markets sector. Our team consists of approximately 45 highly experienced, talented, and engaged professionals. We are distinguished by our strong collaboration, agility, and deep understanding of capital markets activities and operational models.

You will work closely with trading, risk management teams, and functional experts across the organization, gaining a comprehensive view of products, processes, and business strategies. We foster a dynamic environment where learning, innovation, and knowledge sharing are valued.

Our development approach is based on practical experience and exposure to complex initiatives. You will benefit from continuous learning opportunities, access to subject matter experts, and the chance to develop a global perspective on capital markets. Career progression opportunities include access to leadership roles or the development of deep expertise in various asset classes, products, and transformation initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field, along with 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in the capital markets sector.
• Strong understanding of securities trading and financing products (equities, fixed-income securities, repo operations, securities lending, FNB/ETF, structured products).
• In-depth knowledge of end-to-end processes covering trading, clearing, settlement, custody, collateral management, and reconciliation.
• Understanding of market infrastructures (clearing houses, depositories, central securities depositories, tri-party agents, and payment systems).
• Extensive experience in leading strategic transformation initiatives at an organizational scale within complex capital markets environments.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

For the Toronto location only, English proficiency is required. Knowledge of French is a plus, but not mandatory.

Your BenefitsIn addition to a competitive salary, we offer, upon hire, a range of flexible benefits to support your well-being and that of your family, including:

• Comprehensive health and wellness program with numerous options
• Flexible group insurance
• Generous retirement plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Employee assistance program and family support
• Preferred banking services
• Community involvement initiatives
• Telemedicine service
• Virtual sleep improvement clinic

We offer an evolving package that attends to trends, your needs, and those of your loved ones.

Our dynamic work environments and modern collaboration tools foster a pleasant employee experience. We value the ideas of our team members. Whether through surveys or our programs, continuous dialogue and feedback are encouraged.

The Boldness to Act in a Human EnvironmentWe are a human-sized bank distinguished by our boldness, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. We exist to have a positive impact on people's lives. Our core values of camaraderie, agility, and power to act inspire us. Inclusion is at the heart of our commitments. We strive, as much as possible, to provide an obstacle-free and accessible work environment for all employees.

We aim, to the extent possible with the resources we have, to provide accessibility measures during the recruitment process. If you require accommodations, please let us know during your initial interactions with us. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and would like to know what you can bring to our team.

Join us!

Required Languages: English, French

Skills: Learning agility, Client-focused, Communication, Product knowledge, Empathy, Humility, Influencing, Initiative, Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Capital markets, Results-oriented, Resilience, Responsibility, Teamwork