Branch Supervision Administrator, Private Wealth

BMO•Edmonton, AB

1d•CA$42,500 - CA$78,900

About The Position

BMO Private Wealth brings together one of Canada's leading wealth management businesses, serving affluent, high-net-worth, and ultra-high-net-worth clients through a comprehensive suite of investment, banking, trust, and wealth planning solutions. Within BMO Nesbitt Burns, our Investment Advisors and branch teams support clients in achieving their financial goals through personalized advice and sophisticated wealth management strategies. As part of the Branch Supervision team, you will play a critical role in maintaining the integrity of our business, supporting regulatory oversight, protecting clients, and enabling advisors to operate within a strong culture of risk management and compliance. The Branch Supervision Administrator supports sales supervision activities and regulatory activities for designated private wealth branches to meet all regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Typically between 3 - 5 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge of all supervision and industry regulations – Good.
Specialized knowledge from education and/or business experience.
Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth.
Collaboration & team skills - In-depth.
Analytical and problem solving skills - In-depth.
Influence skills - In-depth.

Responsibilities

Acts as a designee on supervision objectives for the branch.
Provides ongoing supervision education to assigned branch / portfolio.
Provides support and guidance to branch employees on supervision issues.
Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Identifies, reports and manages all supervision issues and irregularities according to guidelines.
Supports applicable supervision responsibilities as per guidelines.
Performs required daily/monthly supervision reviews, including reviewing branch reports.
Performs required supervision reviews (delegated tasks) such as Email Surveillance, Daily Trade (Blotter) Review, Monthly Activity Review, Outstanding Documentation Review, KYP Assessment testing, Pre-Trade Disclosure testing, Trigger Report testing, prospectus log reviews and reviews of insider status reorganizations. Query and Request for Information (RFI) and follows up on outstanding issues.
Executes work to deliver timely, accurate, and efficient service.
Performs supervision activities to meet regulatory requirements and maintain service level standards.
Builds effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders.
Ensures alignment between stakeholders.
Follows through on risk and supervision processes and policies to ensure we safeguard our customers’ assets, maintain their privacy, act in their best interests, and ensure an effectively run function.
Protects the Bank's assets and complies with all regulatory, legal and ethical requirements.
Focus may be on a business/group.
Thinks creatively and proposes new solutions.
Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
Works mostly independently.
Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents (Frameworks, Policies, Standards, Procedures and Supporting documents), laws and regulations.