Expert advisor, Administration

Desjardins • Montreal, QC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

As an expert administrative advisor, you assist with highly complex strategic initiatives and serve as a subject matter leader. You lead and influence large-scale organizational and market initiatives while liaising with stakeholders to understand their needs and challenges. In addition to being the business manager, you represent your specialty on initiatives requiring high-level expertise in a complex field. You’re responsible for strategic, highly innovative, cross-sector projects and initiatives that are operationally and conceptually complex. They require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. A strategic mindset and organizational savvy are therefore essential. Coordination is critical, so you frequently interact with stakeholders working in a wide range of other fields. You serve as an expert advisor and subject matter expert for senior management and decision-making bodies. You represent and negotiate on behalf of Desjardins and enter the organization into agreements with external partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of French is required
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Strategic mindset

Nice To Haves

• Trade Union (If applicable)

Responsibilities

• Complete strategic assessments, develop scenarios and solve unique and complex problems that impact the entire organization
• Develop and implement business practices that meet clients’ complex business needs while honouring Desjardins’s commitments and acting in accordance with Desjardins’s priorities
• Design solutions that meet highly complex needs, recommend implementation strategies and priorities, and coordinate the delivery of work
• Develop implementation oversight mechanisms for innovative solutions you design

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior