US Commercial Finance Role

About the role

This is a rare opportunity to move beyond traditional FP&A and become a true strategic partner to one of the most important and core businesses within US Commercial Banking. As Manager, US Commercial Finance, you'll have a seat at the table with senior leaders, influencing decisions that drive growth, profitability, and long-term strategy across a diverse, nationwide portfolio. You'll transform complex financial data into clear, actionable insights, build trusted advisory relationships with business leaders, and help shape the future of a segment that sits at the heart of the bank's commercial success. For ambitious finance professionals seeking executive exposure, meaningful impact, and a clear path for growth, few roles offer this level of visibility, influence, and career potential.

Responsibilities

• Develops detailed financial and economic analysis to assist the designated business portfolio with decision support.
• Works closely with business leaders and Finance partners to provide financial advice and service that supports the financial management activities of the Group/portfolio.
• Supports the monitoring and management of financial performance against plans, forecasts, initiatives and objectives.
• Generates information and insights that support key business decisions to drive value (e.g., revenue growth, cost management, resource allocation, balance sheet optimization, etc.)
• Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviours in all that they do.
• Ensures alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion.
• Regularly connects work to BMO's purpose, sets inspirational goals, defines clear expected outcomes, and ensures clear accountability for follow through.
• Builds interdependent teams that collaborate across functional and operating groups to create the highest value for all stakeholders.
• Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent.
• Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.
• Acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies.
• May network with industry contacts to gain competitive insights and best practices.
• May own internal/external stakeholder relationships.
• Supports/Leads financial planning, forecasting and performance reviews that utilize plan, forecast and actual financial information to develop annual plans and targets.
• Performs variance analyses, and ad-hoc forward-looking analyses to improve understanding of business drivers as well as opportunities to improve performance for product improvement, profit improvement, financial impact of initiatives/str