Jobs at BMO

Leads risk-based business control assurance portfolios across Capital Markets. Oversees control testing lifecycle activities, including planning, test design, sampling, Design and Operating Effectiveness assessments, quality review, findings, remediation tracking, reporting, and effective challenge. Supervises employees and contractors, identifies systemic control weaknesses, maintains audit-ready records, and presents insights to senior stakeholders, risk partners, auditors, and regulators.

Entry-level rotational analyst supporting global markets sales and trading desks. Responsibilities include analyzing market trends, assisting with pricing and risk discussions, preparing client materials, developing reports and dashboards, conducting portfolio and client research, and supporting strategic process improvements. The program provides training across market products, analytics, modeling, and client engagement, with potential permanent placement after rotations.

Develops and maintains software applications across the full lifecycle, translating user requirements into technical specifications, writing and testing code, troubleshooting systems, and managing releases. Ensures security, performance, logging, and error-handling standards are met. Evaluates technologies, supports system integration, documents solutions, and collaborates with enterprise stakeholders to resolve complex technical problems and deliver reliable business systems.

The Vice President of Commodities Development leads the design and implementation of trading systems for commodities, ensuring system stability and performance while managing engineering teams and technical strategy.

Lead and manage full software development lifecycle for front-end and back-end systems. Oversee architecture, performance, scalability, deployment, testing, and maintenance. Build and mentor engineering teams, drive cross-functional collaboration, and apply risk-informed decision making aligned to bank values.

Develop and market equity research products for energy transition and infrastructure sectors. Responsibilities include building financial and valuation models, analyzing filings and industry news, writing research reports, formulating investment theses, using alternative data and AI tools, participating in management meetings and industry events, maintaining sector data, communicating recommendations to clients, and developing research processes. The role also involves building industry relationships and supporting company coverage and client relationships.

Conduct equity research on U.S. chemical companies by building financial models, analyzing statements, filings, industry data, news, and management commentary. Write research reports, develop investment theses, communicate recommendations to clients, participate in site visits and management meetings, and support research products. The role requires strong accounting, finance, communication, organizational, analytical, and client-service skills, along with proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Bloomberg, or FactSet.

Leads BMO Capital Markets’ independent first-line control assurance function, setting strategy, methodology, annual planning, quality standards, and operating model. Oversees risk-based testing across operational, regulatory, technology, data, third-party, and resilience controls. Provides executive reporting, challenges remediation, manages regulatory and audit engagement, and builds organizational capability through talent, vendor, budget, technology, and transformation leadership.

The role focuses on driving revenue growth by selling BMO's digital payments platform and requires client engagement, collaboration with teams, and analysis of sales performance.

Leads strategy execution and business management for Cash Equities and Global Index & ETF businesses. Responsibilities include business planning, financial performance management, reporting, strategic investments, transformation initiatives, organizational effectiveness, stakeholder alignment, governance, regulatory response, risk management, audits, and operational resilience. Partners across front-office, technology, operations, finance, HR, legal, compliance, and risk functions to improve growth, profitability, efficiency, client outcomes, and control effectiveness.

Provides first-line operational and process risk control coverage for commodities across global markets, including physical and derivative activity. Owns risk and control documentation, assessments, KRIs, control testing, issue remediation, business continuity, and governance reporting. Leads operational risk programs covering inventory, storage, transportation, providers, locations, and jurisdictions. Partners with trading, operations, technology, compliance, legal, insurance, and second-line risk teams to identify, escalate, and remediate material risks.

Develop and support quantitative trading tools for equity derivatives desks, including intraday risk, valuation, P&L attribution, portfolio hedging, reporting, and model diagnostics. Collaborate with traders and technology teams to troubleshoot issues, prototype scalable solutions, optimize workflows, review back-test data, and validate pricing models and parameters.

Develops pricing, execution, risk management, and trading strategy tools for listed and OTC equity derivatives. Responsibilities include building RFQ workflows, trade analysis and P&L attribution tools, integrating platforms, supporting traders and sales teams, troubleshooting intraday issues, and guiding Python back-testing and trade idea generation. The role coordinates quantitative modeling, operations, and technology teams while applying derivatives pricing and quantitative trading expertise.

Provides senior-level administrative and operational support to executives and business teams. Responsibilities include calendar and meeting management, event coordination, travel arrangements, expense and budget tracking, invoice processing, reporting, communications, records management, office supplies, facilities coordination, absence scheduling, and staff training logistics. The role also supports strategic initiatives, analyzes information, improves processes, manages stakeholders, and mentors junior administrative assistants.

Provides strategic legal and regulatory advice on derivatives, structured products, and trading matters within BMO’s Capital Markets Legal Team. Drafts and negotiates ISDA agreements, CSAs, control agreements, risk participation agreements, and related documentation. Advises trading, sales, risk, compliance, and operations teams on derivatives regulations, margin requirements, and legal risk. Serves as a subject matter expert, manages complex issues, instructs external counsel, negotiates resolutions, and supports global capital markets initiatives.

Provides strategic legal and regulatory advice on derivatives, structured products, and capital markets trading matters. Drafts and negotiates ISDA Master Agreements, CSAs, control agreements, risk participation agreements, confirmations, and related documentation. Advises trading, sales, risk, compliance, and operations teams on derivatives regulations, margin requirements, risk mitigation, and business solutions. Acts as a legal subject matter expert, manages external counsel, resolves complex issues, and supports global capital markets initiatives.

Design, build, and operate secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and shared platform services. Develop landing zones, networking, identity, governance, PaaS, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks using Terraform, GitHub Actions, or CDKTF. Create reusable deployment patterns and automation, apply security and compliance controls, and implement monitoring and operational readiness. Partner with engineering, data, security, and risk teams to deliver foundational cloud capabilities and enable enterprise-wide Azure adoption.

Leads quality assurance and controls testing for electronic trading platforms and algorithmic trading solutions. Responsibilities include functional, UAT, regression, automation, and release testing; developing test plans and scripts; validating trading and risk controls; tracking defects; documenting audit evidence; supporting regulatory testing; and communicating release readiness. The role collaborates with Trading, Quantitative Research, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and audit stakeholders.

Owns enterprise AI architecture across AWS, Azure, Microsoft AI surfaces, and SaaS platforms. Establishes target architectures, standards, governance, security, responsible AI, and regulatory controls. Provides architectural authority for AI initiatives, guides platform and domain teams, evaluates emerging technologies, supports architecture review forums, mentors senior technical staff, and ensures production GenAI systems generate runtime model-risk and regulatory evidence.

Manages a high-risk borrowing account portfolio, reducing loss exposure and making credit decisions or recommendations. Performs financial and risk analysis, advises stakeholders on lending structures, collateral, and mitigation strategies, and ensures compliance with banking policies and regulations. Provides credit coaching, strategic guidance, reporting, and portfolio monitoring while leading initiatives, change programs, and operational improvements. Builds relationships with internal and external stakeholders and supports acquisition or integration due diligence.