Community Reinvestment Regional Manager

Application Deadline:

10/10/2025

Address:

320 S Canal Street

Job Family Group:

Corporate Affairs

Reporting to the Senior Community Reinvestment Regional Manager team BMO East, this is a key role within the Community Reinvestment Outreach organization with primary responsibilities for managing both the achievement of the bank’s $40+ billion, 5-year Community Benefits Plan, EMpower, and implementing BMO’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) outreach strategy. This role will directly manage the Chicago MSA.
 

• Serve as a CRA and Empower Subject Matter Expert for the assigned coverage area.
• Conduct and interpret CRA and community development needs assessments analysis for Native and Rural Communities for BMO.
• Maintain productive relationships and communication plan with regional presidents to ensure colleagues are actively engaged in local needs or opportunities.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with all lines of business (LOBs) about community needs/priorities.
• Guides market leads in achieving Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance relatives to their respective lines of business and assisting in the formation of market action plans for CRA Lending, Investing and Service.
• Partners closely with the CRA Governance team to regularly review CRA performance-to-goal and as needed, assist with the collection of information for the CRA exam and performance context.
• Contributes to performance context by documenting community development activities including training leadership and employees on correctly logging community development services for CRA credit.
• Cultivates relationships and partnerships with community, civic and nonprofit organizations to position BMO as a trusted partner and advocate for community advancement.
• Builds recognition for BMO for our community investments and serve as a thought leader on BMO’s behalf; originate, facilitate, and attend meeting with community stakeholders; develop and maintain a productive network of professional relationships with key government, philanthropic, nonprofit, community leaders, and maintain strategic alliances with local advocacy groups.
• Connects community partners to broader company initiatives like EMpower and special purpose credit programs to drive impact throughout BMO’s footprint.
• Manage strategic grants and sponsorship requests to ensure the greatest impact for both the community in which we serve.
• Represents BMO at local and national events, including speaking opportunities.
• Collaborate with leadership on community development referrals and volunteer services.
• Assist with Fair Lending matters as necessary.
• Role requirement:
• Knowledge of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and building partnerships within underrepresented communities.
• Exercise sound judgement, accurately identify and proactively resolve potential problems.
• Demonstrate ability to pivot to unexpected community needs/occurrences
• Travel within the assigned coverage area at least 25% of the time.

Salary:

$74,000.00 - $138,000.00

Pay Type:

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

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