Director & HR Business Partner

Application Deadline:

05/01/2025

Address:

320 S Canal Street

Job Family Group:

Human Resources

We are looking for your strong partnership with a dynamic business and leadership team on executing strategic Human Resources accountabilities. Looking for your ability to coach, effectively challenge and elevate the individuals you are supporting.  We are looking for strong HR acumen and a professional who will bring tact and creativity in supporting a fast paced, ever-changing environment.  You will be supporting US Private Wealth who are a leading, full service financial services provider.  In this position, you must bring HRBP strength with experience navigating sensitive HR initiative sand manage to resolution.  This is a hybrid role, coming the office 2-3 times a week. 

The Director & HR Business Partner of US Private Wealth, provides advice and counsel to a designated business/group to execute the HR strategy and business/group strategy. Completes specific operational/strategic work to deliver business results and/or minimize risk.

• 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 trusted advisor to senior leaders for business decisions and implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Develops an expert understanding of business/group challenges.
• Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices.
• May consult to or serve on various committees and task forces.
• Provides strategic input into business decisions as a trusted advisor.
• Makes recommendations to senior leaders on strategy and new initiatives, based on an in-depth understanding of the business/group.
• Acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies.
• Monitors and tracks performance on applicable indicators, and addresses any issues.
• Develops the business case by identifying needs, analysing potential options and assessing expected return on investment.
• Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements and develops roadmap for strategic execution.
• Manages resources and leads the execution of strategic initiatives to deliver on business and financial goals.
• Assists in the development of strategic plans.
• Helps determine business priorities and best sequence for execution of business/group strategy.
• Acts as the prime contact for internal/external stakeholder relationships, which may include regulators.
• Defines business requirements for analytics & reporting to ensure data insights inform business decision making.
• Designs and produces regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Conducts independent analysis to resolve strategic issues.
• Leads the development of the communication strategy focusing on positively influencing or changing behaviour.
• Collaborates across BMO to develop consistent communications strategies.
• Leads change management programs of varying scope and type, including readiness assessments, planning, execution, evaluation and sustainment of initiatives.
• Builds change management plans of varying scope and type; leads or participates in a variety of change management activities including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation and sustainment of initiatives.
• Assesses and adapts existing operational programs; develops new capabilities to ensure ongoing success.
• Plans and controls unit operating expenses in accordance with forecasts.
• Makes recommendations to leaders on financial management processes based on changing requirements.
• Directs the planning & implementation of programs & solutions and executes within required service level agreements and standards.
• Leads the execution of programs; assesses and adapts as needed to ensure quality of execution.
• Provides thought leadership, coaching on conflicting, complex, sensitive or escalated people, strategy & business related issues and facilitate