Job description
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Leadership & Strategy
- Define and execute the Treasury Technology roadmap aligned with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of technology professionals across development, support, integration, and delivery functions.
- Foster a culture of innovation, operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Treasury Technology leadership and business stakeholders on technology strategy, platform modernization, risk management, and process optimization.
- Partner with senior business leaders to identify opportunities to improve capabilities, efficiency, controls, and client outcomes.
Portfolio & Project Management
- Manage a portfolio of strategic, regulatory, operational, and modernization initiatives across the Treasury domain.
- Oversee delivery of internally developed applications, vendor solutions, platform upgrades, cloud migration initiatives, and integration programs.
- Establish delivery priorities based on business value, regulatory commitments, risk considerations, and resource availability.
- Implement strong governance practices including financial oversight, dependency management, issue escalation, risk management, and executive reporting.
- Lead Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery approaches as appropriate.
- Ensure projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
Financial & Vendor Management
- Own and manage the Treasury Technology portfolio budget, including operating and capital expenditures.
- Drive financial planning, forecasting, resource optimization, and cost management activities.
- Manage vendor relationships, software licensing agreements, maintenance contracts, and service-level commitments.
- Negotiate vendor contracts and renewal agreements to maximize value while minimizing risk and cost.
- Provide financial insights and portfolio recommendations to senior leadership.
Application Development, Platform Engineering & Integration
- Oversee the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of Treasury applications and services.
- Lead implementation, configuration, customization, onboarding, integration, and ongoing support of third-party vendor platforms and packaged software solutions.
- Manage application lifecycle activities including upgrades, release management, patching, vendor coordination, and platform modernization.
- Ensure seamless integration across Treasury platforms, risk systems, data platforms, middleware, and enterprise services.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, resiliency, and cloud-native design principles.
- Partner with Architecture, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Operations teams to deliver highly available and secure platforms.
Regulatory Reporting & Compliance
- Deliver technology capabilities supporting regulatory reporting obligations across Canadian, U.S., and international markets.
- Build and enhance solutions supporting Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), Asset Liability Management (ALM), Structural Interest Rate Risk (SIRR), and liquidity monitoring programs.
- Support U.S. regulatory reporting initiatives including FR 2052a and other liquidity and treasury reporting requirements.
- Enable automation of stress-testing, scenario analysis, liquidity forecasting, and regulatory reporting processes.
- Ensure strong controls, auditability, data lineage, and governance standards for regulatory submissions.
- Partner with Compliance, Audit, Risk, and Regulatory Affairs teams to ensure ongoing compliance.
Governance, Risk & Operational Excellence
- Ensure all technology solutions comply with enterprise standards, regulatory obligations, cyber security requirements, data privacy policies, and operational risk frameworks.
- Lead production support activities for business-critical Treasury platforms with a focus on stability, resiliency, and service excellence.
- Implement effective change management, release management, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices.
- Drive continuous improvement across service delivery processes, operational controls, automation, and platform performance.
- Monitor and manage operational risk, technology risk, audit findings, and remediation activities.
Cloud & Technology Innovation
- Lead cloud transformation and modernization initiatives leveraging Microsoft Azure technologies.
- Drive innovation through automation, platform modernization, data enablement, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.
- Evaluate new technologies, vendor solutions, and industry trends to improve platform capabilities and operational efficiency.
- Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning across the organization.
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed?
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Master's degree or relevant industry certifications are considered an asset.
Experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience in software development, systems integration, platform engineering, or technology delivery.
- Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing technology teams and large-scale technology initiatives.
- Proven experience working within large financial institutions, preferably major Canadian banks.
- Strong experience leading multi-million-dollar technology portfolios and complex enterprise programs.
- Demonstrated experience implementing, configuring, integrating, and supporting enterprise vendor platforms and packaged software solutions.
- Experience managing application onboarding, platform upgrades, production support, vendor relationships, licensing, and lifecycle management.
- Experience supporting Treasury, Risk, Finance, Regulatory Reporting, or Capital Markets technology functions.
- Proven success delivering regulatory initiatives and managing highly regulated environments.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams and external vendor resources.
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of enterprise software architecture, design patterns, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with Java, Python, .NET, and modern application development frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies, including both Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings.
- Experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Storage Accounts, Backup, Monitoring, Identity Management, Security Controls, and infrastructure automation.
- Knowledge of cloud migration, hybrid cloud architectures, resiliency, disaster recovery, and operational support models.
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated testing practices.
- Experience integrating vendor platforms with enterprise systems, data platforms, cloud services, and middleware technologies.
- Strong database experience including SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar enterprise platforms.
Domain Knowledge
- Understanding of Treasury functions including Liquidity Management, ALM, FTP, Balance Sheet Management, Stress Testing, and Regulatory Reporting.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks including Basel III, LCR, NSFR, FR 2052a, IFRS 9, EMIR, MiFID II, and related banking regulations.
- Knowledge of enterprise governance, operational risk, technology controls, and regulatory compliance practices.
Leadership Competencies
- Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Strong strategic thinking and business partnership capabilities.
- Proven ability to influence and lead across multiple business and technology organizations.
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and risk management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through change and deliver results in complex environments.
- Passion for talent development, coaching, inclusion, and building high-performing teams.
What's in it for you?
- Opportunity to lead critical technology capabilities supporting Treasury and Risk functions across the Bank.
- High-visibility role with direct engagement across business, technology, and executive leadership teams.
- Exposure to strategic regulatory, cloud transformation, and modernization initiatives.
- Collaborative, innovative, and inclusive work environment.
- Access to cutting-edge technologies, enterprise platforms, and global stakeholder communities.
- Competitive compensation, performance incentives, comprehensive benefits, and professional development opportunities.
- Opportunity to make a significant impact on a mission-critical portfolio that supports the Bank's financial stability, growth, and regulatory commitments.