Associate Gmo Securitization - Toronto, Canada - BMO Financial Group

BMO Financial Group

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

5 days ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

100 King Street West Toronto Ontario,M5X 1A1

The BMO CM Technology & Operations (T&O) group provides end-to-end support for the global CM business lifecycle from origination to settlement.

Through partnership with members of the CM business, the team relies on its deep expertise and capabilities to serve a variety of colleagues from trade desk, P&L, back office and technology groups.

Our customer experience strategy keeps us closely aligned with business partners and helps us accelerate our speed to market while delivering superior product and service quality.

The Canadian Securitization Group (CSG) is a structuring desk that sits within BMO CM's Global Markets division.

It provides advisory and funding solutions through different programs it has developed, including conduits such as the Canadian Master Trust (CMT), Ridge Trust and Precision Trust.

The latest addition, Podium Trust is a new Special Purpose Entity collaborating CSG with its US counterpart to fund BMO by issuing Collateralized Commercial Paper (CCP) backed by assets owned by various desks and entities within BMO CM.

Mandate

As part of the Global Trade Support (GTS) group under T&O, we are looking to fill a Associate vacancy within the Securitization Trade Desk Support (TDS) team to mainly support the CSG desk.

In this role you will leverage advanced product knowledge and critical thinking skills to effectively support the resolution of issues, manage trade support risk topics, participate in cross functional initiatives, play a key role in supporting the introduction of new products, technology and/or processes, and act as an escalation point for business issues and challenges related to GTS activities.

You will be accountable for, but not limited to, the
- execution of assigned activities for various products and processes in accordance with firm and industry standards and regulations
- development of excellent working relationships with various Trading Products desks, Product Operations personnel and other stakeholder groups
- support of Business Partner initiatives, participating in the due diligence and implementation activities and actively participating in stakeholder forums (Project Delivery/ Technology/ Risk)

Key Accountabilities

Product & Process

Accountable for the execution of assigned daytoday GTS activities in a timely, accurate and efficient basis
Support the resolution of business issues, ensuring potential problem areas or trends are escalated to management as required
Play a key role in the support of Business Partner initiatives, effectively performing analysis and supporting implementation activities
Participate in various stakeholder forums (Project Delivery/ Technology/ Regulatory/ Risk) in support of GTS activities
Work closely with internal and external stakeholders in support of GTS activities
Calculating daily cash projection to supply the FO daily funding figure (activity report). Failures in providing a good number could result in overdraft or negative interest fee that may lead to operational losses
Crucial direct client support assisting in calculating client program fees, cost of funding & standby fees. These fees are the desk's main revenue sources and are sent directly to our clients
Ensure timely funding amounts are sent to clients; reconcile client requests and set up client wires
Create client invoices and respond to client requests
Provide assistance with critical month end and year end reporting
Other tasks as assigned

B. Risk & Control

Identify potential risk situations within the scope of GTS activities, make recommendations and/ or escalate to management as required
Ensure adherence to directives, internal processes and internal approvals to mitigate risk to the Bank
Understand regulatory and compliance requirements as prescribed for the business unit, and provide recommendations and implement actions to ensure adherence as required
Ensure adherence to all aspects of First Principles, Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Corporate Policy, as well as all applicable legislation, regulatory rules and requirements, and Bank standards, policies and procedures (P&P's) for such things as potential conflicts of interest, safeguarding of customer information, trading in securities, antimoney laundering, privacy and disclosure of outside business activities
Ensure strict confidentiality is maintained for both customer and Bank information to protect the customer and the Bank and to ensure compliance with Bank P&P's
Manage risk and minimize losses through monitoring and controlling various reports and taking appropriate action, ensuring compliance requirements, audits and verifications are completed in accordance with Bank P&P's
Ensure deal forms are kept current in order to accurately calculate client fees and issue invoices
Ensure invoices are paid on time to avoid service disruptions among vendors

C. Business Performance Management