We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few   

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more... 

POSITION OVERVIEW  

The Senior Advisor, Corporate Strategy and planning will support activities linked to the organization’s strategic planning cycle. As a great team worker, he or she will be mainly involved in the development of the annual strategic retreats and related initiatives, while also being called upon to support other steps of the corporate planning cycle, as needed.  

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Planning and Performance, the individual will work closely across multiple fields in the Corporate Strategy sphere, supporting different projects and initiatives, working closely with the Bank’s Corporate Strategy Lead, and different collaborators across business units.  

CHALLENGES TO BE MET 

• Design and conduct research and analysis; deepen understanding of the organization, the market in which it operates and the needs of specific sectors/business segments. 

• Build strategic documents synthesizing complex and detailed research and information to communicate key findings. 

• Develop content for the annual strategic retreats and contribute to their planning and organization. 

• Work collaboratively in the development of strategic initiatives stemming from the organization’s strategy; contribute to the identification of the approach to be adopted (methodology, scope, work plan), take charge of the elaboration of workshops and strategic documents leading to conclusions and concrete actions. 

• When required, support other activities of the corporate strategic planning cycle, namely the development of the Corporate Plan, the business unit plans and corporate prioritization. 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR  

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce / administration; a graduate degree would be an asset 

• Five to eight years’ relevant experience in strategy development 

• Experience in a consulting firm an asset  

• Excellent interpersonal skills, combined with the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders 

• Ability to develop and structure complex strategic planning documents 

• Ability to gather relevant information, produce summaries 

• Ability to understand economic and business trends and issues that affect SMEs, including financial service offerings (from banks and fintechs) 

• Ability to understand client needs and a natural tendency to adopt a client-centric approach (for both internal and external clients) 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, in both official languages (French and English) 

• Ability to work in a team and under pressure to meet tight and often-conflicting deadlines 

• Good judgment, tact and discretion 

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While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.