Description:

Success at BMO is driven by our focus on customers, effective financial management and risk & control as well as living Being BMO every day. The following statements for customer, financial, risk and change/improve apply to every job.

Customer

• Creates & operates stable, optimized, and efficient solutions in consideration of the customer experience and business strategies.

• Embraces and works effectively in a strong customer-centric team-oriented environment

Financial

• Meets our financial objectives

• Runs an efficient and effective technology function which uses common assets, reduces ongoing costs and increases service level performance (applies to the Technology function only)

Risk

• Promotes a strong risk management culture

• Establishes appropriate mitigating controls and assesses the effectiveness of these controls

Change/Improve

• Continuously learns and makes changes that improve personal and team effectiveness

• Makes recommendations to improve BMO processes and systems

Provides analysis and reporting services in support of LOB and Enterprise

• Core: Liaises with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities and recommends solutions to enable the organization to meet its goals. Builds exceptional relationships with business partners and T&O colleagues. Analyzes data and creates documents and plans in service of informing, advising, or updating stakeholders. Ensures the requirements map to a real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meets essential quality standards. Participates in reviews or inspections, in collaboration with the project team, to ensure the quality of work products. Couple of key activities specific to the role include:

• APM/ App rationalization

• Creating/updating Architecture Dashboard & Reporting on periodic basis
• Architecture Portfolio Management/ Intake
• Assisting with architecture team resource management
• Participating in business consulting

Key Accountabilities

• Acts in a larger project planning capacity.

• Audits the quality of reports submitted by analysts and provides related coaching and support.

• Supports the Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP) with vendors if required.

• Enables operation groups to successfully accept system changes by informing stakeholders of their implications; recommend actions as appropriate.

• Manages complexity across business value, technology, and interaction models.

• Possesses a deep understanding and problem solving ability of IT of various scale, degree and dimension of complexity

• Contributes to the development of the seed funding request by ensuring project scope and benefits are clearly articulated and risks are identified.

• Gathers requirements and documents these requirements for use within the project life cycle.

• Assists in the preparation of end-user materials.

• Participates in the creation of use cases and user expected results to ensure that software is delivered to end users with zero Severity 1 or Severity 2 defects.

• Plans and conducts third-party software analysis as needed for inclusion in the project solution.

• Anticipates and reduces complexity for others.

• Liaises with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities, and recommends solutions to enable the organization to meet its goals

• Analyzes data and creates documents and plans in service of informing, advising, or updating stakeholders

• Ensures the requirements map to a real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meets essential quality standards

• Works with project stakeholders to validate their requirements and analysis models via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs.

• Participates in reviews or inspections, in collaboration with the project team, to ensure the quality of work products.

• Ensures system specifications meet the business unit expectations/ requirements, and negotiate solutions.

• Maintains existing requirements to ensure that current state needs are known.

• Develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.

• Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets.

• Filters and “cleans” data, and reviews computer reports, printouts, and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems.

• Understands and communicates technical and architectural complexities of a technical solution so that project stakeholders can easily understand.

• Interprets data, analyzes results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.

• Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency

• Supports the execution of key improvement initiatives using data-driven insights to deliver positive financial and customer outcomes.

• Develops, recommends, and employs productivity aids in all aspects of assignments to accelerate delivery.

• Solves complexity within one or more systems and technologies

• Develops innovative approaches to create solutions to resolve problems and significant issues within the project’s mandate

• Seeks to integrate digital methods for agile, rapid prototyping, and for customer involvement.

• Understands the scope of complexity that exists across business value, technology, and interaction models.

• Identifies opportunities to strengthen the capability at BMO, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks across technology.

• Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning

Qualifications:

Core Knowledge

• Generally 4-7 years of work experience in IT or business environment and/or B.S./B.A. in computer science, engineering, information systems, math or business

• Possesses analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Possesses the ability to create/contribute to tactical and strategic vision.

• Demonstrates applied knowledge of one or more analysis and problem decomposition techniques

• Understands complete Software Development Life Cycle and can apply the applicable portions of the ‘Feasibility,’ ‘Requirements,” and ‘Analysis’ phases.

• Demonstrates writing and documentation skills.

• Understands and can explain to others the core processes involved in their area of support

• Remains alert to new techniques for insights, analytics, and data visualization, and thinks about new ways of applying them.

We’re here to help

At BMO Harris Bank we have a shared purpose; we put the customer at the center of everything we do – helping people is in our DNA. For 200 years we have thought about the future—the future of our customers, our communities and our people. We help our customers and our communities by working together, innovating and pushing boundaries to bring them our very best every day. Together we’re changing the way people think about a bank.

As a member of the BMO Harris Bank team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://bmoharriscareers.com.

BMO Harris Bank is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. BMO Harris Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, inclusive of Minorities, Women, Veterans, and Persons with Disabilities.

Job Field:

Information Technology

Job Schedule:

full-time

Primary Location:

United States-Illinois-Chicago