Sr Analyst, Strategy Testing – Retail Lending
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Join a pioneering team shaping the future of Canadian Retail Lending.
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Overview
Join a pioneering team shaping the future of Canadian Retail Lending.
We’re building next-generation, end-to-end credit solutions that span the entire lifecycle—from acquisition and account management to collections—anchored in a holistic
Lending Decision Strategy
and aligned with
Canadian Personal & Business Banking (P&Bb)
priorities.
Our approach combines cutting-edge decisioning software, advanced decision trees, and innovative credit models to deliver smarter, faster, and more customer-centric outcomes.
This is your opportunity to influence credit cycles using modern modeling techniques and best-in-class decisioning applications, all within a high-performance, customer-focused environment.
If you’re passionate about leveraging data, technology, and strategy to transform lending decisions and drive meaningful impact across Canadian P&BB, this is the team for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Performs required business testing on technical solutions to ensure that new product, process, learning program or other technical changes introduced to customers and/or employees meet business requirements.
- Reduces risk by finding and fixing problems in advance of production; helps projects achieve expected benefits; and addresses regulatory requirements.
- Works with stakeholders to resolve issues and provide solutions that ensure service delivery and effectiveness.
- Performs user acceptance testing for projects of various complexities, including but not limited to developing & managing the test strategy, creating & reviewing test cases to ensure traceability, executing test cases, escalating issues, logging outcomes, facilitating/participating in defect meetings, reviewing & validating defect resolutions and developing the exit report.
- Develops UAT solutions and makes recommendations based on an understanding of the business strategy and stakeholder needs.
- Provides advice and guidance to assigned business/group on implementation of UAT solutions.
- Develops and maintains in-depth knowledge of end-to-end business processes and project requirements through close partnership with business/group stakeholders.
- Coordinates the appropriate parties to execute the overall test plan for project; including identifying key participants to execute the plan, providing estimates on the UAT cycle, determining the UAT schedule, prioritizing test execution, monitoring the test progress, and escalating as required.
- Collaborates with internal & external stakeholders to provide business context in the design, develop and implementation of UAT solutions.
- Builds effective relationships with internal/external stakeholders.
- Leads or participates in change management activities of varying scope and type.
- Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide UAT insights and recommendations.
- Ensures development teams’ unit testing practices are in place and confirms core criteria met prior to integrated testing delivery.
- Proactively provides improvement opportunities to the team to enhance the customer experience.
- Drives the testing automation capabilities.
- Identifies opportunities to strengthen the quality assurance capability, such as sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks.
- Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning
- Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
- Works independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations.
- Monitors and tracks UAT performance results and addresses any issues.
- ****Qualifications:****
- Post secondary education or equivalent work experience
- Typically, between 4 - 6 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Delivery Framework.
- Technical proficiency gained through education and/or business experience.
- Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth.
- Collaboration & team skills - In-depth.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills - In-depth.
- Influence skills - In-depth.
- Data driven decision making - In-depth.
- Ability to network and establish industry relationships.
- ***#FutureOfRetailLending***
Salaried
The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.
Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure.
Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked.
For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.
BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards.
BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans.
To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards
About Us
At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life.
It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people.
By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.
As a member of the BMO 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://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en
BMO 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.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.
Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.
Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property.
BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.
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