This Director, Accounting Compensation role offers a unique blend of technical accounting expertise, strategic advisory, and enterprise‑wide stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will lead accounting and forecasting activities related to compensation programs, including stock‑based compensation, hedge accounting, severance, vacation accruals, and pension‑related matters, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and sound financial governance. Beyond the accounting, this highly visible role serves as a trusted advisor to CFOs, LFOs, HR, Treasury, and Finance partners across the bank, proactively communicating financial impacts, providing thought leadership, and helping stakeholders anticipate and understand P&L; implications. The role also plays a key leadership position in business transformation initiatives, acquisitions, divestitures, system enhancements, and process automation efforts, requiring the ability to navigate complex accounting considerations while influencing strategic outcomes. Ideal candidates will bring robust technical accounting credentials, executive presence, exceptional relationship management skills, and a demonstrated ability to lead through change. With broad exposure across the enterprise and significant opportunities to drive business impact, this role provides an outstanding platform for continued leadership growth within Finance. Applies expertise and provides advice in calculation, analysis, and reporting of financial results in compliance with applicable standards and regulatory requirements. Works across BMO to deliver accounting program / process results aligned with overall group goals. Reviews and/or personally delivers some accounting services and processing activities.



Supports an efficient and effective accounting function that uses common information sources and practices, reduces ongoing costs, and increases service level performance. Ensures alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion. Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance. Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for implementation of strategic initiatives. Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices. May consult to or serve on various committees and task forces. Manages resources and leads the execution of accounting, risk and regulatory related strategic initiatives to deliver on business and financial goals. Leads the execution of accounting programs; assesses and adapts as needed to ensure quality of execution. Executes work to deliver timely, accurate, and relevant information and reporting of group, legal entity, and reportable segments results for management and statutory reporting. Provides input into the planning and implementation of financial programs to manage the fiscal period close processes. Analyses data and information to provide financial performance insights and recommendations for consolidated business financial statements. Provides information and supports the process for internal (e.g. corporate, SOX) and external audits. Supports development and execution of accounting, risk,



and regulatory strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Liaises with internal and external auditors and regulators to provide necessary information to support arising issues and responses to questions. Acts as a trusted advisor to assigned business/group to interpret accounting changes identified by the Chief Accountants’ Group; supports the implementation of applicable process and control change requirements. Assists in the development of strategic plans to manage and execute the reporting / accounting needs and support business objectives. Participates in the design, implementation, and management of core business, group, legal entity financial processes, reporting, systems, and controls to improve the quality and effectiveness of financial information and management of risks. Operates at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a senior specialist resource across BMO. Fosters strong internal and external networks and works with and across multiple teams to achieve business objectives. Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents (Frameworks, Policies, Standards, Procedures and Supporting documents), laws and regulations. Typically 9+ years of relevant experience and post‑secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Professional accounting designation is preferred. Provides technical leadership as a thought leader for innovation as the

📌 Director-PM Accounting (Canada)
🏢 BMO
📍 Canada