Application Deadline:07/29/2025

Address:33 Dundas Street West

Data Analytics & Reporting

This is a hybrid role

The Manager, Credit Optimization Strategy & Analytics is accountable to drive the development and ongoing optimization of Credit Card & Line of Credit (LOC) Limit Management & Pricing Strategies. This individual drives business analysis and strategies to generate revenue and improve client experience for the Credit Cards & LOC businesses and  works collaboratively with partners across Personal and Commercial Banking, Credit Risk, Technology & Operations and the broader Analytics Centre of Excellence team.

The incumbent is responsible for developing comprehensive and integrated credit limit optimization strategies through the use of advanced analytical techniques and tools for the purpose of maximizing customer revenue within acceptable risk parameters and aligned with our customer experience vision.

What Does Your Typical Day Look Like

The Manager, Credit Optimization Strategy & Analytics typically spends about half their time doing independent analytical work, with support from a best-in-class analytics Centre of Excellence team, and the remaining time communicating with business/risk partners to formulate business strategies, and collaborating with campaign partners to optimize campaign modelling, delivery and measurement.

Key Accountabilities

Strategy Insights and Planning

• Develop credit limit & pricing strategies to drive revenue and customer satisfaction to deliver business results.
• Develop business cases that drive incremental revenue and minimize risk and obtain buy-in and support from business partners as required.
• Develop annual plans and monitor existing strategies to ensure that the estimated benefits are being realized.
• Evolve from Product focused to Customer focused to ensure that overall customer experience is delivered.
• Leverage market and industry best practices to proactively identify new opportunities to drive revenue and customer experience.

Data, Analytics and Insights

• Extract, manipulate and analyze data from a variety of sources to formulate insightful conclusions, provide strategic recommendations, and inform management actions
• Provide consultation to business partners to identify opportunities to maximize net revenue and new credit optimization opportunities through analytical insights
• Collaborate with business partners to monitor the external environment to ensure limit strategies remain relevant
• Engage and manage relationships and projects with external partners, where applicable
• Develop and implement thorough quality assurance processes and procedures to ensure strategies implemented are successfully delivered to customers without error.
• Understand Personal and Commercial retail issues from a variety of perspectives: the business reality and needs, the technical systems environment and the optimum application of data mining techniques to solve these issues.

Influencing and Relationship Management

• Partner effectively across all business functions including: Technology & Operations, Channels, Credit Cards, Risk, etc. in order to ensure ongoing alignment of priorities
• Lead communication effectively on complex concepts and results to a broad group of the Banks Financial Group stakeholders who are not familiar with detailed data mining methodology.

Customer Experience

• Proactively identify opportunities in the data to drive exceptional client experiences and surface areas which detract from the overall experience with recommendations to solve
• Employ a customer-first mindset in the establishment of all new data and analytics processes ensuring a great customer experience

Risk Management

• Ensure strategies and programs meet governance and risk policies and identifying opportunities and solutions for continuous improvements
• Perform required regulatory & risk oversight and governance for your business group/function; identify, manage and mitigate current and emerging risks; support the development of a risk management mindset in all employees

Authorities, Scope & Impact

Approval - Authority to approve procedures and standards within the unit.

Information Access - Authority to use and access confidential information related to employee information, customer information,

Product and financial information.

• Direct impact / accountability to develop credit limit management strategies.

Cross Functional Relationships

This job requires the incumbent to interact with the following groups and/or processes in BMO and relevant external stakeholders:

• Line of Business Leaders and Leadership Teams;
• Analytics Centre of Excellence and all associated teams within
• Risk Management
• Technology and Operations
• Canadian Personal & Business Banking Product groups
• Operational Risk and Compliance

Knowledge & Skills

• The successful candidate will hold a university degree in an analytical discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research or Engineering, with experience in database marketing analytics, preferably in credit cards, retail and commercial banking.
• A demonstrated passion for bringing advanced analytics to inform marketing decisions through past results driven experience.
• Expert knowledge of SAS, SQL or equivalent and familiarity working in a FICO environment as well as analytical research and experience working with large datasets.
• Skilled Knowledge: Analytical Thinking; Data Mining; Data Modeling; Problem Solving.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and team building skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate results of analysis and models to both sophisticated technical experts and to diverse business partners.
• Flexibility and resourcefulness to interface and collaborate with internal and external groups.
• Technical experience working in analytical software, and business software (PowerBI, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Python skill is an asset
• Machine learning experience is an asset

This role requires the ability to work well in an extremely fast paced and constantly changing environment with competing priorities.

$68,000.00 - $126,000.00

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.