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About the role
- BMO InvestorLine Trade and Risk Analyst overseeing complex securities trades, margin calculations, and operational risk. Supporting Canadian brokerage clients and control initiatives across trading, compliance, and technology teams.
Responsibilities
- Review and evaluate complex equity, option, mutual fund, GIC, fixed income, and foreign exchange orders for release, modification, restriction, rejection, or escalation
- Act as a gatekeeper and first line of defense by balancing client service with operational, financial, regulatory, market, and reputational risk
- Assess liquidity, trading volume, volatility, concentration, and price sensitivity on large or unusual orders
- Perform complex margin and buying power calculations across multi-leg option strategies, concentrated positions, and leveraged accounts
- Identify excessive leverage, margin deficiencies, under-equity conditions, and deteriorating account conditions; recommend or apply restrictions
- Contact clients regarding margin calls, cash debits, credit sellouts, loan conditions, FX risk, and account restrictions
- Manage option lifecycle risk, including exercise and assignment notifications and expiry report review
- Research and control corporate action risk, including reverse splits and reorganizations
- Monitor and resolve order rejects, trade breaks, and unfilled or incorrectly booked transactions
- Monitor accounts for fraud, wash trading, unauthorized trading, market manipulation indicators, and unacceptable trading behaviour
- Apply CIRO requirements, internal policies, AML, privacy, and consumer protection obligations
- Identify control gaps, system deficiencies, and process weaknesses; support control enhancements
- Conduct root cause analysis on recurring exceptions, client-impacting incidents, and control failures
- Act as a TMD subject matter expert on strategic platform, margin, order management, and risk-control initiatives
- Define requirements, evaluate solutions, and complete user acceptance testing
- Review and recommend updates to procedures, job aids, and control documentation
- Collaborate with Credit, Risk, Margin Lending, Equity Desk, Compliance, Technology, InvestorLine frontline, and support teams
- Train new hires and coach team members on difficult orders
- Support Audit, Compliance, Legal, and Operational Risk reviews with transaction evidence and documented analysis
- Document decisions, calculations, client outreach, and actions accurately and audibly
- Exercise judgment on escalation to management, Credit, Compliance, or trading desks
- Work independently on complex, time-sensitive, and non-routine tasks in a high-volume environment
- Safeguard sensitive Bank, customer, transactional, and employee information
- Apply BMO’s Risk Management Framework, Risk Culture, and approved Risk Appetite
Requirements
- Typically 4–6 years of relevant experience
- Post-secondary degree in a related field of study or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Completion of the CSC, CPH and DFOL, or CIRO-administered CIRE and Derivatives examinations
- At least one year of relevant experience acquired after obtaining these qualifications
- In-depth knowledge of BMO InvestorLine products, order and trade lifecycle, brokerage operations, and related trading systems
- Advanced knowledge of equities, options and multi-leg strategies, fixed income, margin and buying power calculations, concentration risk, and credit exposure
- Strong understanding of Canadian securities regulation, CIRO requirements, AML, privacy, internal controls, and operational risk principles
- Ability to manage high volumes of work and data, prioritize competing risks, and maintain accuracy under time-sensitive conditions
- Proficient with in-house trading applications, MS Office, and macros
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong collaboration and team skills
- Strong influence skills and data-driven decision making
Benefits
- Performance-based incentives
- Discretionary bonuses
- Health insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Accident and life insurance
- Retirement savings plans
- In-depth training and coaching
- Manager support
- Network-building opportunities
- Accommodations available on request
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