Associate Director Infrastructures

Attendance: Hybrid

Job number: 32493

Category: Professional

Status: Permanent

Type of Contract: Permanent

Schedule: Full-Time

Posting date: 19-May-2026

Area(s) of interest: Capital Markets and treasury, Risk management

Location(s): Montreal

A career as an Associate Director, Financial Market Infrastructures (FMI) within the Business Operational Strategy, Resilience and Risk Management team at National Bank Capital Markets means acting as a subject matter expert responsible for the governance and oversight of the Bank’s Capital Market Infrastructures. Leveraging your strong expertise in FMIs, your experience in operational management, and your knowledge of regulatory frameworks and industry practices, you will play a key role in managing relationships with FMIs, ensuring compliance with membership and regulatory requirements, supporting new business initiatives.

Your Job

• Act as subject matter expert on FMI for internal stakeholders.
• Act as relationship management contact with the Bank’s FMIs and represent the bank in industry committees.
• Keep apprised of industry initiatives and developments around FMI and annex regulatory landscape.
• Translate to French.
• Coordinate the Bank’s response to evolving FMI membership rules, operational and Capital Markets requirements.
• Assure compliance with Regulatory requests around access and usage of FMIs, including in the context of OSFI/CDIC Recovery and Resolution frameworks.
• Present to senior/executive management on operational risks stemming from current usage of FMIs or expected changes.
• Lead onboarding new FMI accesses or related third‑party services to support the Bank’s ecosystem and delivery of new products and activities.
• Mitigate risk by socializing mandate with business lines stakeholders on roles, responsibilities, processes and issues.

Your Team

This position reports to the Director of Third Party Risk Management & FMI. The role sits within the Operational Business Strategies, Resilience and Risk Management group of the Capital Markets sector and is part of a large team of approximately twenty‑five colleagues.

Basic Requirements

• A completed bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field and 7 to 10 years’ experience in Capital Markets, risk management, or relevant experience.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to communicate and influence at all levels. Proven competencies to lead and manage complex files and projects.
• Ability to adapt quickly and positively to a rapidly evolving work environment.
• Experience in Capital Markets Infrastructures or with regulators, asset.
• Knowledge of the Capital Markets sector, asset.
• Experience in operational/third‑party/information technology risk analysis, asset.

Languages

English, French – Reason to require this language: you will need to work closely with our colleagues outside Quebec.

Skills

• Capital Markets Client Relations
• Communication
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Infrastructure
• Leadership
• Operational Risk
• Initiative
• Agility
• Prioritization
• Proactivity
• Regulatory Risk
• Collaboration

Your benefits

• Health and wellness program, including many options
• Flexible group insurance
• Generous pension plan
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and family assistance programPreferential banking services
• Involvement in community initiatives
• Telemedicine service
• Virtual sleep clinic