Senior Business Consultant

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The Senior Business Consultant is a senior manager responsible for leading complex business and technology transformation initiatives within the insurance domain. This hybrid role provides end-to-end consulting leadership, with a strong focus on legacy platform modernization to Sapient platforms, while overseeing project execution and resource alignment.

Acting as a trusted advisor, the consultant bridges business and technology, drives strategic alignment, and ensures high-quality delivery across cross-functional teams including Consultants and Business Analysts.

Key Responsibilities

Consulting & Strategy

• Serve as a strategic advisor to business and technology stakeholders, aligning solutions to business objectives, KPIs, and operating models.

• Leads the development of IT strategy by understanding business processes, policies, information and information systems.

• Translate business needs into roadmaps, capabilities, and actionable transformation strategies.

• Provide thought leadership on insurance trends, digital transformation, and emerging technologies.

Project & Resource Oversight

• Provide oversight across multiple projects/workstreams, ensuring delivery quality, timelines, and alignment to strategy.

• Coordinate and optimize resource allocation, guiding Consultants and Business Analysts.

• Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent.

• Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.

• Assess risks, impacts, and dependencies, adjusting priorities as needed.

Business Analysis & Solution Delivery

• Lead end-to-end business analysis, including requirements elicitation, process modeling, and solution validation.

• Break down complex problems, analyze data, and deliver clear, actionable recommendations.

• Ensure alignment between business requirements and technical design, particularly in platform transformation initiatives.

• Review and ensure quality of deliverables (e.g., requirements documents, process flows, data models).

Platform Transformation (Legacy → Sapient)

• Lead or support the migration from legacy insurance systems to Sapient platforms.

• Define target-state processes,  integration approaches and guides architectures.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure scalable, business-aligned solutions.

• Support adoption of Agile delivery models, API-based integrations, and modern digital platforms.

Stakeholder Engagement & Change

• Build strong relationships across business, IT, and vendor teams.

• Facilitate workshops, steering committees, and executive-level communications.

• Lead change management efforts, including stakeholder alignment, readiness, and adoption strategies.

Governance, Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure adherence to enterprise governance, risk, and regulatory requirements.

• Conduct root-cause analysis and support resolution of complex issues.

• Promote continuous improvement, consulting best practices, and capability uplift across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in business consulting, business analysis, or transformation delivery

• Strong insurance industry expertise, including:

  • Life & Annuities

  • Group Annuities / Pension Risk Transfer

  • Retail Insurance products

  • Policy administration, underwriting, and advisory

• Demonstrated experience in legacy modernization and platform transformation (Sapient or similar platforms preferred)

• Solid understanding of:

  • SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)

  • System integrations and enterprise ecosystems

  • Data analysis, process modeling, and requirements frameworks

• Proven ability to lead through influence, manage ambiguity, and drive outcomes without formal authority

• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills

• Business Analysis certification (CBAP or equivalent) is an asset

Success Profile

• Strategic and hands-on individual contributor

• Deep insurance SME with transformation experience

• Effective at coordinating resources, influencing stakeholders, and driving delivery

• Experienced in complex system migrations and consulting-led engagements

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.