Jobs at BDC

Supports employee experience programs across the talent lifecycle, including onboarding, engagement, performance management, development planning, recognition, and compliance. Maintains HR planning trackers, coordinates governance and business-unit planning, monitors initiative progress, and prepares leadership review materials. Produces dashboards and reporting, analyzes trends, and recommends improvements. Serves as a Workday Talent resource and develops bilingual communications and training materials while collaborating across HR teams.

Leads complex strategy consulting mandates for Canadian SMEs and mid-market organizations, advising entrepreneurs and executives on strategic planning, growth, transformation, organizational effectiveness, M&A, and post-merger integration. Oversees project outcomes, budgets, risks, quality, and portfolios; supports business development, proposals, diagnostics, and executive sales conversations. Develops consulting methodologies, enables internal collaboration, and represents the practice through thought leadership and external engagements.

Manage BDC’s commercial loan portfolio through annual reviews, service requests, financial analysis, credit risk assessment, loan amendments, and restructuring recommendations. Monitor client performance and regional economic trends, identify risks and opportunities, ensure documentation and policy compliance, collaborate with internal teams, and coach colleagues. The role requires strong judgment, financial analysis expertise, banking experience, and French-English bilingualism.

Leads business restructuring activities to protect loan portfolio quality, minimize losses, assess credit risk, and maximize recoveries. Develops restructuring strategies, investigates borrower underperformance, approves or declines loans and amendments, and manages relationships with internal teams, financial communities, professional networks, and business partners. Ensures compliance with policies, accurate reporting, and up-to-date files while applying expertise in restructuring and insolvency law.

Leads economic research on small businesses, entrepreneurship, and Canadian economic trends. Designs studies, analyzes quantitative data, monitors financial developments, and produces reports, briefing notes, presentations, webinars, and stakeholder communications. Partners with internal teams and external audiences to deliver actionable insights, identify emerging opportunities and challenges, and support strategic decision-making and public policy discussions. Uses data, automation, artificial intelligence, and analytical tools to improve research efficiency and impact.

Supports BDC’s operational risk management framework across RCSAs, KRIs, operational risk events, and new product assessments. Reviews and challenges risk assessments and controls, monitors remediation plans, improves methodologies and governance, and prepares risk reporting for senior leaders and committees. The role also develops training, maintains stakeholder relationships, and uses data, automation, and AI to improve risk monitoring and reporting.

Builds trusted relationships with Indigenous rights-holders, communities, Nations, organizations, entrepreneurs, and partners across Canada. Translates community perspectives into recommendations, partnerships, and reconciliation initiatives; coordinates complex projects; represents BDC at external forums; advises colleagues on Indigenous engagement and cultural protocols; and supports implementation of BDC’s Reconciliation Strategy and PAIR certification.

Lead financing and investment activities for Canadian defence and dual-use companies. Responsibilities include evaluating and structuring credit and investment opportunities, managing investment portfolios and risk, developing business relationships, advising clients on growth and regulated supply chains, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on financing solutions and sector strategy.

Supports venture fund investments from sourcing and due diligence through portfolio management. Responsibilities include financial analysis, valuation modeling, forecasting, market research, investment memo preparation, deal coordination, portfolio monitoring, entrepreneur relationship management, and operational support for investee companies.

Manage a portfolio of corporate borrowers and build trusted relationships with entrepreneurs and business clients. Assess financial needs, interpret statements, provide financing and advisory recommendations, structure and negotiate credit proposals, and present financing solutions. Execute client retention and portfolio-growth plans while delivering personalized communications. The role requires strong financial analysis, credit judgment, portfolio management, business development, and relationship-building skills.

Leads the Thrive Venture Fund’s pre-seed investment practice, including strategy development, deal sourcing, due diligence, transaction execution, investment committee presentations, portfolio management, entrepreneur mentorship, and exit planning. Builds relationships across Canada’s venture ecosystem, represents the fund externally, supports team development, and helps expand investment opportunities for women-led technology companies.

Develop new business and manage a portfolio of Canadian business clients with $3M–$50M in revenue. Meet entrepreneurs, understand growth needs, recommend financing and advisory solutions, build sales pipelines, structure and negotiate financing proposals, assess creditworthiness, and maintain relationships within the local business community.

Acts as a strategic HR advisor to the CIO and IT leadership team. Develops talent, workforce, succession, leadership, organizational design, and transformation strategies. Uses HR data and workforce analytics to guide decisions, identifies skill gaps and talent risks, supports organizational change, and strengthens engagement, performance, and organizational effectiveness during digital and technology transformation.

Leads BDC’s Specialized Financing legal team and provides strategic, business-oriented legal guidance on complex securitization, syndicated financing, subordinated debt, community banking, and special project transactions. Oversees negotiations, risk management, regulatory compliance, team development, external counsel relationships, process improvements, and collaboration with senior stakeholders and internal business units.

Serve as a trusted advisor delivering end-to-end operations and digital transformation consulting for SMEs. Lead diagnostics, design practical technology-enabled solutions (ERP, MES, WMS, IIoT, AI), manage project delivery, drive measurable operational improvements, and support business development and thought leadership activities.

Leads financing and investment activities for Canadian defense and dual-use companies. Responsibilities include evaluating and structuring loans, mezzanine financing, quasi-equity, and investment transactions; managing portfolio risk and performance; developing business relationships; advising clients on growth and regulated supply chains; and collaborating on financing, advisory, market intelligence, and investment strategy initiatives.

Manage and grow a portfolio of commercial clients while acquiring new business opportunities. Meet entrepreneurs to assess needs, provide advice, and recommend financing or advisory services. Develop client relationships through networking and community involvement, execute business plans, analyze and negotiate financing proposals, exercise credit judgment, and support client retention and acquisition goals.

The Senior Commercial Account Manager will manage a client portfolio, generate new business opportunities, and provide financing solutions to entrepreneurs. Responsibilities include networking, analyzing financing proposals, and achieving client retention and growth objectives.

Leads annual planning, forecasting, target-setting, performance analysis, and resource allocation for client-facing business lines. Translates strategic questions into analytical methodologies, models, scenarios, and performance frameworks using Excel, SQL, and advanced analytics. Identifies performance gaps, risks, trends, and opportunities; challenges assumptions; validates deliverables; and presents actionable recommendations to senior leadership. Collaborates with stakeholders and coaches colleagues on analytical quality and insight development.

The Senior Account Manager will generate new business opportunities and manage an existing portfolio, focusing on financing and advisory services tailored to entrepreneurs' needs.