Senior Director Fund Accounting

A career as a Senior Director within Fund Accounting , under Investment Operations , at National Bank means acting as an operational and strategic leader responsible for maintaining close proximity to employees and clients based in Toronto, while strengthening execution, quality, and the evolution of our service offering in a growing environment.

In this role, you provide matrix management for approximately 10 employees across the sector’s four teams. You help build lasting synergy across teams, maintain a shared understanding of key challenges, and support alignment with sector priorities, in close collaboration with other managers and our internal and external partners.

Your Role

• Maintain an on-site presence and proximity in Toronto to support local employees and manage relationships with the sector’s clients located in this market, in line with the sector’s strategy and priorities
• Provide matrix leadership to a team of approximately 10 resources drawn from four specialized Fund Accounting teams, ensuring engagement, skills development, and performance
• Develop and sustain a cross-functional understanding of Fund Accounting activities (processes, deliverables, controls, interdependencies) to effectively coach and support profiles from multiple areas of expertise
• Work closely with the sector’s four managers to build strong synergy, ensure smooth communication, and enable rapid ownership of operational issues and growth-related priorities
• Collaborate with internal and external partners, influence decisions, and coordinate required actions to ensure service delivery is robust, consistent, and client-focused
• Contribute to the evolution of practices, processes, and control mechanisms by supporting transformation execution and operationalizing changes

Your Team

Fund Accounting is a specialized and growing sector made up of four teams: NAV, Taxation & Distributions, Financial Statements, and ETF & Specialized Operations.

This role is part of a closely collaborative management approach, with a Toronto presence to ensure employee and client proximity, while remaining aligned with governance and business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree related to the field and 7 to 10 years of relevant experience, or any equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proven people management experience (engagement, coaching, performance), including the ability to lead in a multidisciplinary and/or matrix environment
• Strong, broad knowledge of Fund Accounting and its key cycles/deliverables, enabling effective support of employees from multiple teams and specialties
• In-depth knowledge of exchange-traded funds and investment funds
• Solid understanding of key sector environments and systems, with the ability to operate in a transforming operational technology context
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to influence and mobilize a range of internal/external partners toward shared goals
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, resolve complex issues, and support transformation execution