SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUSINESS TRANSITION, BDC ADVISORY SERVICES

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Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few   

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more... 

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POSITION OVERVIEW

As a Business Advisor within the Strategic Planning and Business Transfer team at BDC Advisory Services, you will play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs through critical stages of growth and transition. You will be responsible for managing and delivering customized advisory projects, with a focus on strategy, planning, and business transfer. Leveraging your expertise in artificial intelligence, strategic management, and business transitions (including mergers, acquisitions, and succession planning), you will contribute to creating long-term value for clients. You will also support the visibility of the “Strategy” Centre of Expertise by developing marketing content and contributing to business development initiatives.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Deliver and manage standard and customized advisory projects to provide a unique offering of professional services to targeted entrepreneurs from a strategic perspective including strategic analysis, planning and advice. The focus will be on delivering professional, high-quality solutions that help the entrepreneur develop their business.

• Manage project delivery by monitoring project scope, budget, schedule and objectives as well as perform quality assurance on projects and deliverables.

• Provide practice expertise by being a “subject matter expert” and by staying current on market trends to support development and evolution of solutions and tools as well as contribute to business development support.

• Provide business development support by performing client need diagnostics and input for custom proposals and work in close association with client partners to support transfer of product/technical knowledge and expertise and assist with project delivery and business development support of new mandates.

• Contribute to practice outreach activities by developing marketing content and participating in the promotion of the “Strategy” Centre of Expertise.

• Advise and support clients through business transitions, including mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and succession planning (selling or transferring ownership).

• Guide entrepreneurs in preparing for and executing business transfers and succession strategies to ensure continuity and value preservation.

• Apply artificial intelligence tools and methodologies to enhance business strategy, decision-making, and operational efficiency.

• Implement and manage strategy execution frameworks to ensure effective realization of strategic plans and objectives.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in business, MBA or related professional designation preferred.

• Minimum of ten years in an advisory firm with experience developing strategic plans and providing one/one advice. Strong understanding of how to develop pragmatic strategic plans that are relevant to an SME business environment and provide required strategic advice support to the business as required.

• Demonstrated expertise in business transition processes, including mergers, integrations, selling, and succession planning.

• Experience leveraging artificial intelligence in business strategy development and implementation.

• Proven experience in implementing and managing strategy execution or management frameworks.

• Strong client and customer service orientation with a clear focus on delivering value to the client.

• Proven ability in managing and delivering standard and custom advisory projects.

• Knowledge of Project Management methodologies and best practices in the context of delivering services to clients. Demonstrated project management skills.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as an ability to participate in outreach, promotion and business development support activities.

• Teamwork, collaboration and relationship-building skills.

• Bilingualism in French and English is required.

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.