Chief Technical

We are currently looking for a Chief Technology and Innovation Officer to join our team in Montreal.

Join a dynamic, fast-growing firm offering competitive salaries, benefits, and a strong focus on employee well-being.

What’s in it for you:

• Hybrid work formula
• Competitive salary
• Full range of benefits
  
• 4 weeks paid vacation
• 8 paid personal days
  
• Summer schedule (office closes at 1 pm on Fridays)
• Reimbursement for parking or public transport

Primary responsibilities:

• Develop and Implement Technology Strategy Roadmap:
  • Create and execute a technology strategy that aligns with the firm's business objectives, fills technology gaps and enhances our competitive edge. This includes data analytics, business intelligence, development support, infrastructure, security and technical services.
  • Evaluate key industry technology trends, explore emerging technologies, and drive initiatives that can transform the business and have a more innovative mindset to improve day-to-day IT operations, cybersecurity, and the efficient use of technology resources.
  • Ensure technology aligns with business goals, security and compliance.
• Oversee IT Operations and Business Applications: Ensure the efficient, secure, and profitable use of technology across the firm. Supervise system infrastructure to guarantee functionality and efficiency.
• Innovate and Integrate New Tools and Technologies: Identify, evaluate, and implement new tools and technologies that provide a competitive advantage and improve service delivery.
• Data Protection and Quality Assurance: Establish and maintain robust data protection and quality assurance processes. Ensure infrastructure and applications meet security and compliance guidelines and align with disaster recovery guidelines. Ensure compliance with Firm data privacy, regulatory compliance, and standards across various jurisdictions.
• Budget Management: Manage and monitor IT budgets, ensure cost-effective technology investments, and work to reduce costs in all areas (tool consolidation, inactive user removal, etc). Determine capital investment parameters, priorities, and risks for enterprise-wide IT initiatives to maximize return on investment.
• Vendor Management: review, recommend and oversee all IT vendors and manage service agreements for computing, telecommunications, IT services, software, and equipment.
• Change Management: Anticipate and lead change, experiment with new technologies, and creating a culture that encourages innovation and adaptation to technological shifts but is cognizant of the internal systems, process, and culture with gradual disruption.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate technology strategy and progress to partners and other stakeholders.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor the IT team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, transparency and accountability. Evaluate, hire, develop, and retain a high-quality team of IT professionals.

What you need to succeed:

• 10+ years of professional experience in the IT Field and at least five years in a senior IT leadership role
  
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field; MBA or other relevant graduate degree is a plus.
• Experience in an accounting firm preferred
• In-depth knowledge of technological trends and the ability to align technology with business strategy.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse leaders, communicate an IT vision and strategy across all levels of the organization, and build consensus around key initiatives and projects.
• Strong program and project management skills with a proven ability to define strategy and lead an organization from vision to implementation.
• Knowledge of business processes, including disaster recovery, information security, networking, business continuity and risk management.
• Strong understanding of budgets and business planning.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving aptitudes

We maintain an inclusive and equal opportunity working environment so that every Crowe BGK professional can fulfill their evolving potential. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran's status or any other legally-protected factors.

We thank all candidates for their interest and we will only be contacting those that we are interested in pursuing.