Managing Director, IOFP
Job Description
Description
The Building Ontario Fund (BOF) is a crown agency that works with trusted institutional investors and Indigenous communities to attract new investment in priority infrastructure while helping to maintain responsible fiscal plan today and for future generation. Projects financed through the BOF are focused on the following areas: affordable housing, long-term care, energy, transportation, and municipal and community infrastructure. BOF has a mandate to support infrastructure projects for Indigenous communities that advance community and economic well-being.
BOF offers a competitive total rewards package that values employee as a whole including their professional personal well being. We offer an employer-matched defined benefit pension plan, comprehensive and competitive benefits plan, a hybrid work model and more.
PURPOSE OF POSITION
To play a leadership role in driving the Building Ontario Fund’s (BOF) strategic vision, growth, and operations, with a primary focus on the Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program (IOFP) to deploy variety of financing tools including guarantees and the BOF portfolio as appropriate.
To work closely with Indigenous partners to access capital for large scale infrastructure projects that will create more opportunities to expand the reach of the program and to enable Indigenous economic participation driving impactful investment and development initiatives that contribute to Ontario’s infrastructure. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of indigenous background.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership
- Supports the development and execution of the strategic vision for BOF, aligning objectives with the needs of Ontario’s Indigenous partners and infrastructure projects
- Leads the IOFP to enable access to capital for infrastructure projects that advance community and economic wellbeing for Indigenous partners.
- Leads innovative structuring, joint ventures, co-investments, and long-term partnerships with indigenous partners
- Champions innovative approaches to the administration of the IOFP, project financing and identifies opportunities to maximize resources and impact of the program.
Partner Engagement
- Serves as trusted partner to Indigenous groups across the province to facilitate the ongoing exchange of ideas to increase participation in large scale, critical infrastructure projects, develop a shared understanding of financing barriers, and to develop recommendations, strategies, and decisions for planning and problem solving of financing strategies.
Operational Management
- Provides oversight of the IOFP’s financial health, ensuring sound budgeting, fiscal responsibility, and effective use of resources.
- Ensures due diligence processes are followed to protect BOF’s and IOFP’s risk profile.
- Manages the requisite approval internal and external processes to advance transactions to final close.
- Leads recruitment and build-out a team of investment professionals, setting performance expectations and developing technical and strategic capacity.
- Fosters a high-performance culture built on discipline, curiosity, collaboration, and accountability.
- Provides ongoing mentorship, feedback, and skills development to foster a retention-oriented, high-performing team.
Performance and Impact Evaluation
- Guides and monitors the progress of IOFP projects, ensuring they meet performance standards and deliver measurable outcomes.
- Establishes metrics and processes to evaluate the social and economic impact of IOFP projects, reporting findings to partners and guiding continuous improvement.
- Identifies and mitigates risks associated with projects and operations to safeguard the IOFP’s financial health and reputation.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Graduate Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or equivalent.
- Leadership experience and people management experience in a complex environment
- Proven track record in managing large-scale investment portfolios or infrastructure projects with indigenous ownership structures, project finance, credit underwriting, infrastructure management.
- Demonstrated experience and thought leadership within the sector with the ability to advocate for and advance strategic initiatives.
Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent relationship management skills to focus efforts to understand the interests of Indigenous peoples in order to increase the quality of the service and produce better outcomes.
- Strategic thinking with a focus on sustainable growth and public benefit.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to lead structuring of financing solutions, due diligence and negotiations.
- Proficiency in evaluating project impact, managing risk, and driving performance.
- Demonstrated strategic leadership and management skills and experience to inspire, engage, motivate, and develop the team to achieve excellent results.
- Proven to be a collaborative leader with leadership style that incorporates the principles of inclusion and diversity.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex investment ideas into clear, actionable insights for internal teams, senior executives, and investment committees.
Seniority level
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Seniority level
Executive
Employment type
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Employment type
Full-time
Job function
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Job function
Finance and Management
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Industries
Investment Banking and Financial Services
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Company
Building Ontario Fund
Location
Toronto
Country
Canada
Salary
200.000
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