Senior Advisor, Legal Affairs

Desjardins

Senior Advisor at Desjardins managing business relationships and client satisfaction. Leading strategic initiatives and advising clients on development and retention strategies in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 7/22/2026full-timeMontréal • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining business relationships, tailoring services to client needs, and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance organizational profitability and client satisfaction. Proficient in analyzing complex problems and providing personalized solutions while leveraging networking skills and industry insights.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Business Relationship DevelopmentStrategic MindsetClient Retention StrategiesComplex Problem AnalysisFrench Language Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Business DevelopmentSales StrategyClient Needs AnalysisSolution ImplementationMarket Trend Analysis

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SavvyCustomer FocusAction OrientedNimble LearningNetworking

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

Industry Keywords

Stakeholder SatisfactionService DevelopmentPartnership OpportunitiesRetention TacticsStrategic Initiatives

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help serve, prospect for, solicit, and develop and maintain business relationships with members and clients
Provide service tailored to client needs in accordance with current strategies and practices
Lead clients and practitioners on sales and service development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact multiple business sectors
Take a strategic mindset to boost the organization’s development and profitability while retaining clients and stakeholders and ensuring their satisfaction
Draw on your networking skills and interpersonal savvy to develop and maintain business partnerships with important clients who have complex, diverse needs
Analyze highly complex problems and develop and implement personalized solutions tailored to client needs
Serve as specialist and resource person for your unit, members and clients and represent your unit before decision-making bodies
Evaluate and act on business and partnership opportunities to boost the organization’s development and profitability
Advise members, clients and stakeholders to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic initiatives
See to member, client and stakeholder development, retention and satisfaction
Develop retention tactics and strategies
Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends in your specialty area and make recommendations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in a related field
A minimum of six years of relevant experience
Knowledge of French is required
Action oriented
Customer Focus
Differences
Interpersonal Savvy
Networks
Nimble learning
Strategic mindset

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and annual bonus
4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
Group insurance including telemedicine
Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment