Scrum Master

Job description

**Who We Are** At Momentum Financial Services Group, we help people move forward by reimagining how money works for those who need it most. With more than 40 years of experience, we’re the team behind Money Mart—Canada’s largest non-bank branch network—and a leader in financial solutions for underserved communities. From short-term loans to money transfers and prepaid cards, we power the products, technology, and operations that connect over a million customers a year to the money they need, when they need it. At MFSG, we come together across teams and departments to create something bigger than ourselves: solutions that remove barriers and give people access to money they might not get anywhere else. Whether you're solving problems, building systems, or shaping strategy, your work fuels real support for real people. **We’ve Got You Covered** **Compensation Philosophy:** Our strategy is simple—we aim to match the market. We regularly review industry standards to ensure our total rewards package is competitive and fair. This commitment helps us attract and retain talented individuals who share our purpose. **Discretionary Annual Bonus:** Enjoy the opportunity for a discretionary bonus based on individual performance and company success. **Comprehensive Benefits:** Our benefits include health and dental plans with 100% of the premiums covered. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program to support your mental well-being and provide resources for personal challenges. **Retirement Plans:** Plan for your future with our robust retirement savings options, ensuring you’re set for the long haul. **Hybrid Work Environment:** Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model, allowing you to balance remote work with in-office. When you're at our corporate head office, enjoy a relaxed and collaborative environment featuring breakout rooms for brainstorming and unwinding, plus a variety of snacks to keep you energized throughout the day. **Perks and Rewards:** Enjoy reimbursement for tuition assistance and professional development, discounts through Perkopolis and participate in our rewards and recognition programs to celebrate your contributions. **The Job:** Scrum Master To lead Agile delivery teams by facilitating the Scrum process, removing impediments, and fostering an environment of high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The Scrum Master ensures that Agile principles and values are upheld, enabling teams to deliver value-driven, high-quality solutions to customers efficiently and sustainably **Please note: The salary range for this position is between C$ 105,000 to C$ 115,000.** **What You’ll Do** - Agile Facilitation & Coaching: Act as a Scrum Master for multiple Agile teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives. Coach and mentor Scrum teams on Agile principles, helping them to become self-organized and cross-functional. Drive continuous improvement within Agile teams, promoting best practices and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. - Delivery & Stakeholder Management: Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel or resources to resolve issues. Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Business Analysts to refine and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities. - Facilitate decision-making processes, helping teams to make informed decisions that support project delivery and business objectives. Act as a liaison between development teams, business stakeholders and external vendors to ensure seamless communication and collaboration. - Agile Metrics & Reporting: Track sprint progress, team velocity and other Agile KPIs ensuring continuous optimization of workflows. Ensure transparency and visibility to management by delivering data-driven insights on team performance. - Technology & Process Improvement: Drive Agile best practices within software development teams working on financial applications and services. - Promote automation and DevOps culture within Agile teams to enhance operational efficiency. **What You’ll Bring to the Table** **Required** - Minimum 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager within a financial service or fintech environment with proven track record of successfully implementing Agile methodologies and driving Agile transformations. - Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all organizational levels. - Expert knowledge and understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and Agile transformation within financial services. - Experience managing projects in banking, lending, fintech or financial services. - Familiarity with financial transaction systems, payments processing and risk management frameworks. - Ability to engage both technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring a shared vision of product delivery. - Skilled in facilitating cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, security, risk, and compliance teams. - Proficiency in Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent project management software. - Experience coordinating software releases, maintaining documentation and overseeing software quality processes. **Education + Professional Accreditations** **Required** - A college degree in Computer Science, Business, Finance or related field **Desired** - Master’s degree **Committed to Equal Opportunity:** MFSG is committed to accommodating applicants up to the point of undue hardship during the recruitment, assessment and selection process. If you are selected for an interview, please notify MFSG if you require accommodation in respect of the materials or procedures used at any time during this process. If you require accommodation, MFSG will work with you to determine how to meet your needs. #LI-SA1 About MFSG – Our Commitment to Responsible Innovation At MFSG, we are committed to building innovative solutions grounded in ethical, transparent, and responsible use of data and technology. Aligned with the principles outlined in Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), we take a proactive approach to ensuring that any AI or data-driven systems we use are safe, fair, and accountable. This posting is for a current position within our organization, offering the opportunity to contribute to meaningful, responsible innovation that supports our employees, clients, and communities. We prioritize strong data governance, clear communication around how systems work, and safeguards that reduce risks and protect individuals. Our focus is on developing tools and processes that promote equity, reliability, and trust, supported by ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement. Joining MFSG means contributing to a future-focused organization that values both innovation and integrity, where your work helps shape solutions that responsibly support our employees, clients, and communities.