Senior Consultant, Control Optimization & Analytics

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients. At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute. To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to Director, Advanced Analytics, Strategy and Transformation, you will be a senior contributor for developing and delivering on the Advanced Analytics team’s technical solution strategies and commitment to develop, support, and continuously improve analytics capabilities and services. The Sr. Manager is expected to lead design and development of key analytics projects, and will assist the execution and delivery of advanced analytics strategy. At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How You’ll Succeed

Bias for action, be hands on in the technical solutioning process. Actively lead complex advanced analytics engagements to ensure quality, depth of analysis, and clearly communicated and insightful results. Provide strategic thought leadership to the Advanced Analytics team in ideation, planning, and executing analytics solutions to support all parts of the Business Controls function. Understand the big picture problems we are trying to solve and prioritize demand. Lead the technical solution design with emphasis on scalability, automation, and usability of new and ongoing analytics projects. Use predictive/analytical algorithms and statistical data modeling tools to derive meaningful and actionable insights from data to support Business Controls activities. Design and create interactive dashboards to support continuous monitoring and control testing programs, create new analytics products that prompt timely action to support enterprise-wide change initiatives. Develop technical templates and documentation standards to ensure all work products are standardized and effectively delivered. Continually improve sustainable internal methods, standards, processes, and practices for delivery of data management and data analytics services. Collaborate with consultants and leaders across CIBC’s analytics community to identify and realize points of integration and deliver coordinated analytics services. Lead the team's move to Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse), from the strategic roadmap through adoption, and design low-code solutions that automate manual controls and workflows. Set up and enforce Power Platform governance and best practices: environment plan, data loss prevention (DLP) policies, release management (ALM), security, and a Center of Excellence (CoE) model, all in line with the bank's technology risk framework.

Who You Are

You have a degree (preferably at the graduate level) in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance or related sciences. Strategic and systematic thinker with a strong analytical and process development background. You have 5+ years of experience and advanced practical and theoretical knowledge in specialized areas of responsibility, including data analytics, quantitative modeling, AI/ML/NLP, BI and statistical analysis. You have demonstrated hands-on achievements using advanced analytical, data management and visualization tools: Power Platform, Power BI, Tableau, Python, R, SQL, Oracle RDBMS. Knowledge of CIBC data sources, applications and system platforms is a benefit.

Exceptional communication skills (both written and oral) with experience turning data into insights and presenting complex technical ideas and sensitive findings to business stakeholders. You have strong organization, leadership, and team-oriented skills. Demonstrated ability to collaborate as well as lead across a matrix organization to execute on priorities, influence change and deliver results. You live your values. You bring high standards, genuine care to your relationships, and want to grow with an employer that shares your values and brings out your best.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck. We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program. Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients. We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

CIBC is committed to inclusion

CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact View email address on apply.j-vers.com. CIBC is committed to clarity in our hiring process. All roles posted are opportunities we’re actively recruiting for, unless stated otherwise. You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit. We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills test (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency). We use artificial intelligence tools during the recruitment process. Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Details

Job Location: Toronto-81 Bay, 23rd Floor

Employment Type: Regular

Weekly Hours: 37.5

Skills: Business Effectiveness, Business Implementation, Communication, Data Reporting, Decision Making, Metrics Analysis, Process Improvements, Reporting and Analysis, Statistical Analysis

At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability. Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees and communities - a place where you can excel. Every day, our 48,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.