What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Banking, Wealth and Corporate Controller, the Director, Canadian Banking Controller (the "Controller") plays a key role in supporting the Canadian banking strategic business units with a specific focus on credit cards, mortgages and personal lending. The Controller leads a team of finance professionals to ensure the delivery of accurate and timely financial results, which are utilized for statutory, regulatory, subsidiary, and management reporting for these business units. The Controller is responsible for month-end and quarter-end tasks, including financial analysis and reporting, , addressing ad hoc queries and investigations. As a trusted advisor and stakeholder on strategic finance projects and business initiatives, the Controller drives operational excellence and continuous improvements while collaborating closely with broader finance team and cross-functional groups.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You will have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you will spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How you'll succeed

• Relationship building - Establish strong relationships and communication with the Canadian banking lines of business for decision support, accounting guidance, investigative analysis and issues.
• Control focused - Ensure compliance with accounting standards and effective end-to-end financial process controls are executed in your lines of business.
• Talent development - Lead and develop a high-performance controllership team along with oversight of an offshore managed service team.
• General ledger ownership - Ensure accurate and timely month end close of the finance general ledger, clear explanation of business financial results and timely resolution of control deficiencies and/or weaknesses
• Operational excellence - Drive for excellence with continuous improvements that strengthen controls to manage financial reporting risks, streamline finance operational processes and increase productivity across the team
• Deliver on purpose - Affect positive teamwork across finance and cross-functional teams with CIBC purpose focus and behaviours

Who you are

• You're a certified professional. You have current accreditation and good standing in an accounting designation (CPA designation or equivalent), with strong knowledge of IFRS and 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• You can demonstrate experience in complex financial service organizationsIn addition you have excellent communication skills and are able to translate technical guidance into business terms and implications. It's an asset if you have comprehensive knowledge of credit cards, mortgages and personal lending, along with their systems and processes.
• You are a caring and accountable leader. You are passionate about developing and growing team members. You have experience providing coaching and hands on support to meet team goals.
• You know that details matter. You notice things that others do not. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.
• You love to learn. You are passionate about growing your knowledge. You have a keen sense of curiosity.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work, and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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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.

*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

Job Location
Toronto-81 Bay, 26th Floor

Employment Type
Regular

Weekly Hours
37.5

Skills
Account Consolidation, Accounting, Communication, Consolidated Financial Statements, Financial Advising, Financial Controlling, Financial Operations, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Group Problem Solving, Leadership