CIBC

Sr. Team Leader, Collections

CIBC$75K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of leadership experience within a call center or client services environment
  • Proven ability to lead and develop diverse, high-performing teams
  • Strong analytical and strategic management skills to drive performance
  • Experience with quality monitoring and compliance in a regulated environment
  • Exceptional client relationship management skills
  • Proficient in using Microsoft Teams and other collaborative tools

Responsibilities

  • Lead and inspire a team of 15-20 Credit Counsellors to deliver exceptional client experiences
  • Develop and implement strategies to enhance productivity and client satisfaction
  • Coach team members in negotiating repayment arrangements for past due accounts
  • Monitor daily operations to ensure compliance with established policies and regulatory standards
  • Conduct daily huddles and review quality monitoring results for performance improvement
  • Communicate team achievements and spearhead change initiatives within the department

Benefits

  • Tailored recognition programs and competitive salary
  • Comprehensive benefits program and defined benefit pension plan
  • Flexible work arrangements allowing for a mix of on-site and remote work
  • Opportunities for career development and personal growth
  • Paid time off for personal development initiatives through Purpose Day
Full Job Description
What You'll Be Doing

As a People Leader within the Retail Client Account Management Services Team (CAM), you'll lead a team of 15 - 20 Credit Counsellors working towards a shared goal - delivering an exceptional client experience. Credit counsellors contacting customers with the goal of negotiating repayment arrangements on past due CIBC products. This is a Call Centre environment that leverages a variety of reporting and systems. As a people leader, you'll also hire, develop, and coach your team, inspiring them to perform at their best. You'll think and act like an owner by helping clients and team members succeed, find ways to reduce net credit loss, improve productivity, lead daily huddles, and coach to influence results within a metrics-driven environment. You'll make an impact by fostering Trust, Teamwork, and Accountability among your team and partners. You will be responsible for supervising and monitoring daily operations, and developing and implementing strategies that enhance department productivity to achieve improved client satisfaction results. You will follows established policies to analyze quality monitoring results to ensure operational standards in compliance with regulatory requirements and policies. You will execute well defined procedures in leading client satisfaction initiatives that establish enhanced services or technologies, ensuring accurate transaction processes and compliance. You will work proactively to conduct presentations to communicate team achievements and implement change initiatives.

A quick note on your availability - our Contact Centre is open Monday to Friday 8:00 am-11:00 pm EST and Saturday 11:00 am-7:00 pm EST. We'd like for you to be flexible during our working hours.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. 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
  • Client Experience - Lead by example and show your team how to deepen client relationships, and meet client financial needs while providing a high standard of service. Go above and beyond to champion CIBC within the community to strengthen and retain client relationships. Encourage employees to quickly resolve client complaints, and to escalate when necessary. Conduct daily closed-loop activities with survey respondents and gain insights on ways to continually improve client treatment and reduce irritants.
  • Results Driven Leadership - Build a culture of collaboration across multiple client offers so that clients are served by those best able to meet their financial needs. Monitor business performance and put action plans into place to close any gaps. Manage and minimize risk to safeguard our bank, clients and shareholders.
  • People Leadership - Lead and coach a high performing team of Credit Counsellors to deepen client relationships and drive the right kind of growth. Provide meaningful development opportunities for employees and advocate for CIBC within the community to recruit employees who share and demonstrate our values. Connect with your team as a group or with individuals both on site, and virtually through Microsoft Teams.


Who You Are
  • You are adaptable. Business needs within the Contact Centre require flexibility in shifts. Manager coverage is an important aspect of support, along with a physical presence to lead and coach. Shifts will range from our hours of operations.
  • You are a bold and authentic leader. You're passionate about developing and coaching to bring out the best in people. You have led diverse, high performing teams.
  • Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
  • You're driven to succeed. You are motivated by accomplishing your goals and delivering your best to make an impact.
  • You're a certified professional. Call Centre and previous experience in People Management are both assets
  • Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.


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
Vancouver-400 Burrard 5th

Employment Type
Regular

Weekly Hours
37.5

Skills
Analytical Thinking, Client Satisfaction, Initiating Change, Operations Management, Professional Presentation, Quality Monitoring, Regulatory Management, Strategic Management

About CIBC

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in the city's Financial District. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT. It is one of two Big Five banks founded in Toronto, the other being the Toronto-Dominion Bank. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the June 1, 1961, merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada, the largest merger between chartered banks in Canadian history. The bank has four strategic business units: Canadian Personal and Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. It has international operations in the United States, the Caribbean, Asia, and United Kingdom; Globally. CIBC serves more than eleven million clients, and has over 40,000 employees. The company ranks at number 172 on the Forbes Global 2000 listing.
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