Senior Manager, Personal and Business Banking Controllership

The role as Senior Manager on the Personal and Business Banking Controllership team is accountable for the integrity of the financial and management information used for reporting and business analysis.

The Senior Manager, as a member of the Finance Controllership team, is accountable for the integrity of amounts reported in the financial reporting systems, hence this position oversees month-end activities such as journal entries, reconciliations, investigations, review of financial results, insightful variance explanation, and other accounting related activities as required. In this role, you will work with a team of professionals to prepare, review and analyze financial information, fulfill financial reporting deliverables and project initiatives as well as ad hoc requests from stakeholders.  

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.

How You’ll Succeed

• Problem Solving – you persist to investigate and understand end to end processes beyond our team in order to identify gaps and recommend solutions that are optimal for the bank.

• Manage monthly and quarterly close processes - including critical review of journal entries and financial results. Provide proactive communication of variances/issues such to minimize surprises during the GL close process. Ensure accounting is completed timely and accurately.

• Communication – Strong ability to prepare and present financial information effectively articulating issues/recommendations via your analysis and assessment of financial results and maintain a close working relationship with your business partners and Finance

• Relationship Management –  You have good teamwork, partnership, and relationship building skills sufficient to act in a collaborative manner given team members and stakeholders different backgrounds and experiences. You have strong ability to influence others regardless of level and reporting lines.

• Ensure Finance-owned SOX controls (including suspense accounts) are effective and performed on regular basis to identify/manage exposure to risks, escalating issues as appropriate.

• Operational Excellence – Drive continuous improvements that strengthen controls and streamline operational processes that you own and contribute to.

Who You Are

• You’re a certified professional. You have current accreditation and good standing in a CPA, CFA designation or equivalent with 7+ years of relevant work experience. Professional services firm experience is preferred but not required.

• You can demonstrate experience in financial analysis, reporting and accounting within complex financial service organizations. It’s an asset if you have comprehensive knowledge of personal and business banking product offerings and services, along with their systems and processes.  People management experience will be considered an asset as well.

• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems, and making sense of information. You're confident in your ability to communicate detailed information in an impactful way.

• You can demonstrate knowledge in financial and management accounting, proficiency in accounting and desktop applications such as SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, Microsoft Office, especially advanced Excel functionality for data management

• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life.

• You embrace and champion change. You continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best and lead others to higher performance.

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.