Senior Analyst, Limit & Product Monitoring
CIBC Wood Gundy
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What You'll Be Doing
As part of the Capital Markets Risk Management (CMRM) team, you'll play a key role in enhancing the governance and controls framework that supports CIBC’s trading activities. As a Senior Analyst, Limit & Product Monitoring, you’ll drive continuous improvements by streamlining, simplifying, and automating processes to reduce operational risk and optimize resource allocation. You’ll assist with product onboarding, ensure timely approvals, and promote transparency around stipulated conditions. Your responsibilities will include daily monitoring and reporting of risk limits, product authority monitoring, facilitating Market Risk hierarchy changes, and supporting compliance with regulatory requirements. You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues across CMRM and other teams, such as Model Validation and Internal Audit, to ensure seamless transitions as priorities shift. Your expertise in financial markets and risk management, combined with advanced technical skills, will be essential as you contribute to complex projects and departmental compliance efforts.
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
Risk Limit and Product Monitoring and Reporting - Monitor trading activities daily to ensure compliance with stipulated authorities and promptly report any excesses.
Process Optimization - Streamline, simplify, and automate processes to reduce operational risk and improve resource allocation across the department.
Product Onboarding & Monitoring Alignment - Facilitate alignment between product onboarding and product monitoring, breaking down silos to enhance collaboration.
Documentation & Process Improvement - Enhance documentation of processes, systems, and procedures, highlighting dependencies and proposing improvements.
Regulatory Compliance & Audit Support - Support CMRM’s compliance with regulatory guidelines, assist with remediation of gaps, and contribute to departmental efforts to address audit findings and recommendations.
Market Risk Hierarchy Management - Facilitate and drive changes to the Market Risk hierarchy, including testing and syndication of results.
Cross-functional Collaboration - Work closely with colleagues within CMRM and other groups, such as Model Validation and Internal Audit, to ensure effective risk challenge and seamless transition of accountabilities.
Who you are
You understand financial markets and products. Your strong knowledge of financial markets and the foundations of risk management enables you to provide effective risk challenge and support compliance efforts.
You have advanced technical skills. You’re proficient in SQL and Python, and comfortable working with tools like JIRA to automate and optimize processes.
You’re a collaborator. You thrive in cross-functional environments, building relationships with colleagues across CMRM and other teams to drive collective success.
You’re highly organized with great communication skills. Your exemplary organization and time management skills, coupled with excellent communication skills, help you manage complex projects and shifting priorities with ease.
You have relevant education. You hold a degree in a Quantitative Finance, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
Values matter to you. You bring integrity, transparency, and a commitment to CIBC’s purpose-driven culture to everything you do.
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
What you need to know
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 Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.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 Location
Toronto-81 Bay, 29th FloorEmployment Type
RegularWeekly Hours
37.5Skills
Analytical Thinking, Automation, Communication, Credit Risks, Deliverables Management, Market Risk, Prioritization, Product Knowledge, Python Automation, Quality Improvement, Regulatory Requirements, Risk Analytics, Risk Management, SQL Databases