Senior Financial Analyst, Technology Finance

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What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Financial Analyst, Technology Finance, you will provide financial planning, analysis, month-end support, and decision support to key business partners within the Technology portfolio. You will help leaders understand financial performance, manage expenses effectively, and support planning and forecasting activities.
Reporting to the Director, Technology Finance, you will work closely with Finance and business partners to develop the annual financial plan and quarterly forecasts, oversee month-end activities, analyze financial results, and deliver reporting and insights to stakeholders. You will also support cross-portfolio initiatives and serve as a key point of contact for finance-related matters within your partner group.

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

• Financial planning and analysis – Support the development of the annual financial plan and quarterly forecasts across direct operating expenses and project-related funding. Deliver analysis and insights that help leaders understand financial performance and planning assumptions.  Meet regularly with finance users and business partners to understand key inputs and outputs, assess financial performance, present forecasts and analysis, and provide actionable recommendations. Support month-end close activities, including general ledger analysis, journal entry processing, validation checks, exception management, and stakeholder reporting.

• Decision support – Analyze operating and financial information to support decision-making. Partner with team members to validate analysis, identify issues and risks, and recommend timely solutions.

• Relationship management – Build and maintain strong collaborative partnerships across Technology, Finance, and governance functions to support effective financial outcomes.

• Financial modelling and technical capability – Apply advanced Excel modelling and financial systems knowledge to improve accuracy, efficiency, and process effectiveness.

• Executive communication – Prepare materials for an executive audience and communicate key financial messages, insights, and recommendations clearly and effectively.

• Automation and process improvement – Identify opportunities to improve automation and process efficiency, and support the implementation and communication of process changes, including those related to SAP migration.

Who You Are

• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way.

• You can demonstrate experience in financial planning and reporting. You have experience in financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis. Knowledge of CIBC or banking financial processes will be considered an asset.  In addition, you have strong Excel skills, and experience with financial and reporting tools is an asset, including SAP, Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI, GL:DM, Essbase-based platforms, CMR, and OnePlan.

• You know that details matter. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.

• You embrace and advocate for change. You continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.

• 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 work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive compensation, a banking benefit*, wellbeing support and additional offers such as employee and family assistance programs 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.

*Subject to 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.

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