Senior Consultant, Risk Governance

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You’ll support the overall mandate of the CAO Risk Governance, control ( GRC) team. You’ll lead the management of material, systemic and emerging risks by developing and implementing integrated control improvement solutions, across all products and distribution channels within CAO You’ll lead the management of controls to mitigate operational exposures and potential losses and will support CIBC’s Control Framework to ensure compliance to regulatory, legislative, and operational requirements, including the efficient and effective management of deficiency remediation.

As part of supporting the relationship, you’ll be a key contributor to the operational risk strategy for the assigned Line of Business (LOB) within CAO.

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.

• Relationship Management - Relationship manager and collaborative consultant with business partners and 2nd and 3rd Lines of Defense for all matters relating to operational risk. Manage relationships at peer or director level, as well as project and initiative managers, within the assigned LOB. Represent Risk Governance on LOB initiatives.
• Risk Assessment/Risk Consulting - Work closely with LOB partners to proactively identify risk exposures and control gaps. Analyze and synthesize risk exposures, operational losses, root causes and control gaps. Lead the assessment and recommendation of self‑assessed deficiencies to mitigate risk exposures and control gaps. Lead the Change Initiative Risk Assessment (CIRA) process ensuring all risks are identified and compliant to the CIBC CIRA process.
  
  Acts as the risk and controls Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing expert advice to Line of Business partners. Participate in business, governance and regulatory projects, initiatives, to identify risk and control issues. Lead all Internal Audits, Compliance Exams and GORM Reviews for the LOB regarding audit scope review & finalization, requests for information, fieldwork support and potential deficiency management. Lead the execution of annual audit plan activities and ongoing management self‑assessment processes.
  
  Lead Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) or other regulatory exam requirements, as and when required.

• Control Framework Design/Execution/Management - Understand and communicate Control Framework requirements to LOB partners to ensure awareness and understanding and impacts. Lead the completion of all CIBC Control Framework requirements, including Risk and Controls Self Assessments (RCSAs), Scenarios and Key Regulatory Indicators (KRIs). Act as the Maintenance Officer for Operational Process Controls (OPCs), Financial Process Controls (FPCs) and Regulatory Compliance Management (RCM) controls.
  
  Recommend new/changes to controls, and control testing programs. Review control testing results and recommend self‑assessment of deficiencies. Develop & present Executive Reporting on the governance & controls environment of portfolio LoBs.

• You demonstrate experience in Cyber, Third party risk assessment, GRC, Infosec and AI, You understand their key businesses and processes. Extensive knowledge of risk management, audit & regulatory compliance principles, practices, policies and procedures.
• Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by sharing your expertise .
• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems, and making sense of information. You're confident in your ability to…