Senior Manager, Credit Risk Solutions

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As the Senior Manager, Credit Risk Solutions, you will assist the Director, Credit Risk Solutions with managing the Capital Markets Risk System initiatives so they deliver effective risk management information, and are properly positioned to respond to changing regulatory direction and practices. You will take ownership of your initiative (operational projects OR strategic projects) and collaborate with various stakeholder groups to deliver state of the art and innovative solutions that meet key business objectives and regulatory requirements.

You will provide subject matter expertise to support data, measurement, and process enhancements during project stages to ensure successful delivery and will lead partners in Risk, Capital Markets and Technology in designing and implementing solutions. You will be expected to provide an end-to-end client experience, such as: understanding the client issue, defining the purpose of the change, proposing a solution, and summarizing results to the client (e.g. walk through of test cases and providing impact analysis).

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 2-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

• Apply Domain Knowledge - Utilize expert knowledge of capital markets activities/products and experience in Counter party Credit Risk measurement and management. You will be familiar with pertinent regulatory requirements (existing and emerging).

• Initiative Oversight - Manage the lifecycle of your Agile and Release initiatives, which include: corresponding with the client to understand their issues; corresponding with technology to provide leadership and guidance to support your clients interests; and clearly setting out the objectives and expectations of the initiative.

• Business Analysis - Analyze, document and produce business requirements to deliver high quality solutions, through the existing infrastructure framework related to calculation and reporting ofrisk related metrics. You will ensure that the solutions meet CMRM and CIBC data integrity standards within a well-controlled and robust data management framework.

• Relationship Building - Collaborate with the various teams within and outside the RMSR group and Risk Management Technology. Your work will contribute to business leadership’s perception of RMSR as added value to their businesses.

• You can demonstrate experience. With Capital Market Product (OTC, Repo, Fixed Income and Sec Lend product) pricing, terminology and risk calculations. You understand Rational databases, SQL query analyzer, Microsoft excel and electronic information flow. You have experience utilizing risk systems & applications, front office trading systems, Counter party credit risk measurements and exposures, and capital models principles (SACCR, IMM, etc), best practices, processes, procedures, trading products and services.
  
  You have experience managing project and release intake, prioritization methods, delivery processes, including financials, project management, solution documentation and Enterprise Delivery Frameworks (Agile).

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

• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way. You draw on your prior experiences and knowledge to arrive at a calculated solution.

• You look beyond the moment. You know what you do will make a difference today and tomorrow. You look for new opportunities to…