Executive Director, Global Markets Trading & Financing - Business Management

What you’ll be doing  The Capital Markets arm of CIBC serves corporate, government, and institutional clients with innovative solutions and value-added services. From actionable ideas to tailored financing solutions, advisory services, and a strong suite of capital markets, trading, financing, and treasury capabilities, CIBC Capital Markets helps clients capitalize on opportunities and manage risk. As Executive Director, Global Markets Trading & Financing, Business Management, you will lead the Business Management function supporting the Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities (FICC), Global Markets Financing (GMF), and Financial Resource Management (FRM) businesses.

You will act as a strategic advisor to business leadership and as the principal liaison between the front office and partners across CIBC to ensure business strategies, initiatives, operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and financial objectives are effectively executed. You will lead a team responsible for delivering coordinated business management coverage across trading, financing, and financial resource management activities. You will operate in a fast-paced environment, anticipate business needs, resolve complex issues, and drive priorities that support business performance, strong governance, and effective resource deployment.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. To successfully perform the work, you’ll be on-site full-time.
How you’ll succeed  Strategic Planning & Business Execution  Partner with FICC, GMF, and FRM leadership to develop and execute business strategies, growth priorities, and annual business plans. Lead cross-functional initiatives and projects, oversee Change Initiative Risk Assessments (CIRAs), and maintain business roadmaps, leadership materials, dashboards, and management reporting. Identify opportunities to simplify processes, strengthen execution, and improve business performance.
Governance, Risk & Control  Ensure Risk Delegations, Authorized Product Listings, policies, procedures, supervisory documentation, and governance attestations remain current and complete. Oversee deficiency management, risk and control self-assessments, privacy matters, operational incidents, records management, user access, contracts, and business-managed technology requirements.
Financial Management & Resource Optimization  Partner with business leaders, Finance, Treasury, and Risk to support financial planning, forecasting, expense management, and performance reporting. Provide insight into revenue, client activity, balance sheet utilization, funding, capital, liquidity, and resource consumption. Support decisions that improve financial resource deployment and business returns.
Management Information & Executive Reporting  Oversee the development and maintenance of line-of-business roadmaps, leadership presentations, and materials for senior management and Board-level discussions. Ensure reporting is accurate, timely, and provides clear insight into performance, priorities, risks, and required decisions.
Stakeholder & Business Support  Serve as the primary coordination point between business leadership and partners across Technology, Operations, Finance, Treasury, Risk Management, Compliance, Legal, Audit, Enterprise Resilience, Human Resources, and Corporate Services. Drive resolution of issues affecting the front office and coordinate responses to audit, regulatory, compliance, and governance requests.
Vendor, Contract & Expense Oversight  Support vendor onboarding and contract execution in partnership with Legal, Procurement, Corporate Services, and other stakeholders. Oversee invoice validation and approval, expense reviews, cost tracking, and vendor…