CIBC | Director, Distribution Strategy & Financial Management

Responsibilities

• As a key member of the Distribution Strategy team for Personal Banking and Imperial Service, you’ll help shape the strategy and priorities for CIBC’s banking centre and advisor channels.
• Under the new CIBC Way operating model, the Distribution Strategy team supports the Banking Centre Distribution & Mass Affluent domain and is part of the Portfolio Value & Financial Management Centre of Excellence.
• In this role, you’ll connect channel strategy with portfolio-level insights and investment decisions, identify opportunities, and develop data-driven recommendations that help senior leaders prioritize investments and maximize value.
• Reporting to the Senior Director, Distribution Strategy & Enablement, you’ll lead high-priority strategic and financial management work that supports growth, productivity, and stronger client and advisor experiences.
• You’ll partner with Crew Leads, Product Owners, Squads, Finance, and other Centres of Excellence to advance strategic priorities.
• You’ll also lead complex research and analysis, create materials for senior executive forums, and help strengthen the Centre of Excellence’s capabilities, operating practices, and talent.
• Lead the development and evolution of strategies for CIBC’s banking centre and advisor channels.
• Lead rigorous financial and quantitative assessments of priority initiatives.
• Partner effectively with Crew Leads, Product Owners, Squads, Finance, Technology, and other Centres of Excellence.
• Provide strategic and financial expertise, constructive challenge, and decision support while maintaining clear accountabilities across teams.
• Develop executive materials that articulate the opportunity, supporting evidence, options, trade-offs, recommendations, and expected impact.
• Provide thought leadership across strategic and financial management priorities while helping strengthen the Centre of Excellence’s capabilities, ways of working, and shared knowledge.
• Translate portfolio-level insights into recommendations that support prioritization, sequencing, and resourcing decisions.

You have relevant experience

• You bring 6 to 9 years of experience in strategy, management consulting, financial management, corporate development, or a related field, ideally within financial services.
• You have a strong track record of developing strategies, assessing complex opportunities, and translating analysis into measurable business outcomes.
• You have a degree in business, finance, economics, or a related field.
• A Master of Business Administration, Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Professional Accountant, or another relevant advanced degree or professional designation is an asset.
• You have experience developing and implementing strategic team goals.
• You have experience coaching employees and inspiring successful team performance.
• You have advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel and can develop high-quality executive materials and robust financial and analytical models.
• Experience with data visualization, analytics, or artificial intelligence-enabled productivity tools is an asset.

CIBC

CIBC is an employer hiring in India (sector: BFSI / Investments / Insurance). In its own words: "Bank on your terms with CIBC – whether it’s in person, over the phone or online, CIBC has you covered."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Toronto, Montréal, Sudbury and Vancouver.

• Industry: BFSI / Investments / Insurance