Analyst, Alternate Solutions Group

CIBC • Toronto, ON

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Join CIBC’s Alternate Solutions Group (ASG) as a Sales and Distribution Analyst / Associate and play a meaningful role in scaling innovative, technology‑driven capital markets solutions. This is a full‑time role on a fast‑paced, high‑expectations sales and distribution team, supporting revenue growth, client delivery, and strategic expansion across CIBC Global Markets. Launched in 2013, ASG operates within the Payments division of CIBC Global Markets with a mandate to design and deliver innovative, technology‑enabled capital markets solutions. The group blends the agility and entrepreneurial mindset of a FinTech with the scale, financial strength, and governance of a leading global bank. ASG is a recognized market leader across multiple product areas, including Cross‑Border Payments, Dynamic Currency Conversion, International Student Pay, Global Money Transfer, Foreign Cash, and other money‑movement solutions. As a member of the Sales and Distribution team, you will work closely with senior leaders, product specialists, and partners to support client acquisition, expansion, and ongoing relationship management. Your responsibilities will include supporting sales activities and initiatives, developing and executing distribution strategies, enabling product adoption and growth, and managing performance across a diverse client base - including financial institutions, public sector clients, corporations, higher education institutions, small businesses, and CIBC’s retail branch network. You will analyze data and market activity, prepare client materials and presentations, and monitor economic and market developments to provide timely and informed responses to client requests. Drawing on your understanding of the FinTech landscape and disruptive technologies, with a particular focus on FX and payments, you will apply these insights to support commercial execution and product growth. In addition, you will support ASG leadership in driving revenue growth, improving distribution effectiveness, and scaling product capabilities. Success in this role will be measured by your ability to translate insights into action, support pipeline growth, expand distribution channels, and contribute directly to business outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the FinTech sector and gain hands-on experience in a growth-oriented capital markets business. You will be part of a dynamic, execution-focused environment that requires balancing multiple priorities and responding quickly to evolving client and market needs. The position provides direct exposure to senior leadership and is ideal for a high-performing individual seeking meaningful commercial experience and the opportunity to make a tangible impact. 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.

Requirements

• Hold an undergraduate degree in Commerce, Economics, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics), or a related discipline
• 1–5 years of experience in sales support, distribution, capital markets, payments, foreign exchange (FX), FinTech, or financial services
• Demonstrated interest in Capital Markets
• Strong knowledge of Capital Markets, FinTech and the financial services industries
• Ability to analyze complex issues and identify and develop innovative opportunities, with a focus on FX and payments
• Ability to investigate complex problems and make sense of information
• Confidence in ability to communicate detailed information in an impactful way
• Proficiency in MS-office suite of tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.) and ability to use them for financial modeling, presentations and technical project documentation
• Experience supporting sales execution, analyzing performance and pipeline data, preparing materials for clients, and responding quickly to time-sensitive requests in a fast-paced Global Markets setting
• Comfortable working non-standard hours as needed based on market activity and client needs
• Passion for staying up-to-date with emerging technologies
• Passion for people
• Build trust through respect and authenticity
• Attention to detail
• Critical thinking skills to inform decision making
• Values matter to you
• Bring your real self to work, and live CIBC values – trust, teamwork and accountability
• Legally eligible to work at the specified location(s) and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit

Nice To Haves

• Experience in quantitative or technical fields - such as mathematics, engineering, or computer science
• Strong analytical skills
• Commercial judgment
• Supporting revenue-generating teams
• Experience with Salesforce, Python, Power BI
• Courses in Artificial Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Supporting sales activities and initiatives
• Developing and executing distribution strategies
• Enabling product adoption and growth
• Managing performance across a diverse client base
• Analyzing data and market activity
• Preparing client materials and presentations
• Monitoring economic and market developments to provide timely and informed responses to client requests
• Applying insights from the FinTech landscape and disruptive technologies, with a focus on FX and payments, to support commercial execution and product growth
• Supporting ASG leadership in driving revenue growth, improving distribution effectiveness, and scaling product capabilities
• Translating insights into action
• Supporting pipeline growth
• Expanding distribution channels
• Contributing directly to business outcomes
• Partnering with your team to make an impact by applying a technical skillset to help generate insights and/or optimize processes
• Showcasing highly effective written, oral and presentation skills with an ability to explain complex concepts in a simplified way
• Formulating solution scope and objectives to meet the business need and validate requirements, testing, training and implementation of applications
• Ensuring execution of project control procedures and policies within a number of unrelated large projects
• Analyzing business opportunities and presenting recommendations to address through analysis, reporting and research

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Incentive pay
• Banking benefits
• Benefits program
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Employee share purchase plan
• Vacation offering
• Wellbeing support
• MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
• Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level