Consultant, Automation & Analytics

CIBC•Toronto, ON

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Operations, Transformation and Automation team at CIBC is focused on building and supporting instrumentation, analytics, automation, reporting, and capacity management capabilities. The team aims to streamline processes through simplification and automation to improve operations and better serve partners and clients. The Consultant, Automation & Analytics is responsible for developing solutions using self-serve tools like Power Apps, Power Automate, VBA, Alteryx, Azure DevOps, and Tableau to solve business problems. This role involves assisting in resolving routine and non-routine operational issues by investigating, analyzing, and providing independent opinions or recommendations on compliance, policy changes, operational controls, risk assessment, and control activities. The Consultant provides technical leadership in developing precise steps and processing logic across platforms to ensure business needs are met. The role also offers comprehensive senior-level technical consulting to senior management and technical teams, advising on existing and emerging infrastructure technologies, translating user requirements into process and data requirements, and developing impactful business solutions. The successful candidate needs a strong understanding of business analytics and an automation mindset, and must be flexible, adaptable, and able to think creatively in a fast-paced environment with changing requirements. The role allows for remote work with occasional on-site presence (1-2 days per month), subject to business needs.

Requirements

3-5+ years experience in designing, developing, implementing and supporting applications with expertise in most of the following: No/Low Code Tools (VBA, Alteryx, Power Automate, Power App), Analytics Software (Tableau, Power BI), Databases (SAS, Oracle, SQL Server), Cloud (Azure, AWS), ETL (Informatica, SSIS), and Tools (source control/issue management: Git, TFS, JIRA, Azure DevOps, Selenium).
Strong understanding of business analytics and an automation mindset.
Ability to work in a faced-paced environment with changing requirements.
Flexibility, adaptability and ability to think of outside-the-box solutions.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Technical discipline.
Ability to embrace and champion change.
Passion about being on top of technology trends.
Ability to continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.
Ability to influence and make an impact through relationships and networks.
Digitally savvy, seeking out innovative solutions and embracing evolving technologies, and adapting to new tools and trends.
Ability to bring your real self to work and live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

Nice To Haves

MBA or Master degree with specialization on Advanced Analytics, ML or AI
PMP and Lean 6 Sigma certification

Responsibilities

Develop solutions leveraging self-serve tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, VBA Alteryx, Azure DevOps & Tableau to address business problems.
Assist in the resolution of routine and non-routine operational problems or issues by investigating, analyzing and providing an informed and independent opinion or recommendation on compliance issues, changes to policies, adequacy of operational controls, risk assessment, and control activities.
Provide technical leadership to develop precise steps and processing logic across all platforms, ensuring the designed specifications achieve business needs.
Provide comprehensive senior level technical consulting to other senior management and senior technical teams.
Provide consultation for senior management on a wide spectrum of existing and emerging infrastructure technologies, translating user requirements to process and data requirements and developing solutions for the business with far-reaching impact.
Perform and coordinate complex solution design activities.
Understand the business requirements and translate them into system and application design that is aligned with our technology roadmap.
Design and document the technical functionality, infrastructure, interfaces and integrations.
Lead the design of cost-effective and innovative solutions to meet both business objectives and the goal of operational efficiency.
Contribute to technology roadmaps that are aligned with the bank’s vision, strategy, and business objectives.
Lead multiple complex technology solutions while maintaining consistency across the platform, adopting best practices and pushing forward continuous improvements.
Act as the solution lead and interface with the project teams by driving and moderating design review sessions to walk stakeholders through and ensure that the overall design aligns with business requirements as well as architectural directions.
Support and mentor junior designers and developers through knowledge sharing, collaboration and effective problem solving.

Benefits

competitive salary
incentive pay
banking benefits
a benefits program
defined benefit pension plan
an employee share purchase plan
a 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