Senior Manager, Enterprise Sustainability

CIBC • Toronto, ON

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Senior Director, Sustainability Disclosures, you'll play a key role in supporting CIBC’s bank-wide sustainability transformation as we prepare for evolving voluntary and regulatory requirements. You'll focus on closing disclosure gaps by collaborating with business subject matter experts to develop and enhance disclosures that meet technical quantitative and qualitative standards. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across business units and functional groups, championing change and educating partners on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) requirements. Your efforts will help ensure CIBC remains ahead of industry expectations and continues to lead in sustainability practices. You’ll also support the publication process, including coordination with translation, multimedia, and PR teams, to ensure accurate disclosures are published with corresponding news releases. At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in financial services, ESG, sustainability, climate, or a related field.
• Understand the complexities of evolving voluntary and regulatory requirements.
• Worked within medium or large enterprises.
• Technical knowledge of sustainability concepts.
• Understand sustainability frameworks and regulations, and stay up to date with the evolving landscape.
• Ability to measure and communicate detailed information in an impactful way.
• Excellent interpersonal skills enable you to build strong relationships and drive positive outcomes.
• Critical thinking skills help inform decision making.
• Quickly grasp complex issues and adapt to new subject matter and changing circumstances.
• Proven project management and strategic planning skills.
• Develop plans and tactics to support input, engagement, and approvals across functional teams.
• Able to work independently with little oversight.
• Experience coaching employees and driving successful team results.
• Bring your real self to work, and live CIBC values – trust, teamwork, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Monitor evolving standards and regulations, working with internal partners to interpret changes and impacts to CIBC’s sustainability disclosures, processes, controls, and data approaches.
• Support the development of CIBC’s sustainability report and other sustainability and climate disclosures, owning specific sections and managing content contributions from multiple stakeholders across the bank.
• Conduct benchmarking, research, and analysis to identify opportunities for disclosure enhancements and work with content contributors to improve alignment with voluntary and regulatory requirements year-over-year.
• Facilitate multiple rounds of internal reviews with executives and review teams (e.g., Finance, Legal, Compliance, Oversight Functions), including SVP attestations, Senior Executive Sustainability Council, and Board mailouts, to refine and finalize disclosures.
• Support the publication process, collaborating with translation, multimedia, and PR teams to ensure accurate disclosures are published with corresponding news releases.
• Review and update CIBC’s strategy for responding to sustainability-related assessments.
• Lead and support business units in responding to RFPs and sustainability assessments, training champions within business units to build capacity.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and presentation skills to manage key stakeholder relationships.
• Support project management and coordination of input, reviews, and approvals from content contributors across the bank.
• Maintain a collaborative work environment and assist team members in resolving organizational, operational, and process challenges.
• Complete third-party sustainability rating and ranking assessments and conduct peer benchmarking, research, and analysis to understand the public perception of CIBC’s sustainability and climate position, identifying gaps and opportunities to enhance sustainability strategy and disclosure.

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: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed