Job Description

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.
At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.
To learn more about CIBC, please visit
CIBC.com

What You’ll Be Doing
Enterprise Wires Modernization (EWM) is a multi-year program that will implement a new modernized wire payment platform in several phases and workstreams. As Solution Consultant for EWM, you will be accountable for creating the solution design of the new modernized wire payments platform. This includes ensuring alignment of interim solutions of the various phases/workstreams, while considering the desired overall target state outcomes including ease of on-going support. Additionally, you will be accountable for remediating any design and build issues that may arise. You will also be connected with and aware of all industry payments changes to strategically evolve the wire payment platform solution to be flexible, scalable and adaptable for evolving business needs.
How You’ll Succeed

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  Design & Develop : Provide comprehensive senior level technical consulting to senior IT management and technical teams, working closely with multiple Technology groups and LOBs to identify and evaluate existing applications and determine the best and most relevant approaches and next steps.
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  Technical Solutions: Define end to end technical solutions that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints for enterprise payments systems including payments originating channels, Payment Services Hubs, Payment Engines and Payment rails. Analyze the viability of solutions to meet product timelines, budget and quality. Present the solution to different stakeholders as needed.
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  Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with business and technology partners to translate features and requirements to technical design and act as the lead designer for the program. Support business by helping drive solutions that meet the business goals and strategies.
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  Provide excellent advisory and SME expertise on best practices, methods and detailed approaches to integrating multiple applications in a highly complex environment, including helping to create high-level design artifacts, identify design issues as well as detailed system integration plans.
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  Design Council: Lead the design council, which will be a forum with key stakeholders to determine key aspects of the solution, ensure buy-in of the solution design from key stakeholders, and remediate any design issues that may arise
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  Relationship Management: Establish and manage relationships with key stakeholders and executive management; interface and maintain communications with Business and Technology management; develop rapport with vendor stakeholders for vendor applications that will be in the target state solution.
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  Perform evaluation as well as selection of new and emerging tools and techniques and support the development of business / technology proposals by estimating implementation costs and evaluating options.

Who You Are

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  You can demonstrate experience: A minimum of 5-7 years as a Solution or Technical Architect/Consultant. You have experience in providing guidance to technical teams, creating executive decks independently, and are well versed in presenting to executives.
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    Experience working with business and architecture teams to develop and design technology solutions is essential to this role.
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    Ideally, you have progressed through application development, analysis and design throughout your career. It’s an asset if you have previous client facing consulting experience.
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    You have highly developed analytical and conceptual skills in developing efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex problems.
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    You have strong knowledge of: high-value payments ecosystem (SWIFT/Lynx/LVTS wire payments). It’s an asset if you have knowledge of Industry Payments Modernization and other regulatory and expertise in the Canadian payments community.
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    Solid experience with a variety of technologies/frameworks including event-driven architecture, REST APIs, microservice architecture, CI/CD processes, DevOps pipelines, etc.
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    Knowledge of the ISO20022 payment standard is considered an asset. Knowledge of payment processing platforms (Payment Services Hubs, payment engines) considered an asset.
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  You have a degree / diploma in : Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics or Technical discipline; an MBA would be an asset
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  You embrace and champion change: You’ll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best. You empower and enable your team to make continuous improvement, go above and beyond, and deliver results.
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  You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of a team that enjoys working together to create a shared vision.
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  Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers
At CIBC, our people are our greatest asset. You’ll become part of a diverse community that acknowledges everyone’s unique talents, and empowers teams to do what’s right for the client, and to do it well. As part of our team, you will:

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  Thrive: Benefit from an open and approachable culture that provides the flexibility and support you need to integrate your life at work and at home
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  Connect: Work in a place where the right technology and infrastructure fosters innovation, collaboration and creativity
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  Develop: Grow your skills and career through our best-in-class onboarding experience, ongoing learning opportunities, and individual development planning.
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  Prosper: Share in our collective success with a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, health benefits program, and employee share purchase plan

What you need to know

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  CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact
  Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com
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  You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.

Job Location Toronto-483 Bay St 2nd Fl.
Employment Type Regular
Weekly Hours 37.5
Skills
Application Development, Building Architecture, Java, Managing Partner Relationships, Solutions Design, Stakeholder Management, SWIFT Payments, Systems Integration, Technical Consulting, Wire Payments