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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Building out a Human Resource (HR) system to analyze staffing trends and predict future staffing requirements, while maintaining the existing position management system within the People, Culture & Brand group consisting of thousands of employees• Working with Data Analytics partners to develop prototypes for employee reporting dashboards, which are then automated and exported to the entire organization.• Preparing reports using the latest statistical data to align salary expenditure with headcount changes on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis for the senior executives.• Identified redundancies and gaps in the HR data and building operational reporting in Excel and Tableau • Manage stakeholders, partners, and executives to help them plan for upcoming changes within their respective budgets, crafting & analyzing evolving business cases and plotting out these budgetary changes in quarterly budget estimate reports which are then presented to executives for approval.• Managing and training the Senior Analyst and Analysts on the team to ensure accurate and timely financial budgeting and reporting.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Managed ~10M across multiple project budgets, related to employee capability enhancement, onboarding, workplace experience, transformation etc.• Partnered with multiple teams such as Payroll, Finance and Human Resources (HR) in order to build out annual financial plans, forecast budget and expenditure, resulting in a decrease in budget deviation by 25%.• Developed reporting policies and guidelines on various budgets and YTD expenditures for multiple business partners, executives and Strategic Business Units throughout CIBC.

Toronto, Canada Area

Commercial Banking Strategy & Premises Initiatives:• Managing ~1.2M in project budgets, related to US expansion, Canadian location strategy and Technology enhancements.• Working with partners in HR and business leaders to ensure effective communications and rollout of COVID-19 requirements at all Commercial Banking worksites and strategically mapping out viable Return to Office scenarios.• Overseeing global employee expansion, relocation, co-location and densification initiatives for Commercial Banking, Real Estate Finance, Corporate Finance, Innovation Banking and CIBC Asset Management, with projects in Vancouver, Saskatoon, Fredericton, Montreal, Toronto and California.• Consulting with numerous partner teams, including Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Services, HR, Tech & Ops and Finance in order to provide strategic solutions & enhancements to Commercial Banking & CAM.• Creating employee reporting on ~1K Innovation Banking and Commercial Banking employees, for use by Commercial Banking’s senior executives.

150 York Street, Toronto, Ontario

• Managed ongoing projects and programs such as Capital Plan tracking, annual technology spend, & budget management of 350K for the Capital Markets Continuing Education Program. • Reconciled and tracking all Talent Development expenses, accruals, and chargebacks to business partners, using Oracle Business Intelligence at an enterprise level to ensure all costs & reimbursements were allocated to the appropriate Business Units.• Provided consultation to the myriad teams in relation to financial analysis, business analysis and operational analysis, including the management and oversight of specialized software acquisition & deployment, as well as program management and process implementation.• Ensured that policies which affect the day-to-day operations of the Business unit were adhered to and improved, such as Business Continuity Management, Records Management, and Employee Operational Effectiveness.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Oversaw Retail, Commercial and Private Wealth Employees nationwide, working closely with Underwriting in order to enforce CIBC, Federal/Provincial liquidity, compliance and risk requirements.• Ensured that all CIBC internal credit policies and guidelines were maintained and followed, providing coaching and learning to lenders nationwide, reducing risk nationwide by minimizing losses incurred through any and all credit facilities issued by CIBC.• Created and analysed national reports on a per-annum basis, resulting in concise metrics, improved efficiency and accuracy in maintaining and updating existing due diligence protocols.• Developed and oversaw implementation of procedures and procedural changes to improve efficiency company-wide, with 25 Continuous Improvement initiatives implemented to date.

• Managed client portfolios, advising and supporting sales teams responsible for investment needs as well as lending and credit based needs.• Created and enforced policies and practices that result in aggressive and rapid customer acquisition and base growth, while co-ordinating with sales teams.• Analyzed and issued credit products and opening new accounts for clients, verifying and credit requirements for large scale credit for sales teams.• Created and initiated sales strategies designed to promote credit and investment products.

• Managed client portfolios, balancing investment needs against borrowing and credit based needs.• Created and sustained relationships with personal and business clients, enlarging the branch’s consumer base, financial products and services.• Increased client net worth through careful selection of market based products and registered savings options.• Analyzed daily reports detailing successful sales, strategies and acquisition plans. • Networked between internal departments, liaising between Legal, Credit Adjudication, Technical support in order to prepare and approve complex credit and investment deals.

• Managed large cash transactions, ensuring accuracy and establishing positive customer relations while minimizing liability risk, while also following collection procedures.• Created and sustained relationships with personal and business clients, enlarging the branch’s consumer base.• Kept careful control of cash flows coming in and out of bank, ensuring no loss to the branch by detecting and preventing use of counterfeit cash, cheques etc.