Senior Manager, Expense Management Canadian Banking

Is this role right for you? In this role you will: Lead the consolidation and analysis of CB’s non-interest expense reporting, forecasting, and planning processes: Lead in the coordination of a timely delivery for forecasts and profit plans, including: Post-quarter forecasts, Pre-quarter forecasts, Quarter End reasonability, Stress Testing, and Annual Profit plan. Effective communication of expectations and deliverables to CBF-EM team and key stakeholders. Provide insightful, timely and comprehensive expense analytics on quarter end, forecasting/plan and an ad-hoc basis, including responding to queries from CB Executive Management team and key stakeholders. Provides in-depth analysis of direct expenses as well as major support and allocated expenses to assist in identifying opportunities for cost savings and operational improvement. Collaborate with Director in expense process and reporting design, including robust expense category and business line reporting and optimized integration with Finance Transformation initiatives. Primary contact for Finance Transformation initiatives – lead in determining system/reporting requirements, testing and leading the roll-out to stakeholders. Develop and maintain long term strategic relationships with key partners: Build strong strategic relationship with CBF-EM key partners to provide seamless reporting across the division; key partners inclusive of greater CBF team, CB Statutory Reporting, Executive Office Finance, CB Business Line Finance and all-bank Support Teams. Exemplify strong team oriented mindset, to endorse a collaborative environment in both immediate and extended team. Empower individuals to contribute to the success of the team & CBF strategic direction. Effectively communicating and aligning individual and group goals. Developing and executing meaningful employee development plans; motivating and contributing to the development of subordinate/team performance in current job and for future opportunities. Recognizing team development needs and taking an active role in addressing gaps; exhibiting self-awareness around one’s own impact on the team and when necessary, adjusting leadership and motivational qualities to maximize subordinate/team performance. Actively sharing knowledge and experience to enhance the development of all team members. Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have: Post-secondary degree in Finance or Accounting with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. A professional accounting designation or MBA is preferred. Previous experience in Category Management, Cost Management. Strong knowledge of the banking industry and Canadian Banking. Excellent written and verbal communications skills sufficient to influence and deal with Executive and Senior Management effectively. Demonstrated leadership skills and relationship management expertise. Highly competent in financial and management reporting principles. Superior understanding of elements of effective control over integrity and completeness of financial reporting, attention to detail. Will require over-time during peak periods – quarter-end, forecasting and plan cycles. Highly competent in Microsoft Office Suite applications (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Oracle, Smartview, and Hyperion. What’s in it for you? A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development. A culture that promotes teamwork and cross-functional collaboration to achieve business goals. Inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, background, and experience. An organization committed to making a difference in our communities – for you and our customers. Opportunity to work with a very enthusiastic team that helps our clients by ensuring the Bank is able to continue to operate to deliver key business services.