Senior Private Banker

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What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Private Banker, you will cultivate new and manage existing high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) client relationships, providing tailored banking and lending solutions. You will oversee a portfolio of relationships, ensuring strong sales execution, portfolio management, and adherence to risk standards.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with internal partners across CIBC Private Wealth Management and CIBC Commercial Banking to expand relationships and deliver a full range of financial services. Your leadership will drive profitable growth, deepen client relationships, and enhance the team’s performance in meeting lending and deposit needs.
 

To successfully perform the work, you will be on-site full-time. 

How you’ll succeed

• Lead and manage private banking relationships: Oversee complex lending and deposit relationships for HNW and UHNW clients.

• Expand client relationships: Serve as a trusted advisor, actively identifying opportunities to offer customized lending, deposit, and wealth management solutions.

• Ensure portfolio health and risk management: Oversee portfolio reviews, past-due remediation, risk rating accuracy, and timely renewals for your portfolio.

• Facilitate credit and underwriting processes: Work closely with Underwriting, Group Portfolio Managers, and Credit Risk Management to structure deals that meet client needs while mitigating risk.

• Leverage technology for client engagement: Ensure Salesforce activity is up to date, tracking client interactions, opportunities, and referrals.

• Actively participate in the market: Represent CIBC Private Wealth Management by engaging in local industry events and building new client relationships.

Who you are

• Experienced in private banking: You have 7–10 years of experience managing lending and deposit relationships for HNW and UHNW clients.

• Educational background: You have a bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Real Estate, or Economics (preferred).

• Credit and investment expertise: You have deep credit knowledge, experience working with investment portfolios, and an understanding of trust solutions.

• Relationship-driven: You excel at building and maintaining relationships with HNW and UHNW individuals, business owners, and corporate executives.

• Risk-focused and analytical: You can assess credit risk, structure lending solutions, and complete the necessary analysis and documentation for credit actions.

• Technology proficient: You are skilled in Microsoft Office, financial analysis, and modeling, with experience utilizing Salesforce for client management.

• Industry-savvy: Experience advising business owners and corporate executives in Middle Market, Large Corporate, and/or Private Wealth is highly desired.

• Formally trained in credit: You have formal credit training or equivalent experience to support complex credit structuring.

What success looks like

• Strong and growing client relationships, with increased penetration of lending, deposit, and wealth management solutions.

• Consistently updated and accurate Salesforce tracking of client activities and opportunities.

• Active participation in industry and market events, expanding CIBC Private Wealth Management’s presence.

• Effective collaboration with internal teams to drive deal execution and client satisfaction.