Director, Investment Banking Compliance

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What You’ll Be Doing:

The Investment Banking Compliance Officer you will serve as a strategic partner to the business and internal stakeholders, advising on regulatory risk, transaction execution, and control frameworks for Investment Banking . You'll bridge front-office strategy with regulatory and governance considerations, delivering actionable insights that support complex transactions, market activity, and business growth. Your role will involve collaborating with Sales & Trading, Investment Banking, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Operations teams to ensure transactions align with global regulatory requirements. You'll lead risk assessments, enhance governance frameworks, and provide guidance on market structure and trading conduct, helping clients navigate regulatory challenges and capitalize on market opportunities.

How You’ll Succeed:

The Investment Banking Compliance Officer is primarily accountable for:

• Advise corporate and financial institution clients on regulatory considerations impacting capital markets transactions, including debt capital and equity offerings, derivatives strategies, and structured products.

• Reviewing Watch and Restricted List surveillance reports to identify any suspicious or prohibited transactions.

• Maintaining the U.S. portion of CIBC’s Global Watch and Restricted Lists through frequent communication with U.S. Investment Banking, Corporate Credit and Capital Markets staff to ensure deal information is current and accurate.

• Preparation of management information as it relates to the control room and other internal reporting.

• Partner with Sales & Trading, Investment Banking, and Legal teams to evaluate transaction structures, ensuring alignment with SEC, SRO, and global regulatory requirements.

• Conduct diligence on trading activity, supervisory frameworks, and control environments as part of transaction advisory and client engagements.

• Develop and enhance governance frameworks, policies, and supervisory procedures to support capital markets activities and mitigate regulatory risk.

• Review and preparation of training materials and conduct training both to compliance and to business as required.

• Advise on remediation strategies and control enhancements in response to regulatory findings, due diligence outcomes, or transaction-related risks.

• Support senior client discussions and internal committees by delivering insights on regulatory trends, enforcement developments, and market best practices.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Risk, Compliance, and Operations to align advisory recommendations with business strategy and execution capabilities.

• Providing support with ongoing regulatory matters within U.S. Capital Markets.

• Complete compliance risk assessments for the businesses.

• Create and map controls to regulatory obligations used in risk Assessments

Who You Are:

• Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills

• Bachelor’s degree; J.D. preferred

• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, Word;

• Comprehensive understanding of US regulatory landscape, private side business activities relating to Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, and Debt Capital Markets;

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory concepts into business-focused advice.

• Series 7, 63 preferred (24 license a plus);

Cross Functional Relationships:

This job requires interaction with:

• Technology in order to continually evaluate and enhance systems to address specific regulator