Senior Officer, Operations

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Group insurance coverage

Training and mentorship

Indigenous accommodation options

Job summary

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is seeking a Bilingual Senior Officer in Financing Operations to support the Affordable Housing Fund. You will manage fund advances through construction, assess risks, and ensure projects are completed while CMHC safeguards its interests.

This temporary 13-month role emphasizes client management, underlining strong analytical and negotiation skills. Hybrid work with some in-office presence is available, supporting collaboration across CMHC teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in administration, finance, or accounting or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• Minimum of three years in finance/housing industry (construction financing, banking, or housing development).
• Demonstrated client management skills and ability to negotiate with clients.
• Ability to interpret program guidelines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong oral and written communication in both English and French.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, process and approve funding requests within budgetary authority and monitor construction progress.
• Review supporting documentation and third-party reports to assess risks and propose solutions.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure funds are disbursed when conditions are met.
• Review loan agreements to ensure conditions are satisfied and process amendments.
• Maintain relationships with clients to understand needs and objectives.

Skills

Client management

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Bilingual English/French

Stakeholder relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in administration, finance, or accounting

Tools

MS Excel

Financial analysis tools

Job description

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Office Location:Ottawa (ON); Calgary (AB); Halifax (NS); Montreal (QC); Toronto (ON); Vancouver (BC)

Travel Requirement:Limited

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak):CBC

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary:Our salaries generally range from $73555.31to $91944.14and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We're committed to advancing employment equity and fostering an inclusive workplace. To reflect the diversity of Canada’s population, we encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ individuals, veterans, and racialized peoples. We also welcome applications from all individuals eligible to work in Canada.

We are also committed to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and supporting the meaningful inclusion of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis voices and priorities. While this position is hybrid requiring some in-office presence, a work from home arrangement may be considered for First Nations candidates on reserve or Indigenous candidates that reside further than 125KM from a CMHC office.

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a contract employee:

• Annual individual performance bonus.
• Group insurance coverage to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About the role

Join the Housing Programs Team, in the Bilingual Senior Officer, Financing Operations position. In this role you will support projects approved under CMHC’s Affordable Housing Fund program by managing the advancing of funds throughout the construction process until project completion. You will help ensure these multi-unit housing projects funded by CMHC are successfully constructed or renovated, while ensuring that risks to CMHC are appropriately managed.

This is a temporary position of a duration of 13 months.

What you'll do:

• Analyze, process and approve funding requests and monitor the ongoing construction of multi-unit housing projects within your financial limits and budgetary authority.
• Review supporting documentation and professional third-party reports, such as, quantity surveyor reports, drawdown schedules and title searches to assess risks to CMHC and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure clients receive their funds as expected when funding conditions are met.
• Review loan agreements to ensure that clients continue to satisfy all the conditions outlined in their agreement and process amendments when necessary.
• Maintain quality relationships with clients to understand their needs and objectives.

What you should have:

• A bachelor’s degree in administration, finance, or accounting, or a combination of education and experience may be considered.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in the finance and/or housing industry, such as construction financing commercial banking or housing development.
• Demonstrated client management skills with the ability to negotiate with clients and arrive at acceptable solutions.
• The ability to interpret program guidelines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in both official languages (French and English).
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with various stakeholders.

It would be great if you also had:

• A certification as a:Certified in Real Estate Finance (CRF), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS), Canadian Risk Manager (CRM) or Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI) designation.
• Knowledge of underwriting principles and practices for multi-unit housing projects.
• Experience in building reports and/or in using statistical analysis software such as MS Excel.

Posting closing date:

N ote, the competition will remain active until filled.

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