Sr. Analyst, AML - Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative

Specialisterne; Toronto; On-site; CAD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Twelve weeks support

Inclusive onboarding

Job summary

Specialisterne is recruiting for a Sr. Analyst, AML in Toronto, with a hybrid work arrangement. The role sits in CIBC's Financial Intelligence Unit and focuses on investigations, regulatory compliance, and risk assessment.

You will liaise with multiple business units, access internal systems, and support the development and implementation of AML strategies to mitigate risk. Target start date is September 2026.

Qualifications

• Familiar with anti-money laundering concepts.
• Experience with consumer regulatory/compliance requirements, policies, procedures and methodologies.
• Basic banking knowledge on products and services.
• Knowledge of AML and terrorist financing framework.
• Certifications in AML are a plus; systems knowledge (COINS, ECIF, SWIFT, PRM, PostEdge, WorldCheck) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth investigative activities on unusual transactions or events that may relate to money laundering or terrorist financing.
• Identify high risk client relationships and assess related information.
• Gather, organize and interpret data to support preliminary conclusions.
• Report unusual activities to the relevant AML/TF reporting center.
• Stay current on laws and regulatory requirements and advise accordingly.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Multi-tasking

Decision making

Attention to detail

Education

AML knowledge

Basic banking knowledge

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

AML certifications (nice to have)

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

SharePoint

COINS

ECIF

SWIFT

PRM

PostEdge

WorldCheck

Job description

Specialisterne is Recruiting!

Specialisterne connects qualified neurodivergent candidates to employment opportunities in numerous industries and sectors in Canada and the US.

To be eligible to apply, you must have experienced barriers getting and/or maintaining meaningful employment and you identify with one of the following:

• Autism (including Asperger’s and PDD-NOS)
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Learning Disability (e.g., dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia)
• Intellectual Disability
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Tourette Syndrome

Employees hired through Specialisterne will be supported by a Specialisterne Workplace Support Specialist for their first twelve weeks on the job.

Specialisterne is proud to partner with CIBC on a Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative.

CIBC is a leading North American financial institution. From Personal, Business and Commercial Banking to Wealth Management and Capital Markets businesses, their 44,000 employees provide a full range of financial products and services to 10 million clients in Canada, the United States and around the world.

CIBC places a high value on diversity in its workforce, recognizes the business benefits that accrue from responding to challenges from multiple perspectives, and is exercising a leadership position in the hiring of people with disabilities.

Title: Sr. Analyst, AML

Employment Type: Full-Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (Twice per month at present, may be more frequent in the future)

Target Start Date: September, 2026

Salary Range: $66,090-72,000

About this Role:

You’ll be joining our Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Investigations Team. You'll provide timely and proactive advice and independent oversight of CIBC's compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. As the Sr. Analyst, AML you'll be responsible for liaising with businesses across the enterprise and accessing various internal systems, in order to obtain supporting information and/or documentation in order to support your recommended investigation outcome. You'll assist in the design, development, and implementation of strategies to mitigate AML risks, enterprise-wide based on the financial intelligence gathered through internal and external sources.

Essential Tasks - In this job, you will:

• Conduct in-depth investigative activities on unusual transactions or events received from CIBC business units, branches, or TMS that may relate to money laundering or terrorist financing.
• Identify, perform analysis, and assess client information to identify potential high risk client relationships such as cash-intensive businesses and individuals, politically exposed persons and non-residents, client holdings and activity.
• Gather, organize and interpret data and/or information, and formulate preliminary conclusions with limited oversight.
• Report unusual transactions or activities to the appropriate money laundering and/or terrorist financing reporting center.
• Research new and pending laws, regulations, and industry commitments ensuring that relevant issues and organizational risks are identified.
• Provide timely and ongoing identification, risk assessment, and communication of changing regulatory requirements.
• Work with business management to establish an appropriate regulatory compliance culture and help the business to ensure that compliance risk and control processes are effective and cost-efficient.
• Consult, oversee, and monitor resolution if complex or contentious regulatory compliance issues.

General Skills and Abilities - You have:

• Time management skills to ensure all requests for information from lines of business are fulfilled in accordance to predetermined timelines.
• Effective communication skills in order to document the review and assessment of client relationships and effectively communicate conclusions and next step recommendations.
• Ability to multi-task within a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Attention to detail.

Digital/Technical Skills & Tools - You are:

• Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Excel.
• Basic to Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Suite of Applications including
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Outlook
  • SharePoint
• Comfortable conducting open source research and documentation on web browsers.
• Willing to learn new programs and systems.

Required skill level*

• Basic - e.g., I can do this in simple situations with close or extensive guidance.
• Basic to Intermediate
• Intermediate - e.g., I can do this in most situations, with occasional guidance.
• Intermediate to expert
• Expert - e.g., I can do this in exceptionally difficult situations with no guidance and I can be a key resource for others.

Education/Knowledge - You are:

• Familiar with anti-money laundering knowledge and concepts.
• Familiar with CIBC's organization.
• Basic banking knowledge on products and services.
• Experience with consumer related regulatory/compliance requirements, policies, procedures and methodologies.
• Knowledge of Anti-money Laundering and terrorist financing framework.
• Experience in dealing with a wide variety of payments types and transactions types.
• Nice to have (but not required):
  • Certifications in Anti-Money Laundering.
  • Systems/application knowledge of COINS, ECIF, SWIFT, PRM, PostEdge, WorldCheck, etc.

Additional Information:

Here’s how frequently the following types of communication and interaction are required to perform the job:

• Oral communication: Daily
• Email communication: Daily/Constantly
• Instant messaging: Daily
• Telephone Communication: Daily
• Video communication: Daily (Camera Optional but strongly encouraged)
• Interacting with supervisors: Daily
• Interacting with peers: Daily
• Interacting with customers: N/A
• Selling or influencing others: N/A
• Training or teaching others: Weekly

Here’s what can employees find stressful about this job:

• Working in a fast paced environment and maintaining expected performance targets consisting of both quality and productivity metrics.
• Having to make quick rationale decisions independently on various steps of the case lifecycle including next step recommendations.

Here’s what employees tend to find motivating/rewarding about this job:

• Opportunity for growth within the department in a wide variety of roles with varying skill sets.
• Opportunities for development and skill building through various projects and initiatives.
• Opportunities to network and engage with team members across the department through various committees.
• Strong culture of recognition through the MomentMakers platform.

Workplace Support:

• Specialisterne and our employer partners are committed to providing inclusive onboarding experiences and supporting new employees as they learn on the job.
• All new hires continue to liaise with a Specialisterne Workplace Support Specialist for their first twelve weeks on the job.

The Recruitment Process:

To be considered for this position, you will:

• Complete a job application.
• Join our talent pool (if you haven't already) by completing an additional questionnaire and a pre-employment assessment.

Next Steps

• Successful applicants will create a job-specific Candidate Profile to answer job specific questions and/or complete a work sample exercise to showcase your skills for this role.
• Employers use Candidate Profiles to anonymously* shortlist candidates.
• Candidates and employers will meet to discuss the role in more detail.

*whenever possible