Production Support Engineering Manager (Financial Systems)

About the role

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, empowering you to make a meaningful impact while being truly valued for who you are and what you contribute.

As a Financial System Support Manager at CIBC, you lead a team responsible for the stability, resilience, and operational support of production finance applications. You oversee incident, problem, and change management for critical finance systems (e.g., Hyperion, Prologue, Sage), coordinate major incident response, and drive root-cause resolution through robust monitoring, automation, and disciplined support practices. You work closely with Finance, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Audit partners to manage risk, meet governance requirements, and uphold service standards for financial applications. As a people leader, you coach and develop talent, foster team effectiveness, and promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 2 days per week on-site at our Chicago location, while other days may be remote. Occasional travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Financial Application Stability & Support Execution: Lead the day-to-day support of critical finance applications to ensure stability, availability, and performance. Implement and uphold support standards, monitoring, and operational procedures that improve reliability and recoverability for Hyperion, Prologue, Sage, and similar systems.
• Incident, Problem & Change Management: Manage incidents, problems, and change activities for finance applications to minimize business impact and restore service quickly. Coordinate major incident response, support communications, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Operational & Business Insight: Apply knowledge of finance operations, business processes, and technology dependencies to assess impact, prioritize issues, and improve service supportability. Identify trends and opportunities to strengthen operational effectiveness for finance platforms.
• Risk, Controls & Governance Support: Ensure support activities for finance applications align with operational risk, control, and governance requirements. Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams to maintain evidence, address findings, and support adherence to policies and standards.
• Stakeholder Management & People Leadership: Provide clear updates on finance application health, incidents, risks, and improvement activities to stakeholders and leaders. Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team while fostering accountability, collaboration, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Relationships: Maintain relationships with stakeholders including Finance Technology and Business teams, executive heads of CIBC’s finance lines of business, leadership teams, partner teams, centers of excellence, vendors, and service providers for Hyperion, Prologue, Sage, and other finance platforms.
• Compliance Requirements/Responsibilities: Comply with all applicable CIBC and Line of Business policies, standards, guidelines, and controls. As a manager, ensure all employees within the business unit comply with all applicable policies, standards, guidelines, and controls.
• Authorities/Decision Rights: Recommend changes to finance application support processes to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness. Assign tasks, select individuals for hire, assess performance, make compensation decisions, and take disciplinary measures up to and including termination.

Requirements

• 8-12 years of experience in Production Support, with a strong understanding of readiness practices for finance platforms.
• Hands-on experience supporting financial applications such as Hyperion, Prologue, and Sage.
• Solid knowledge of banking products, services, and industry regulations.
• Experience using monitoring, alerting, logging, and other support tools to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve finance application issues.
• Experience leading or supporting root cause analysis, tracking corrective actions, and applying information technology service management practices, including incident, problem, change, and major incident management processes for finance applications.
• Degree/diploma in Computer Science, Finance, Engineering, MIS, or related field; relevant certifications preferred.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills; ability to align projects with broader business goals.
• Ability to use service and support metrics to monitor performance and drive improvements.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues, business impact, and resolution status to a range of stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package, including an expected salary range of $140,000.00 - $170,000.00 for the Chicago market based on experience, qualifications, and location.
• Eligibility to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which may include a discretionary bonus component.
• Full range of benefits and programs, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans.
• Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave, and Vacation), Holidays, and 401(k).
• MomentMakers: social, points-based recognition program.
• Banking benefits and wellbeing support.
• Purpose Day: a paid day off dedicated for personal growth and development.

Schedule

Hybrid work arrangement: 2 days per week on-site at our Chicago location, with other days remote. Occasional travel may be required. Full-time role with 40 weekly hours.