Bilingual Senior Manager, Financial Solutions (Anywhere in Canada) Full Time

Bilingual Senior Manager, Financial Solutions (Anywhere in Canada)
 Job Requisition ID: 8949  
Language Designation: Bilingual 
Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): CBC 
Position Status: Permanent Full Time 
Travel Requirement: Limited 
Office Location: Ottawa (ON); Calgary (AB); Halifax (NS); Montreal (QC); Toronto (ON); Vancouver (BC)
Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 117034.75 to $ 146293.44 and are based on qualifications and experience. 
 
At CMHC, we trust you to get the job done. We empower our employees to be fully autonomous and accountable in achieving their results. Employees focus on how they achieve results rather than when and where they choose to work.
 
Here are some of the reasons why we were chosen as one of Canada’s top employers:
 
Enjoy 5 weeks of vacation;
An annual individual performance bonus;
Defined benefit pension plan;
Comprehensive group insurance to support your well-being from day one;
Access to a catalogue of courses for individual learning;
An inclusive workplace culture and environment with multiple Employee Resource Groups and much more!
 
Help make a difference for Canadians. CMHC’s aspiration is that by 2030, everyone in Canada has a home that they can afford and that meets their needs. All of our programs and activities support this singular goal.
 
Be part of an inclusive workplace. Diversity and Inclusion guides everything we do at CMHC. We’re taking concrete actions to eradicate racism and advance equity within CMHC and the housing system.
 
Join the Financial Solution Team where our partners view CMHC as the catalyst for solving housing affordability challenges. Your skills and passion delivering, managing, and monitoring of the Co-Investment Fund program will help support multi-unit construction financing and repair applications under the National Housing Strategy (NHS), through the provision of underwriting and credit assessment services to clients.
 
Responsibilities:
 
Anticipates future needs, keeps consistent communication and tracking to ensure projects are committed within allocated annual budgets.
Accountable for the delivery of the initiative, which includes all aspects of the product cycle including initiation of loans, management of staff and client relationship management.
Provides leadership in the assessment and decision-making of financial applications, that is, multi-unit affordable housing loan and contribution applications, within the associated policy framework and delegated financial authorities.
Rally individuals and national teams that interact with each other and clients across multiple time zones.  Coordinate work and systems to achieve results and increase program and policy efficiency.
Sets goals and takes responsibility for employee engagement, fostering a culture of learning, performance management and accountability within a divisional group.
Create opportunities to promote bilingualism and diversity, and implement practices to promote an inclusive and healthy organization that respects the diversity of people and their skills, and is free from harassment and discrimination.
Negotiates directly with housing providers on complex applications. Manages issues of a politically sensitive nature and political pressure taking into consideration the competing interests of stakeholders. Finds an appropriate solution that is in line with the best interest of Canadians.
Oversees the identification and management of risk by ensuring due diligence, while reviewing and approving complex applications, and monitoring compliance to product design, policies and the quality of results by reviewing key performance indicators.
Provides strategic input to the development of policy enhancements for Affordable Housing and Insurance.
 
Minimum Qualifications:
 
Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, business administration or commerce or a related field with a minimum of seven years of relevant experience with housing programs and three years of supervisory and/or management experience.
Expert knowledge and understanding of underwriting theories, principles and processes, as well as credit risk analysis, real estate financing, loan adjudication, mortgage loan insurance, financial markets and housing programs.
Ability to make a persuasive, clear presentation of ideas that will convince others and gain acceptance of proposals or plans.
Ability to use critical thinking, judgment and experience to find a solution when managing issues of a politically sensitive nature. Ability to act promptly to resolve conflict. Ability to think forward to detect potential problems and forthcoming challenges.
Superior written and oral communication skills including strong negotiation skills.
Bilingualism (French and English).
 
 
Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled.
 
 
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE – COVID-19 MEASURES
On June 14, 2022, the Government of Canada announced that as of June 20, 2022, it will suspend vaccination requirements for federal government employees.  This decision followed a review of the current public health situation, including the evolution of the virus and vaccination rates in Canada. As a result, and consistent with the Government of Canada decision, CMHC has suspended its Vaccination Policy, effective June 20, 2022.  
 
As a result, at this time, CMHC does not require employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.  CMHC will continue to monitor the public health situation and may at any time make adjustments and adopt or reintroduce measures, including mandatory vaccination, attestation and verification requirements. Any such vaccination measures, as updated from time to time, shall form a term and condition of your employment at CMHC.
 
CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our aspiration.
 
 
We are committed to employment equity and actively encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.
 
 
We sincerely thank all candidates for their interest, however, please note that only applicants selected for further consideration will be contacted. If selected for an interview or testing, please advise us if you require an accommodation.