Job Description

Requisition ID: 258417

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Associate Director, Regulatory & Business Initiatives Group - Global Banking and Markets – Toronto, ON

Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) conducts the Bank’s wholesale banking and capital markets business with corporate, government and institutional investor clients. GBM is a full-service wholesale bank and investment dealer in Canada and Mexico and offers a range of products and services in the U.S., Latin America and in select markets in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

More specifically, GBM provides clients with: corporate lending; transaction banking (including payments, trade finance and cash management); investment banking (including corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions); fixed income and equity underwriting, sales, trading and research; prime services (prime brokerage and stock lending); foreign exchange sales and trading; commodity derivatives; and collateral management.

What You’ll Do:

• Contributes to the overall success of the Regulatory and Business Initiatives Group globally ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of Global Banking and Markets business strategies and objectives and in compliance with all relevant regulations
• Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures
• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
• Build understanding of Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture to make effective decisions
• Lead end to end delivery planning of assigned project(s) like ideation / interpretation of business needs, business case approval, establish project governance, implementation plan and transition to BAU including budgeting & resourcing
• Influence the decision-making process to ensure alignment to business priorities, strategic technology architecture and resource allocation for assigned project(s)
• Works independently and exercises judgement based on precedents, with guidance in only the most complex situations
• Impacts program design, risk and delivery across business areas or subfunctions supported
• Manage governance forums as required with primarily business stakeholders, technology partners and other support functions
• Responsible for interactions with all key stakeholders from business, risk, operations & technology teams including stakeholders in different geographic locations
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of your respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree level or above education, ideally in business, financial or technology
• Must have or working towards their PMP certification
• Solid knowledge of Capital Markets and prior Capital Markets project management
• Change management programs and methodologies
• Proven senior stakeholders management, running meetings and preparing presentations
• Advanced ability with Microsoft Office Suite
• Management of all project finance
• Knowledge of Capital Markets
• Project Management experience with Technology and Strategic implementations

Work Arrangement:

This position is an onsite role, with the expectation that you will work 5 days a week in the office. Please note that this is subject to change based on the needs of the business.

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Interested?

At Scotiabank, you’ll be joining an organization that values inclusion, accountability, innovative thinking and collaboration, a culture where people feel safe to learn, grow, and contribute while delivering exceptional results for our clients. We believe in winning together, as one team, strengthening the collaborative spirit that defines GBM’s client partnerships. We value transparency, shared goals, and purposeful work.

What's in it for you?

Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.