Senior Manager, Risk Governance and Insights

Requisition : 269083

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

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America, operating globally for over 100 years. Scotiabank’s strong U.S. presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.

Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include debt and equity financing, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange and precious & metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group.

Be part of an innovative, Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! We work together to drive ambition for every future!

The Senior Manager will be a key part of Risk Reporting function under the GBM Risk Governance and Insights team, which provides day-to-day strategic support to execute the U.S. Risk Management’s mandate and ensure specific goals, plans, and initiatives are achieved. The Senior Manager will be primarily responsible for regular and ad-hoc risk reports to management and board level committees and other regulatory bodies, working with various stakeholders.

• Lead and oversee monthly/quarterly/ad-hoc risk reporting for various management and board level committees and regulatory bodies.
• Committee schedule calendar management
• Agenda setting and tracking
• Development of presentation materials (including compilation of various risk team’s report submission as well creation of new contents)
• Meeting minutes drafting
• Responding to audit / regulatory inquires on committee meeting materials
• Other admin activities such as committee membership attendance tracking, charter update, recordkeeping, etc.
• Deliver impactful, data-driven insights through advanced visualization and reporting solutions that support strategic decision-making across GBM Risk Management.
• Translate complex business needs into intuitive dashboards and automated workflows using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and the Microsoft Power Platform.
• Play a critical part in shaping analytical narratives, optimizing data pipelines, and enabling scalable, self-service reporting capabilities that drive operational efficiency and business performance.
• Support special projects as needed.
• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• 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 his/her 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.

Primary Manager:
Director, Head of Strategic Initiatives, U.S. Risk Management

The Senior Manager leads various initiatives independently by working with risk officers and other senior executives regarding risk reporting and other strategic initiatives that require operational support to deliver key U.S. initiatives. The role is highly visible to senior risk officers including U.S. Chief Risk Officer.

• 7-10 years of experience preferably within the financial services industry
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint,…