Senior Analyst, QA

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Senior Analyst, QA

Requisition : 270661

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

Global Banking and Markets

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 Analyst, Quality Assurance (QA), Global AML - US contributes to the effectiveness of the Bank's Global AML Program by performing independent quality assurance reviews across AML Alert, Case Investigations, Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) decisioning, Sanctions Reviews, and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) activities.

The role is responsible for assessing adherence to regulatory requirements, internal policies, procedures, and investigative standards while identifying quality deficiencies, control gaps, and opportunities for continuous improvement. The Senior Analyst supports consistent, high-quality risk management practices through objective review, constructive challenge, and detailed analysis of financial crime investigations and risk assessments.

• Perform independent QA reviews of AML alerts and cases, SAR recommendations, sanctions reviews, and EDD assessments.
• Assess the quality, completeness, accuracy, and consistency of investigations, risk assessments, supporting documentation, and disposition decisions.
• Verify conclusions are evidence-based and comply with AML, sanctions, financial crime, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate whether material financial crime risk indicators and customer risk factors have been appropriately identified, assessed, and escalated.
• Identify, document, and elevate quality deficiencies, documentation gaps, control weaknesses, emerging risks, and repeat findings.
• Prepare clear, concise, and auditable QA documentation, including findings, recommendations, review outcomes, and supporting rationale.
• Maintain records and support QA reporting, trend analysis, audits, independent testing, and regulatory examinations.
• Provide feedback, track remediation activities, and identify opportunities to strengthen investigative quality, controls, and QA methodologies.
• Support regulatory reviews and maintain awareness of applicable AML/ATF, sanctions, and financial crime requirements and emerging risks.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, AML Operations, Sanctions, EDD, AML Advisory, and Business lines to promote consistent quality standards, effective challenge, and continuous improvement.
• Act in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principles, ensuring adherence to operational, compliance, AML/ATF, sanctions, and conduct risk requirements.
• Working knowledge of transaction monitoring systems, alert workflows, management reporting, and related financial crime technologies preferred.

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Law, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Typically, 2–5 years of experience in AML, KYC, EDD, or…