Manager, Business Solutions & Initiatives, Finance

Requisition ID: 237536

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. Scotiabanks 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 metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group. The Business Solutions & Initiatives team is tasked with the implementation of strategic business initiatives for GBM Finance. Provide inputs on overall cross business best practices process improvements and architecture.

The GBM Finance Manager (Business Solutions & Initiatives) is responsible for helping manage Finance change for Capital Markets Corporate Lending and Group Treasury businesses. The role works closely with business stakeholders on change initiatives to manage future state expectations. The responsibilities include capturing current and future state processes writing business requirements resolving complex accounting issues and working to develop end-user computing solutions for Finance stakeholders.

Is this role right for you In this role you will:

• Process Mapping & Optimization
  Work hands-on with GBM Finance & Group Treasury as well as cross-functional teams to document current-state processes and identify opportunities for re-engineering to support future-state efficiency and effectiveness.

• Business Requirements & Solution Design Partnership
  Collaborate closely with Technology teams to articulate and validate business requirements that inform solution design development and implementation. Perform ad hoc forensic accounting and suggest effective solutions.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Effective Communication
  Serve as a strategic conduit between Finance and respective counterparts (such as Technology Operations Compliance Liquidity Risk and others) ensuring business context is clearly communicated and tailored to the needs of diverse stakeholder groups.

• Change Enablement & Transition Support
  Support end-users through system and process transitions by providing coaching facilitation and clear direction to ensure readiness and adoption.

• Workshop Facilitation & Stakeholder Alignment
  Lead workshops meetings and demonstrations to engage stakeholders align on objectives and prepare teams for upcoming changes and initiatives.

• Documentation & End-User Tool Enhancement
  Collaborate with users to review and update support toolsincluding End-User Computing (EUC) SOPs and working filesto align with new processes and enhance operational effectiveness.

• Testing Coordination & Validation
  Facilitate user testing activities including test case development parallel run execution and results validation to ensure readiness for go-live.

• Leadership Readiness & Strategic Sign-Off
  Guide stakeholders through final readiness checkpoints and secure leadership sign-off affirming organizational preparedness and strategic alignment.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role - Wed love to work with you if you have:

• 5 years of Finance capital markets experience with analytical and problem-solving in the context of a Finance or Risk Management department with a product mix of securities loans and derivatives.
• Strong analytic and communication skills.

• Experience working in or with Product Control.

• Degree in Accounting Finance Economics or a quantitative discipline. Accounting certification (CPA CMA) or other certification such as FRM or CFA would be an asset.
• Graduate degree would be an asset.
• Well-developed judgment management decision-making and problem-solving skills to deal effectively with a rapidly changing complex business environment.

• Good project/time management skills to manage multi-functional accountabilities through prioritization delegation motivation conflict resolution and the promotion of ideas.

• Exposure to and/or experience with Alteryx query languages such as SQL and coding languages would be an asset.

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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.

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