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Head of GBM Risk Regulatory Strategy & Change

Scotiabank


Job Location:

Dallas, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 27 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 24 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Requisition ID: 262508

Please note that the Salary Range shown is a guideline only. Salary offered may vary based on factors including but not limited to the successful candidates relevant knowledge skills and experience.

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. 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 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!

Purpose

Leads and oversees the GBM Risk Regulatory Strategy Risk Identification and Change agenda globally (Canada U.S. UK Ireland Asia). Provides forwardlooking regulatory expertise to identify assess and mitigate emerging regulatory risks across multiple jurisdictions working in close partnership with Credit Market Counterparty Operational Risk Treasury and the business. Acts as the GBM Risk regulatory change and advisory lead shaping responses to new and proposed rules driving remediation of regulatory findings and ensuring ongoing regulatory hygiene through disciplined BAU oversight of audits regulatory issues and core regulatory processes to consistently meet supervisory expectations.

What Youll Do

Emerging Regulatory Risk Identification Interpretation & Advisory

  • Serves as the GBM Riskwide authority on emerging regulatory risks and regulatory change providing strategic interpretation of supervisory priorities evolving and proposed rules and thematic concerns across global jurisdictions.
  • Advises senior risk leadership on regulatory risk exposure readiness gaps and prioritization translating regulatory developments into actionable risk and control implications.
  • Shapes proactive regulatory strategies and positions on proposed rules ensuring GBM Risk input is coordinated consistent and aligned to business objectives and risk appetite.
  • Maintain current GBM Risk awareness of SR letters Basel OSFI developments and cross-border supervisory coordination expectations.

CrossRisk Stripe Coordination & Regulatory Change Execution

  • Drives crossfunctional coordination across Credit Risk Market Risk Counterparty Risk Operational Risk Treasury and key stakeholders to ensure regulatory risks and changes are addressed holistically.
  • Leads the endtoend execution of regulatory change and remediation initiatives for GBM Risk ensuring timely highquality delivery aligned with supervisory intent.
  • Provides perspectives on GBM Risk responses to regulatory findings MRAs exams and thematic reviews ensuring remediation plans are robust riskbased and embedded into BAU processes and control frameworks.
  • Ensures regulatory changes are implemented consistently across regions while appropriately reflecting jurisdictionspecific requirements and supervisory expectations.
  • Establishes and maintains a structured disciplined approach to communicating regulatory developments expectations and changes across GBM Risk.

  • BAU Regulatory Oversight Governance & Assurance

  • Owns BAU oversight of open regulatory issues audit findings and regulatory commitments within GBM Risk ensuring disciplined tracking timely closure and effective escalation.
  • Monitors the effectiveness of key regulatory and supervisory processes (e.g. exams reporting attestations governance forums) to ensure execution is timely accurate and credible.
  • Proactively escalates emerging concerns and execution risks driving corrective action to maintain a strong and defensible regulatory posture.

What Youll Bring

  • 1520 years of progressive experience in financial services with seniorlevel expertise in regulatory risk regulatory change or risk management within a large complex global banking environment.
  • Undergraduate degree in business administration finance or a related discipline; advanced degree (e.g. MBA or equivalent) preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience leading significant crossfunctional regulatory change and remediation efforts including coordination of responses to regulatory findings MRAs examinations and supervisory reviews across multiple risk stripes and jurisdictions.
  • Deep working knowledge of global regulatory frameworks particularly across Canada the United States and other key regions with a strong ability to assess regulatory exposure and translate evolving requirements into coordinated risk and remediation actions.
  • Proven ability to provide strategic regulatory advice to senior executives influencing decisionmaking through clear articulation of regulatory risks tradeoffs and remediation priorities.
  • Experience establishing and operating effective regulatory governance and oversight structures including escalation frameworks and executivelevel reporting to support disciplined delivery of regulatory outcomes.

Interested


If your experience is closely related but doesnt align perfectly with every qualification we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!


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Whats 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.


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Location(s): United States : Texas : Dallas

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.

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Scotiabank is one of the leading foreign banks serving large national and multinational corporations in the U.S. through its Global Banking and Markets, Global Transaction Banking and Wealth Management business lines.

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