Title:  Associate Director, Business Automation, Global Banking and Markets - Toronto, ON

Requisition ID: 234386

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!

Purpose
The Associate Director plays a key role in administering and optimizing SharePoint, Power BI, and Power BI Report Builder solutions within the Business Automation Group. This role partners closely with stakeholders and the Business Transformation Group to deliver high-impact solutions aligned with project scope, timelines, and deliverables. The Associate Director ensures seamless execution of automation initiatives that drive operational efficiency and business value.

What You’ll Do:

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Work with the Business Transformation Automation Group to identify solutions to complex problems presented by the business across Global Banking and Markets.
• Partner with technology and program managers to integrate timelines and deliverables into project plans, create business requirement documents, test scripts, user acceptance testing, project artifacts, identify risks / issues / dependencies, and obtain signoffs.
• Manage quality control / assurance testing process, issue reporting /resolution, and sign-off / approval of project milestones and deliverables.
• Build efficiency and productivity tools to help the business automate their processes via SharePoint, Power BI, Power Automate, and Paginated Reports.
• Establish clear and achievable objectives, balance competing demands for quality, scope, time, and cost, and adapt specifications, plans, and approaches to the different concerns and expectations of the various stakeholders.
• Maintain projects that support efficient and effective delivery while maintaining adherence to internal project management standards.
• Keep day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank's risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits. Communicates the Bank's risk culture and risk appetite statement throughout their teams.
• Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment, communicating vision/values/business strategy, and managing succession and development planning for the team.
• Champions a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment, communicating vison/values/business strategy, and managing succession and development planning for the team.

What You'll Bring:

• 2+ years of enterprise-level experience with SharePoint, Power BI, and Power Platform.
• Background in consulting, financial services, or internal roles within complex organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, technology, or a related field.
• Proven ability to work independently, solve problems resourcefully, and manage tasks with minimal supervision.
• Expertise in Power BI dashboard development, paginated reports, and O365 integration.
• Experience designing databases (SharePoint, Dataverse, SQL Server) and building custom connectors in Power Apps.
• Strong skills in Power Automate, including packaging and deploying solutions across environments.
• Ability to gather requirements, create design documentation, and translate business processes into automated workflows.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to create user guides and deliver presentations.
• Strong team collaboration and mentorship capabilities.

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Interested?

If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences. That’s why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

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.