Title:  Associate Director, Regulatory and Business Initiatives Group, Global Banking and Markets

Requisition ID: 230342

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
Lead and manage the full lifecycle of strategic projects—from planning and governance to execution and transition—ensuring alignment with business priorities, technology strategy, and stakeholder engagement across functions and regions.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead end-to-end project delivery, including planning, requirements gathering, development, testing, release, and post-release support.
• Develop and maintain key project documentation such as cost estimates, timelines, scope, governance structures, and communication/testing plans.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to define and update the technology delivery roadmap, adapting to shifting priorities and capacity.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment and smooth execution across jurisdictions.
• Facilitate effective communication and decision-making through meetings, scrums, and governance forums, escalating issues as needed.
• Ensure compliance with audit and regulatory requirements and maintain thorough documentation for future reference and knowledge sharing.
• Operate independently with sound judgment, driving project momentum and resolving external blockers to support team focus and delivery.
• Manages risks and issues appropriately and provides strategic project direction and co-ordination between multiple delivery teams and key stakeholders. Adapts priorities to address resource and operational challenges. Manages ambiguity, ensures team effectiveness and results.
• Is accountable for project budget and tracking, has experience of the full budget lifecycle from planning to monitoring to project closure.
• Works independently, guided by policies, operating plans and priorities. Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
• Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviours; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.

What You'll Bring:

• Project management or business analysis experience.
• Financial management or business analysis experience.
• Experience of regulation, compliance or capital markets experience preferred.
• Acquired experience in Capital Markets with knowledge of financial instruments.
• Involvement in managing projects within a large bank or consulting firm.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders, coordinating project teams, running meetings, preparing and providing presentations.
• Knowledge of building and implementation of finance data technology projects.
• Fundamental understanding of current IT practices, system development techniques, including requirements specification and testing methodologies.

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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.