Title:  Manager, AML/ATF Models and Analytics

Requisition ID: 236481

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

The Manager, AML/ATF Models and Analytics is responsible for developing AML machine learning models for transaction monitoring and AI agent solutions using LLM.

This position carries responsibility for the timely and accurate development of AML models. The testing, reviewing, and validation activities include, but are not limited to, creating model documentation, following the AML and Enterprise Modeling Governance standards; stating key assumptions, including qualitative and expert judgment, logic, and conceptual soundness; conducting various tests.

This contributes to the overall success of the AML/ATF Models and Analytics team by ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed/delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

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

• Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Develop and enhance statistical/machine learning models in support of Scotiabank’s AML/ATF activity. Includes working on data acquisition, modeling, implementation, and tuning strategies. Anticipated deliverables include models for transaction monitoring alert generation and alert prioritization. Will involve analyzing various alert metrics (e.g., productive vs. non-productive alerts, alerts per transaction) and optimizing solution configurations and parameters.
• Design, refine, and optimize instructions for AI agent solutions to guide generative AI models, especially large language models (LLMs), to produce desired, high-quality outputs.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursue 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.
• Champion a high-performance environment and implement 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.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed? We’d love to work with you if you have experience with:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
• 2+ years of experience with statistical/machine learning modeling and/or AI agent solutions, and data science methods.
• 5+ years of experience programming in languages such as Python, SAS. Experience with databases such as Oracle or SQL Server.
• Experience with big-data platforms (Hadoop, Hive, Spark), and Pandas queries.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms such as Google Cloud or Azure is an asset.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (both oral and written), presentation, and business writing skills.
• Experience with shell scripting and version control systems is an asset.
• Solid knowledge of algorithms and data structures is an asset.
• AML/ATF experience or analytic knowledge.

What's in it for you?

• In-depth training to prepare you for the role, as well as ongoing coaching and feedback to help you succeed!
• You'll be part of a diverse, collaborative, innovative, and high-performing team
• We offer a competitive rewards package:
• Performance bonus, Employee Share Ownership Program, and Pension Plan Matching
• Health Benefits from day one!
• You will relish work-life balance, team events, and opportunities to participate in the community.
• Your career matters!  You will have access to career development and progression opportunities.

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.