Title:  Manager, Strategy & Planning- Global Transactions Banking

Requisition ID: 262454 

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

Global Transaction Banking 

Global Transaction Banking (GTB) is the payments and transaction engine of Scotiabank. We support Small Business, Commercial and Corporate clients with effective treasury management solutions coupled with a best-in-class service model, making it easy for clients to do business with us.

As businesses build their digital capabilities and transform their operating models, their payment needs are evolving too. Boasting a unique global footprint, GTB’s comprehensive suite of innovative banking solutions help our business clients generate operational efficiencies, streamline and simplify payments, improve working capital performance, and mitigate financial risk.

At Scotiabank, we embrace your strengths, ideas, and ambitions. GTB is a fast-growing team with a focus on the Americas, particularly Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and we are seeking top tier talent to complement our organization.

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

Purpose
In this role you'll contribute to the overall success of Global Transaction Banking (GTB) across Scotiabank's markets, by defining and developing transformational opportunities in GTB while ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed in support of the team's business strategies and objectives. This role will work closely with business lines to define and validate strategies covering GTB's Canada and global markets while ensuring that all activities conducted follow governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

What You’ll Do:

• Strategic Planning and Projects (70-80%)
  • Drive the execution and ongoing management of GTB strategy planning
  • Perform strategic and business analysis, identifying key issues and proposing recommendations for GTB’s strategy.
  • Support quarterly and annual business planning activities, synthesizing financial performance, key drivers, and strategic implications for senior management
  • Manage multiple project workstreams, including leading problem-solving sessions, workshops and interviews with cross-functional and business line working team members and subject matter experts
  • Assist with organizing strategy offsites for senior management to facilitate ongoing discussions around the GTB’s strategy
  • Complete competitive / business environment research and benchmarking to determine emerging issues and trends and analyze the impact/ implications of those trends on GTB’s strategic plan
  • Establish standardized frameworks and templates for business line performance tracking and reporting to drive consistency and transparency across GTB

• Strategic Initiatives / Innovation (20-30%)
  • Support the evaluation and execution of innovation initiatives across fintech, payments and digital assets
  • Translate innovation opportunities into clear business cases, value propositions and implementation roadmaps for senior leadership
  • Support the ongoing assessment and development of opportunities for GTB, performing external client exploration of related business challenges across priority markets, and executing the analysis and communication of conceptual opportunities
  • Prepare project plan to ensure deliverables and timelines are met
  • Create financial models to assess future state financial benefits/costs

What You'll Bring:

• Undergraduate degree in business or engineering; graduate business degree
• 2+ years of experience in corporate strategy, consulting, investment banking, or strategy and operations experience within a financial services company
• Strong understanding of the domestic and global transaction banking and payments landscape, and market usage across segments. General knowledge of global transaction banking trends and technologies
• Exceptional planning and analytical skills, ability to discern research information / data and focus on the critical business issues
• Highly developed relationship management skills to effectively manage relationships across the Bank, partners and external vendors

Working Conditions:

• Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence.
   

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.

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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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.