Title:  ScotiaMcLeod - Director and Head, Business Controls & Oversight, CWMIA

Requisition ID: 265176

ScotiaMcLeod, a cornerstone of Scotia Wealth Management®, is a full-service wealth management firm with a proud history dating back to 1921. Known for service excellence, trusted advice, and a collaborative culture, we’re committed to helping clients grow and protect their wealth by understanding their complete financial picture—life, family, business, and future. 

Our signature Enriched Thinking® approach brings together investment, wealth planning, and advisory specialists to deliver truly personalized solutions. You’ll be supported by an innovative, team-based environment that values integrity, client focus, and continuous growth.

At ScotiaMcLeod, you’re not just building a career—you’re joining a firm where ideas spark, collaboration thrives, and you’re empowered to reach your full potential while making a real impact in your clients' lives.

INTRODUCTION

ScotiaMcLeod is seeking a senior leader to join Canadian Wealth Management Investment Advisory as Director and Head, ScotiaMcLeod Business Controls & Oversight, CWMIA. This high-impact role provides strategic direction, leadership, and oversight for risk, supervision, and business controls across a national wealth advisory business.

Reporting to the VP, Business Controls and Oversight, CWM Investment Advisory, you will lead the ScotiaMcLeod supervision team and oversee the effectiveness of controls supporting approximately 1,400 registrants across 91 branches and growing. You will partner closely with senior leaders, compliance, legal, regulatory, internal controls, and advisory stakeholders to help embed risk appetite, governance, and compliant business practices into day-to-day operations.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Lead and oversee the ScotiaMcLeod supervision team, including deployment of changes and monitoring of control effectiveness across branches and registrants.
• Identify control gaps, regulatory trends, red flags, and recurring themes to proactively reduce risk and improve business effectiveness.
• Drive the implementation of risk frameworks, governance standards, and preventative controls across ScotiaMcLeod.
• Support regulatory issues, compliance findings, examinations, commitments, internal investigations, and client remediation matters.
• Partner with internal controls, compliance, legal, regulatory, investment advisory, and Global Wealth Management teams to ensure consistent standards and requirements.
• Build and lead a high-performance team by fostering inclusion, developing talent, and supporting succession planning.

DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS?

• 5+ years of experience leading first-line supervision within financial services, ideally in wealth advisory, brokerage, or investment dealer environments.
• Deep understanding of securities regulations, risk management, compliance, operational risk, AML/ATF, conduct risk, and wealth advisory governance.
• Experience working with regulators and managing regulatory inquiries, examinations, findings, commitments, or remediation activities.
• Strong strategic influencing skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and embed risk appetite into business practices.
• Proven people leadership experience, including building inclusive, high-performing teams and developing future talent.
• Post-graduate business degree, CFA, or equivalent experience would be considered an asset.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• Competitive Compensation and Benefits package including annual incentive plans, time off entitlements, Pension Plan, Employee Share Ownership Plan and favourable employee rates for employee banking
• The opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization where you are surrounded by a collaborative team of innovative thinkers.
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities– for you and our clients.
• An inclusive working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity and celebrates success.
• Learning and Development – free access to Scotia Academy to upskill and develop your skills.

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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.