Title:  Senior Manager, Business Controls (IWM)

Requisition ID: 265742 

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

The Role

International Wealth Management (IWM) is strengthening its First Line of Defence (1A) Risk function to support safe, scalable growth across a complex, multi-jurisdictional business.

As Senior Manager, Business Controls, you will play a key role in designing, enhancing, and sustaining the business control environment across International Wealth Management. Working closely with senior leaders across the business, you will help strengthen controls, identify and mitigate risk, drive issue remediation, and support the development of a scalable risk and governance framework.

Reporting to the Head of Risk Supervision & Oversight, this role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to partner with Operations, Sales, Compliance, Business Risk Management, and Audit teams across multiple regions.

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

• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of the International Wealth Management business control environment.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of business controls across multiple business units and jurisdictions.
• Assess control effectiveness, identify control gaps, perform root cause analysis, and drive remediation activities.
• Partner with business and functional teams to embed controls into existing processes, strategic initiatives, and new business activities.
• Drive automation and optimization of controls to improve efficiency, consistency, and transparency.
• Lead the identification and assessment of operational, compliance, conduct, and other non-financial risks.
• Develop and monitor key risk indicators (KRIs), risk dashboards, heat maps, and early warning indicators.
• Conduct thematic reviews and risk assessments to identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities for control enhancements.
• Provide meaningful risk insights and recommendations to support executive decision-making.
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of audit findings, regulatory issues, management concerns, and remediation activities.
• Support governance committees and leadership forums through reporting, analysis, and effective challenge.
• Drive accountability across the business for managing risks, strengthening controls, and resolving issues in a timely manner.
• Partner with stakeholders across Operations, Sales, Compliance, Business Risk Management, and Audit to support risk management initiatives.
• Promote a strong risk culture focused on accountability, transparency, and proactive risk management.
• Support the development and evolution of a scalable, sustainable, and effective First Line of Defence risk capability.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? – We’d love to work with you if you have:

• Prior experience in financial services, ideally within wealth management, capital markets, or banking.
• Experience in business controls, operational risk, governance, risk oversight, or first-line risk management.
• Strong knowledge of operational, compliance, conduct, and non-financial risk management frameworks.
• Experience designing, implementing, and assessing business controls and control frameworks.
• Experience managing audit findings, regulatory issues, control remediation, and governance activities.
• Proven ability to perform root cause analysis and develop practical, risk-based solutions.
• Experience working across multiple business units, regions, and stakeholder groups within a complex organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex issues into actionable recommendations.
• Experience developing risk reporting, KRIs, dashboards, and executive-level presentations.
• Excellent relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving, and transformational environment.

What’s in it for you?

• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities – for you and our customers.
• A competitive rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal and sick days, and comprehensive benefits that start on your first day. 
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences every individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements. 

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.