Title:  Senior Manager, Compliance and AML Data

Requisition ID: 253519 

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

The Senior Manager contributes to the overall success of the Compliance and AML Data team globally, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensure 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.
• Own the operationalization of AML Data and connect into AML initiatives to ensure the Data requirements for AML businesses including Transaction Monitoring and Client Risk Rating, are delivered in adherence with AML data quality standards
• Lead and manage end-to-end data enablement initiatives, ensuring projects are successfully delivered on time, on budget and in alignment with requirements, including but not limited to:

• Data exploration to identify opportunities for optimal data enablement solutions, including data transformation, standardization, and mapping rules
• Data profiling and source systems data quality assessment
• Ensuring requirements are clearly, accurately, and thoroughly documented and understood
• Conducting data mapping activities, Business Acceptance Testing (BAT), and PIV (Post‑Implementation Validation)
• Working with AML stakeholders and technology partners to ensure data enablement is conducted in line with business requirements

• Provide strong oversight and subject matter expertise on data modeling and database design, including logical and physical data models, relational structures, normalization, and designing scalable data solutions to support AML analytics and reporting.
• Work closely with AML Technology and AML Product Owners to ensure data enablement is executed in line with business and regulatory requirements.
• Provide strategic direction on AML data architecture, sourcing, and lineage, partnering with AML Technology and enterprise data teams to influence design decisions and resolve cross‑platform trade‑offs.
• Own BAU AML data exception management, including control design, dashboards, reconciliations, investigation, root cause analysis, remediation, and sustained resolution.
• Lead AML Data Governance implementation across domains, including CDE identification and registration, data source certification, lineage and flow documentation, metadata management, and data quality control design and monitoring.
• Identify and drive opportunities for efficiency and automation across data governance and data enablement processes.
• Drive Data Working Group forums with Business Process Owners, Data Custodians, and key stakeholders to align on priorities, risks, and delivery commitments.
• Act as the primary AML Data partner to Internal Audit and Compliance Testing, owning issue response, remediation planning, execution, and closure.
• Identify and facilitate AML key risk indicator (KRI) reporting to surface insights that improve AML effectiveness and minimize risk.
• Ensure timely, consistent, and insightful reporting to AML business partners on data governance coverage and initiatives.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing AML Data team, building deep capability in data sourcing, enablement, and governance.
• Support day‑to‑day activities of projects, engaging with internal technology and business stakeholders and fostering collaboration across functional groups to improve speed and quality of project delivery.
• Continually acquire and enhance knowledge on data management, data retention, analytics, and technology strategies, policies, risk management practices, and regulatory requirements to be able to provide effective support on AML data governance coverage.
• 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 their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day‑to‑day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.
• Champion a high‑performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

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

• University degree in Computer Science, Economics, Finance, or a related field
• Minimum 7+ years’ experience delivering complex data solutions, preferably within financial institutions
• Strong technical skills, including 5+ years’ hands‑on experience with SQL
• Extensive experience with data mapping, data transformation and standardization, proof‑of‑concepts, and data quality issue investigation
• Strong understanding of data modeling and database design, including logical and physical data models supporting scalable AML data solutions
• Strong ability to influence and communicate across business units, IT, Operations, and executive stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills, including executive‑level material preparation
• Advanced Excel and executive‑level PowerPoint skills
• Working experience with Python and Power BI
• Working experience and familiarity with AML data and AML business rules preferred
• Firm understanding of Data Governance practices and principles
• Leadership and project management experience, including building and executing strategic roadmaps
• Curious, proactive, results‑oriented, customer‑focused, and highly attentive to detail

What's in it for you?

• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.
• The opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization where you are surrounded by a collaborative team of innovative thinkers.
• A competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits plan.
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities - for you and our customers.
• You can expect to be recognized and rewarded for high-performance; you will be supported by leadership through meaningful development conversations that enable faster advancement and internal training to support your growth and development.

*We are currently hiring for two positions in this role*  

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.