Title:  Senior Manager, Corporate Functions Reporting

Requisition ID: 241782

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

The Senior Manager, Corporate Functions Reporting, will be responsible to support processes that have a direct impact on delivering the Bank’s strategy. The Senior Manager is responsible for continually enhancing the consolidation & analysis of Corporate Functions (CF) financial planning, forecasting, and reporting creating consistency across Functions, simplification, and continuous improvement. This role will require ongoing review of Corporate Function expenses and allocations to Business Lines and provides transparency and highlights expenses that can be influenced. The ideal candidate will leverage presentation skills, communication, and analytical skills, and have experience implementing continuous improvement processes.

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

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Enhance Executive Reporting: Support and lead standardized reporting to ensure consistency across Corporate Functions, leveraging visualization tools.
• Data-First Mindset: Analyze financial data to uncover trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement, providing actionable insights to management.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with the Corporate Function and Business Line finance teams to understand their needs and to gather and distribute information and address any discrepancies and questions. Sustain strategic relationships and collaboration within and across the Finance Community and the Bank, including business partners and key stakeholders.
• Improve Finance Transparency: Identify opportunities for allocation process review with a focus on improving transparency of support allocations to the Business Lines. Build reporting to advise stakeholders on the financial impact of their function on the business lines.
• Increase Automation: Collaborate with GFT and Corporate Function finance teams to enhance financial tool readiness and load times and build calendar to support planning, forecasting and reporting cycles. Leverage automation tools as appropriate.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for improving financial reporting processes, implementing best practices, and streamlining workflows to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Continuous Monitoring: Monitor the effectiveness of implemented improvements and adjust strategies as needed.
• Ad-Hoc Financial Analysis: Support ad-hoc executive requests for reporting and analysis.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues 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.
• Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• University degree in Accounting, Finance or similar discipline.
• Consulting experience is an asset.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills with the perspective of continually seeking opportunities for improvement.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.  Must be able to manage and interpret large amounts of data, and use sound judgement in analysis, interpretation, and presentation of findings.
• Deep data analysis and visualization tools skills and knowledge (Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Alteryx, etc).
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.

What’s in it for you?

• An inclusive & collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• We offer a competitive rewards package: Performance bonus, Employee Share Ownership Program, and Pension Plan Matching, Health Benefits from day one!
• 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.