Title:  Senior Manager, Global Clearing Platforms, GTB - Toronto, ON

Requisition ID: 256014 

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
The Senior Manager, Global Clearing Platforms, Data Change contributes to the overall success of Global Transaction Banking by ensuring individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed in support of broader business strategies. The role ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and standard operating procedures.

Within the High Value Payments Modernization Program, the Senior Manager plays a critical leadership role in governing and executing data-related change across payment platforms, accounting flows, and downstream data consumers. This position is a key member of the Change Function and is accountable for identifying, assessing, socializing, and managing data impacts, dependencies, controls, and migration risks as the Bank modernizes its high-value payment systems—including replacing legacy payment and accounting engines.

The incumbent ensures that all data change activities align with enterprise strategies, regulatory expectations, and internal control standards while supporting the safe delivery of target‑state payment capabilities.

What You’ll Do:

• Champions a customer‑focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank knowledge and capabilities.
• Leads the data change strategy and execution across the High Value Payments modernization portfolio, including platform migration, data model evolution, and downstream impact management.
• Owns end‑to‑end data impact assessments across accounting, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, risk, finance, treasury, and regulatory consumers.
• Acts as the primary escalation point for data‑related risks, defects, and unresolved issues within payment modernization initiatives.
• Partners with Business, Operations, Technology, Finance, Treasury, Risk, Compliance, and Data teams to ensure data lineage, integrity, and control requirements are embedded in target‑state designs.
• Oversees data migration, cutover, and parallel-run readiness, ensuring reconciliation, balancing, and control frameworks are clearly defined, validated, and adhered to.
• Collaborates with Subject Matter Experts to shape payments strategies, define executable MVPs, and translate business and technical requirements into actionable plans.
• Engages internal stakeholders to drive alignment, ensure clear communication, and gain buy‑in for data‑related changes.
• Considers the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture in all decision‑making and day‑to‑day activities.
• Ensures effective operations in alignment with Scotiabank’s Values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principles, maintaining strong business controls and compliance with operational, AML/ATF, sanctions, and conduct requirements.
• Contributes to a high‑performance and inclusive work environment.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of experience in payments, banking operations, data change, transformation, or large‑scale technology programs.
• Strong understanding of high‑value payment processing, including wires, settlement, clearing, and accounting flows.
• Proven experience managing data impacts within complex system migrations or platform replacements.
• Solid knowledge of accounting, reconciliation, and control frameworks in a financial institution.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data and technical concepts into clear business, operational, and risk‑focused narratives.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong documentation, analytical, and governance capabilities.
• Experience with payment modernization, core banking transformation, or legacy system replacement is a strong asset.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and agile delivery methodologies (preferred).
• Experience working directly with Agile delivery teams or in Agile environments (asset).
• Ability to synthesize and simplify technical details for diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated effectiveness as a connector between business and technology teams.
• In‑depth understanding of the relationships among product, operations, and technology infrastructures, and the ability to coordinate cross‑functional dependencies.
• Awareness of emerging technologies and modern product development methodologies, with a commitment to continuous learning.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver under tight timelines.
• Strong conflict‑management, negotiation, and facilitation skills.

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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.

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.