Title:  Senior Manager, International Asset Management Business Initiatives - Toronto, ON

Requisition ID: 261006 

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

Purpose of Job:     

The Senior Manager, Business Initiatives is a key contributor to the overall success of Scotia Global Asset Management (SGAM), ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives.

The Senior Manager supports the adherence to best-in-class Asset Management processes and helps with the implementation of the Global Target operating model within the LatAm and CCA regions. 

Major Accountabilities: 

•    Support SGAM Business Initiatives; engage with senior leadership to drive key initiatives that align with and propel the team's strategic vision, providing high-impact support that translates strategy into execution.
•    Develop, lead, and execute business initiatives that improve efficiency and enable new capabilities for the SGAM business. 
•    In partnership with key stakeholders, manage projects through the full lifecycle, ensuring deliverables are met and delivered with a high degree of effectiveness. 
•    Partner with the Director, Business Initiatives to support core business activities such as business planning, reporting, communications and presentation development.
•    Partner closely with executive leaders, and key stakeholders to identify opportunities, scope projects and initiatives, secure approvals and drive executive buy-in. 
•    Leads in coordination of the Business Optimization director the VRC process for IAM for all the Asset Management teams, consolidating requests, creating business plans, tracking existing projects and ensuring deadlines are adhered. 
•    Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver insights and drive understanding of business performance.
•    Lead the preparation of executive reporting, including board packages, Business Highlights, and executive commentary. Optimize and improve existing reporting packages.
•    Coordinate reporting deliverables by liaising with leadership and data owners across functions. 
•    Manage KPI reporting including the development of KPIs and tracking of progress.
•    Act as a key liaison for different business partners, enterprise strategy teams and various committees that engage with SGAM leadership.
•    Assist Director with coordinating executive council meetings and track and manage action items.
•    Support broader business planning for SGAM.
•    Track all SGAM annual goals and business initiatives. 
•    Facilitate working sessions with stakeholders across GWM and the Bank to advance strategic initiatives.
•    Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment. 
•    Foster strong collaborative partnerships, and relationships with stakeholders across GWM and the Bank to help drive and support the execution of strategic projects and initiatives. 
•    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.

 
Education/Work Experience/Designations:
 
•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required, 
•    Minimum of 10 years of experience in the financial services industry
•    A high level of attention to detail
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills
•    Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high-quality standards
•    Thrives under pressure and meets tight deadlines
•    Demonstrated ability in dynamic and changing environments
•    Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives  
•    Strong analytical and planning capabilities
•    Effective leadership and interpersonal skills; foster collaboration across all organizational levels
•    Trusted partner to senior management, business lines and cross-functional teams
•    Skilled in problem solving, with strong organizational and administrative agility
•    Strong knowledge of market trends and competitors within Latam and the Caribbean; 
•    Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; Ability to speak Spanish.

Working Conditions: 

•    This position requires a high degree of analytical and communication skills. The incumbent must handle a significant workload across 6 Asset Management jurisdictions and must determine priorities within competing demands. The incumbent is often required to work under tight timelines and deadlines to ensure analysis of materials is executed quickly and thoroughly. The working environment can be stressful, due to tight and inflexible deadlines and constantly shifting priorities with little warning given of changing work volumes. Some travel will be required. 

•    This role is also responsible for working with Asset Management leaders, key business partners and financial teams, across the Caribbean and Latam regions each with a varying degree of complexity and sophistication.  

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.