Title:  Senior Manager - Business Intelligence, Risk Reporting & Analytics

Requisition ID: 263520 

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

The candidate will collaborate with business stakeholders to evaluate and determine business needs for enhanced risk information. They will assist in defining system improvements to address business, operational, and management requirements. The candidate’s responsibilities include requirement analysis, data analysis, solution design and documentation, and overseeing the development and implementation of system enhancements.

The individual should be proactive, demonstrate initiative and sound judgment, be a team leader, have a willingness to learn, and focus on customer needs.

Is this role right for you?

• Work with the Director and leadership team to create strategic opportunities for new solutions or improvements.
• Assessing data and risk management for new Analytics & Reporting solutions based on evolving business needs and requirements.
• Leading initiatives to improve analytical programs, efficiencies, analysis, report generation times, and migration to common platforms.
• Capable of analyzing intricate business problems and issues by utilizing data from both internal and external sources to provide valuable insights to decision-makers. Identifies and interprets trends and patterns within datasets to determine root causes and drivers.
• Facilitates storytelling to ensure that insights are conveyed in a meaningful and relevant manner to key partners and stakeholders.
• Innovate to streamline processes and enhance effectiveness.
• Collaborate with business partners, data engineers, risk analysts, and architecture teams to define requirements and deliver analytical solutions.
• Recommend solutions and takes a design focus when planning end-to-end build of processes and/or programs (based on business needs), ensuring compliance with Business Intelligence framework and methodology.
• Oversee testing enhancements / changes to existing data sources and identifying, monitoring and communicating data quality issues.
• Proficient in project management, able to manage timelines and deliverables to align with team objectives. Capable of handling multiple projects and activities in an organized and timely manner.
• Enhance self-service reporting capabilities while maintaining strong governance, data integrity, and controls

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?   

• 8–10+ years of progressive experience in business intelligence, analytics, risk reporting, portfolio analytics, or data management within the financial services industry.
• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate degree (MBA, Master’s in Analytics, Finance, Data Science, or related field) is considered an asset.

• Ability to lead multiple projects, coordinate activities with various stakeholders in a timely, organized manner.
• Experience in leveraging AI Agents and Machine learning to enhance reporting automation, predictive analytics and risk assessment.
• Proficiency in SQL, Power BI, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Cloud platforms and other tools to develop and optimize Risk Reporting & Analytics solutions.

• Strong understanding of relational databases, data structures, and query optimization, with the ability to work with large datasets and troubleshoot data issues.

• Design, build, and optimize data pipelines using Power BI Premium, MS Fabric, and/or Databricks.
• Develop scalable semantic models, star schemas, and tabular models for enterprise analytics.

• Strong ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into efficient reporting and analytical solutions.
• Capability to understand new concepts, tools, and technologies efficiently, with a willingness to learn and adapting in a dynamic environment

What’s in it for you?

• The opportunity to join a forward-thinking company surrounded by a collaborative team of innovative thinkers.
• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development. This position will have exposure to multiple aspects of the bank’s financial profile, such as balance sheet growth, provisions for credit losses and capital adequacy assessment.
• Becoming a subject matter expert and storyteller for our Canadian retail portfolio, in terms of how the stress testing process works and what drives the portfolio’s credit loss
• A competitive compensation and benefits package.
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities– for you and our customers.
• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!

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.