Requisition ID: 256155

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

Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America, operating globally for over 100 years. Scotiabank’s strong U.S. presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.

Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include debt and equity financing, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange and precious & metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group.

Be part of an innovative, Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! We work together to drive ambition for every future!

Purpose

This Business Analyst will be responsible for the projects and BAU activity in the Governance Group supporting regulatory reporting activities. Driving product development and enhancements the Manager effectively partners w/ stakeholders to provide the solution requirements against business needs while executing the deliverables.

What You'll Do

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.

• Evolve and enhance current operating model within the bank for the management of Sales and Trading obligations and their related technical requirements.

• Review/maintain/update the firm’s implementation of existing obligation to establish potential regulatory impact; propose business framework improvements and business requirements; drive pragmatic changes.

• Work with the Governance Group, US Business Transformation, Compliance Advisory Team to identify solutions to complex problems presented by the business across Global Banking and Markets.

• Partner with technology, compliance advisory, GCM and program managers to integrate timelines and deliverables into project plans, define and clarify business requirement documents, test scripts, user acceptance testing, project artifacts, identify risks / issues / dependencies, and obtain signoffs.

• Manage quality control / assurance testing process, issue reporting /resolution, and sign-off / approval of project milestones and deliverables.
  

• Establish clear and achievable objectives, balance competing demands for quality, scope, time, and cost, and adapt specifications, plans, and approaches to the different concerns and expectations of the various stakeholders.

• Maintain documentation for BAU exceptions, inquiries, prioritize backlog, and manage projects that support efficient and effective delivery while maintaining adherence to policy and procedures.

• Keep day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank's risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits. Communicates the Bank's risk culture and risk appetite statement throughout their teams.

• Create an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk, and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.

• Build a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment, communicating vision/values/business strategy, and managing succession and development planning for the team.

• 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 his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook, and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.

• Champion a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment, communicating vison/values/business strategy, and managing succession and development planning for the team.
  
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Relevant experience in front office environment, compliance and/or regulatory environments, and technology expertise with data structures, data governance, and a complex financial institution, with a demonstrated history of executing the role's key accountabilities

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in business, finance, technology, or related field.

• Gather requirements from business areas and create design documents.

• Design, build, and deliver process enhancements independently and in a team.

• Debug and resolve issues with BAU and Program enhancements and suggest improvements / changes to existing processes.

• Assume additional responsibilities as assigned / required.

• Build strong productive customer focused relationships with the Business, Compliance Advisory, IT teams, and third parties.

• Strong written and communication skills.

• Must be able to write operational manuals and provide demos to large audiences.

• Must be motivated, independent, and self-sufficient. Able to receive an assigned task and see it through to completion with minimal supervision.

• The candidate must be the quintessential team player and a highly skilled communicator.
  
  
  

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.

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Location(s): United States : Texas : Dallas

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.

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