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Senior Manager, PMO and Strategic Initiatives, GTB - Toronto

Requisition ID: 202024

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, PMO and Strategic Initiatives contributes to the ongoing success within Global Transaction Banking’s strategy, by defining and developing transformational opportunities while ensuring that all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures

What You’ll Do:

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

• Oversees and supports transformational projects and maintains executive reporting to support informed decision-making at the executive level.

• Works directly with key stakeholders to plan; define, document, and maintain implementation activities and timing.

• Responsible for business case development and tracking/reporting of project and financial status for SIP, Delivery Office and Monthly and Quarter Business Reviews; working closely with stakeholders and finance partners.

• Owns integrated project plan, status reporting/meetings, and issue and risk management for the integrated projects (identify, document, support/develop resolutions, and mitigations), and appropriately communicates the information to leadership within the documented governance structure, reporting process and escalation processes.

• Establishes tracking and monitoring systems/tools to measure progress and key metrics to ensure compliance with the operational model on an ongoing basis.

• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

• Create an environment in which the team pursues effective and efficient operations, 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 Bank’s Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and Guidelines for Business Conduct.

• Build a high-performance environment and implement 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.

• Champion a high -performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment

What You'll Bring:

• 5 +years of business or project management experience in the financial services sector.

• Excellent understanding and knowledge of Project Management discipline & agile processes.

• Must be proactive, self-starter and capable of learning new ways of doing things.

• Excellent organizational skills, relationship management, communication, and problem solving.

• Delivery-oriented, and demonstrated ability for strategic influencing, stakeholder facilitation, collaboration in cross-functional teams and facility with complex data processes.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and working in high-pressure environment with rapidly changing deadlines.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with project stakeholders including senior leadership.

• Strong technical ability with PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

• Applies superior conflict management skills and expertise to persuade and negotiate effectively

Work Arrangement:

• A standard working arrangement

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, pleaseclick here (https://www.scotiabank.com/careers/en/careers/technical-support-for-applicants.html) . 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.