Senior Manager, RESL Portfolio Management & Analytics

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

Reporting to the Director, Portfolio Management & Analytics, the Senior Manager will work closely with a diverse set of stakeholders to generate insights and deliver judicious recommendations.

You will drive analyses, oversight, and judicious thought leadership for Mortgage and HELOC Portfolios, ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are assisted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

Job Responsibilities :

• Lead sensitivity analyses to essay performance benchmarks against various environmental trends; develop scenario frameworks and readiness playbooks by identifying and prioritizing levers.
• Measure and monitor policy changes across the credit life cycle (adjudication, customer management and collections) with a focus on credit performance;

assist various teams in development and adjustments to policy through judicious insights.

• Monitor RESL portfolio indicators, proactively assessing performance alongside macro-economic and external trends.
• Senior Executive assistance on performance trending across portfolios, and preparation of judicious communication materials.
• Triangulate internal data analyses with macro-economic and consumer trend reports to find customer vulnerability; maintain an integrated set of performance benchmarks to continuously monitor segment performance.
• Lead GRM colleagues to improve portfolio monitoring and account management capabilities through integration of new models and frameworks.
• Assist annual judicious planning process through thought leadership on implications to KPIs and risk related metrics, based on business objectives and growth plans.
• Prepare Deep Dive analyses on key segments within the RESL portfolio, provisioning, and peer trends.
• Collect, process, and perform statistical analysis (prescriptive to predictive) on complex datasets to inform risk decisions.

Job Requirements :

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to create and interpret information / data required to monitor the performance of credit portfolios are essential.
• Proficiency in programming and / or database programs (MongoDB, SAS, JAVA, SQL, R, Hadoop, Python).
• Must have a university degree in relevant STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) or a master’s degree in business, statistics, economics, mathematics, management sciences or analytics.
• 8-10 years of relevant work experience.
• Expertise and thorough understanding of credit and portfolio management, mortgage underwriting and credit analytics.
• In-depth understanding of : i) RESL products, systems and channels, and the markets in which Scotiabank operates; ii) Bank’s credit risk policy and risk appetite framework;

iii) retail lending process and applications; and iv) legislative and marketplace issues relative to credit risk management.

• Strong financial skills, solid deductive reasoning, sound judgement and creativity.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively convey information to various levels of management.
• Knowledge of credit risk management origination techniques and strategies in Retail credit, including the creation of champion / challenger tests and risk strategies utilizing credit risk scores.

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 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.

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