Accountant - sound knowledge of accounting and auditing terms, practices and principles. - 38238

Location Address : King Street W, 25th Floor

Work arrangement : Hybrid (3 days in office), it may change in the coming months.

Contract Duration : 6 months

• Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen internal and external interactions, leveraging broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge
• Develop and demonstrate SME level knowledge of the Bank’s TPRM policy and GWO’s mandate and operating expense categories - primarily data processing, software licensing & maintenance, depository network, and market data.
• Adhere to and support contract management objectives, procedures, audit, and workflow processes in relation to the Bank’s risk appetite and TPRM policies
• Support the management of multiple vendor relationships with a global scope and varying in complexity
• Support business partners conducting risk assessment of third-party relationships as a first line control function within the Bank’s TPRM program; specifically :
• Coordination, and execution of quality assurance and effective challenge activities
• Review of due diligence performed on fourth party sub-contractors, and others
• Maintain an updated contract management database that contains all executed contracts, as well as contracts that are under development but are not yet active.
• Coordinate with service owners to ensure the validation and accuracy of third-party expense statements, invoices, and debit advices across multiple systems and jurisdictions
• Manage invoice repositories and databases ensuring all details are captured and processed in a timely basis to track monthly vendor spend against financial plan
• Contribute to GWO’s budgeting and forecasting exercise, providing trends and assumptions for GWO’s expense categories
• Support the wider Business & Performance Management team with the production of metrics on vendor spend, monthly reporting packages, dashboards, performance reports, and any other team initiatives.
• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of his / her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s values and Code of Conduct, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operations
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment

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Best vs average candidate

The best candidate is someone who demonstrates strong analytical thinking and consistently takes full ownership of tasks and responsibilities. Proactively engages in self-directed learning and adapts quickly to established processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and workflows.