Assistant Manager - Middle Office (12 month contract)

Is this role right for you?

In this role, you will :

• Operating independently, identifying, and resolving issues with minimal oversight. Capable and comfortable operating within tight deadlines, able to make quick decisions, and able to quickly learn about the business / issues, without necessarily having any prior direct experience with the subject matter.
• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Champions 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.

Demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills capable of managing, leading, and coaching / training a team of employees.

Champions a culture of continuous operational improvement by independently resolving highly complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the business needs across MO with a specific focus on creating tangible / measurable operational efficiencies.

This involves opportunity identification, preparing proposals, defining business requirements and processes, developing, testing, conversion, and implementation strategies, developing detailed project plans, monitoring progress against planned objectives, and securing consensus and co-operations from users and senior management.

• Performing daily operational activities in support of GBM business lines with a focus on trade life cycle management, Trade Control, and Client Service
• 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.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have :

• Working experience in capital markets, finance, and banking and / or process improvement, business analysis and solution implementation
• Demonstrated knowledge of analytical problem solving and process engineering techniques (i.e. process mapping and analysis techniques)
• Strong technical abilities including knowledge of basic software engineering principles (experience in SQL, VBA, Access, Excel preferred), and a sound understanding of operational processes

Work Arrangement : This position is currently a Hybrid role. Please note that this is subject to change based on the needs of the business.

Interested?

At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences.

That is 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.