Assistant Manager, Regulatory Trade Reporting (GWO)

Scotiabank; Canada; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Assistant Manager to enhance its Regulatory Reporting & Control function. This role involves ensuring compliance with trade and transaction reporting regulations, preparing management reports, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will leverage your exceptional business analysis and problem-solving skills to drive efficiency and effectiveness in operations. Join a workplace that empowers you to reach your fullest potential and supports your well-being with flexible benefits tailored to your unique needs. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and possess strong communication skills, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Benefit Programs

Holistic Well-Being Support

Qualifications

• Exceptional business analysis skills and success in project lifecycle participation.
• Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking skills required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting activities across jurisdictions.
• Prepare management reports and dashboards for all management levels.

Skills

Business Analysis

Problem-Solving

Data Mining

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Strategic Thinking

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

VBA

Job description

Requisition ID: #

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

Purpose:

The Assistant Manager is responsible for helping to drive an efficient and effective Regulatory Reporting & Control function within Global Wholesale Operations. The Assistant Manager is responsible for actioning daily controls as well as supporting projects.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

1. Ensuring Scotiabank’s trade and transaction reporting activities are in compliance with governing regulations and business requirements in all areas Scotiabank operates (MIFID 2, CIRO, CAT, SFTR, SMMD, Electronic Bluesheets)
2. Identifying and escalating reporting breaks through daily reconciliation controls.
3. Preparing management reports and dashboards for all levels of management.
4. Remediating reporting breaks and enhancing controls in partnership with stakeholders. Internal and external stakeholders include Operational Risk Oversight, Technology and Trade Repositories.
5. Building and maintaining Subject Matter Expertise by understanding regulatory reporting requirements and knowledge of regulatory reporting/reporting logic across all jurisdictions
6. Analyzing the impact of regulatory changes and supporting the necessary changes to internal reporting, reconciliation, and other control processes
7. Collaborating with cross-functional teams within GWO to prioritize effort to ensure that regulatory reporting obligations are met in all jurisdictions
8. Actively participating and contributing in change management projects/initiatives to ensure that regulatory reporting requirements are working with adequate controls and appropriate metrics are incorporated into the KPI/KRI risk management platform
9. Continuously reviewing current processes and identifies opportunities for improvements to promote efficient and effective oversight processes
10. Creating and maintaining policies and procedure documents
11. Understanding how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
12. Actively pursuing effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy of, 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:

1. Exceptional business analysis skills and demonstrated success participating project lifecycle. This includes scope definition, business case development, requirements gathering, test script development, deployment, and implementation assistance
2. Experience in running daily controls including knowledge of escalation, remediation and management reporting.
3. Knowledge of reporting requirements/reporting logic for various regimes (MiFID II, SFTR, CIRO, SMMD, CAT, FR2420, Electronic Bluesheets) would be an asset.
4. Strong problem-solving, strategic thinking, organizational skills and strong data mining skills
5. Demonstrated success working in a demanding and fast-paced environment,
6. Advanced communication skills and the ability to clearly and concisely present to senior stakeholders
7. Exceptional interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to gain confidence of stakeholders.
8. Strong Technical skills: Power BI, Tableau, Data Structure, Documentation and VBA

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.

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.