Executive Compensation & Governance Lead – Global HR

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Manager, Executive Compensation and Governance within Global HR to lead risk and governance activities, coordinate compensation forecasting, and support year-end processes for executive pay. The role requires autonomy, seniority, and strong ethics in a multinational financial services context.

The candidate will collaborate with Finance, Reporting, and CRC teams while ensuring compliance with regulations and internal policies across the bank’s global footprint.

Qualifications

• Completion of an undergraduate University degree
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Executive Compensation and related governance and compliance
• Financial industry expertise is an asset
• Background in a large multinational company
• Prior experience with compensation/executive compensation
• High degree of professional ethics and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to adapt to frequently changing priorities and identify critical paths for resolution
• Inquisitive mindset; eager to learn and acquire knowledge
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint)

Responsibilities

• Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• Manage the end-to-end process to collect risk and conduct-related incidents from various business functions, including preparation of communication materials, submission timelines, initiating follow-ups, and ensuring all necessary information is collected and disseminated according to the established process.
• Identify risk and conduct-related governance and regulatory developments and emerging practices that may impact the Bank globally or in key countries/regions, and assesses the Bank’s compliance or areas requiring change.
• Prepare materials to support Compensation Review Committee (CRC) meetings.
• Manage the end-to-end process to identify roles considered material to the Bank, updates the Material Risk Impact employees (MRIs) list on a regular basis, manages year-end activities related to the MRIs and prepares and delivers annual communication to identified employees.
• Assist with managing the Bank’s executive compensation programs including equity-based compensation with vesting conditions.
• Prepare compensation accruals on a regular basis, collaborating with both the Finance and Reporting teams to receive accurate inputs to validate and reconcile the data.
• Participate in the preparation of the annual Management Proxy Circular, including tabular data.
• Support the year-end compensation planning process and reporting.
• Prepare compensation recommendations for new hires, promotions, transfers, and others if required.
• Support ad hoc requests including internal equity and market competitiveness analysis and compensation recommendations.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of the respective areas in accordance with ScotiaBond Values, the Code of Conduct and other corporate policies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Project management

Adaptability

Learning mindset

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Scotiabank is seeking a Manager, Executive Compensation and Governance within Global HR to lead risk and governance activities, coordinate compensation forecasting, and support year-end processes for executive pay. The role requires autonomy, seniority, and strong ethics in a multinational financial services context.

The candidate will collaborate with Finance, Reporting, and CRC teams while ensuring compliance with regulations and internal policies across the bank’s global footprint.