Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (GRM Finance)

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Flexible vacation

Comprehensive benefits

Diversity & Inclusion

Accessibility support

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto is seeking a Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (GRM Finance) to lead expense management, forecasting, and reporting for multiple GRM Risk Functions. You will collaborate with VP-level stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to budgets, controls, and policy.

The role emphasizes strong analytical skills, data visualization, and process improvement. The position requires 4+ years in financial analysis and planning, a university degree in a relevant

Qualifications

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business.
• CPA or CFA designation preferred; an MBA is an asset.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in financial analysis, forecasting and planning, and expense management.
• Strong Excel skills, including analyzing large data sets with filters and pivot tables, and experience with data visualization tools (Power BI).
• Experience with financial reporting and planning tools (e.g., EGL, Hyperion, OBI, Smart View); Anaplan experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Manage operating expenses within approved budgets by identifying variances and advising on policies.
• Support expense and headcount forecasting and planning models; prepare monthly/quarterly/annual reports for GRM and Business Line stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with GRM Risk Function contacts and transit owners (VPs) to support forecasting and planning processes.
• Create ad hoc financial reports from OBI/Tier4 and business line allocation reports using GIST/OBI.
• Promote a customer-focused culture and leverage Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business

Tools

Power BI

EGL

Hyperion

OBI

Smart View

Anaplan

Job description

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Title: Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (GRM Finance)

Requisition ID: 277172
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Manager contributes to the overall success of the Global Risk Management (GRM) Finance team by ensuring that individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures that all activities comply with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures. This role primarily supports the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) processes for the operating expense budgets of several GRM Risk Functions, including periodic reporting and ad hoc analysis. The incumbent collaborates with multiple stakeholders, up to the VP level, across the GRM Risk Functions, Corporate Functions, and Business Line Finance teams.

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

• Expense Management: Ensure GRM operating expenses remain within the approved budget by identifying and investigating variances, confirming that monthly accruals are recorded accurately, and advising stakeholders on the Bank’s expense policies.
• Management Reporting, Forecasting & Planning: Support the maintenance and production of expense and headcount forecasting and planning models, and prepare summary analyses for monthly, quarterly, and annual management financial reports for GRM and Business Line stakeholders.
• Relationship Management: Build and maintain working relationships with designated contacts in each GRM Risk Function and with transit owners (generally VPs), providing support, information, and guidance on forecasting and planning processes and ad hoc requests.
• Support the team in building ad hoc financial reports from OBI/Tier4 and business line allocation reports using GIST/OBI.
• Champion a customer-focused culture that deepens client relationships and leverages broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• 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 in your area while ensuring the adequacy of, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations related to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk, and conduct risk, including, but not limited to, responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, the Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, the AML/ATF Global Handbook, and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work culture.

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

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business
• CPA or CFA designation preferred; an MBA is an asset
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in financial analysis, forecasting and planning, and expense management
• Strong Excel skills, including analyzing large data sets with filters and pivot tables, and experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI)
• Experience with financial reporting and planning tools (e.g., EGL, Hyperion, OBI, Smart View); Anaplan experience is an asset
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the curiosity to identify process efficiencies
• Ability to communicate financial insights clearly to non-finance professionals
  
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders

What’s in it for you?

• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities — for you and our customers.
• A competitive rewards program that includes an annual bonus, flexible vacation, personal and sick days, and comprehensive benefits that start on your first day.
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship — We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow , and participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs ), which span diverse gender identities, ethnicities, races, ages, abilities, and veteran statuses .
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations — We value the unique skills and experiences every individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove , and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.

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 our 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.