Product Analytics & Initiatives Specialist

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Product Analyst for Scotia Global Asset Management to support product initiatives through data analysis, research, and reporting. You will help enable data-driven decisions across initiatives like Cost of Ownership, pricing strategy, and data governance.

The role emphasizes analytics, execution support, and process improvement, with collaboration across Technology, Marketing, Risk, and Finance teams to manage dashboards and data quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in asset management, product, or data analytics roles.
• Undergraduate degree (Finance, Economics, Data, or related field).
• Proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Data Analytics and Data Visualization Tools experience, Power BI, SQL/Python skillset is a key asset
• Familiarity with industry data tools (e.g., Morningstar Direct, SimFund) preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis to support key initiatives (e.g., Cost of Ownership, pricing, competitor analysis, industry product trends).
• Support development and maintenance of initiative and product dashboards (e.g., Power BI) providing real-time insights.
• Gather, clean, and manage data from multiple sources to support a centralized Product Data Hub.
• Monitor and track initiative progress against milestones and KPIs; highlight risks and gaps.
• Support development of reports, presentations, and materials for stakeholders and leadership.
• Maintain and manage external data sources (e.g., Morningstar) ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve data quality and efficiency.
• Support AI-related initiatives through data preparation, use case identification, and testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Technology, Marketing, Risk, Finance, etc.) to execute initiatives.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions, including disciplined oversight of risks and dependencies.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk, supported by strong governance and control discipline.

Skills

Data analytics

Communication skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Data or related field

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Morningstar Direct

SimFund

MS Office

Job description

Scotiabank is seeking a Product Analyst for Scotia Global Asset Management to support product initiatives through data analysis, research, and reporting. You will help enable data-driven decisions across initiatives like Cost of Ownership, pricing strategy, and data governance.

The role emphasizes analytics, execution support, and process improvement, with collaboration across Technology, Marketing, Risk, and Finance teams to manage dashboards and data quality.