Senior Manager, Accounting & Reconciliation — Trade Finance Ops

Scotiabank; Toronto; In loco; CAD 110.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Scotiabank is seeking a Manager of Accounting & Reconciliation within Global Transaction Banking in Canada. The role leads teams, manages reconciliation controls, and ensures accurate financial statements for trade finance operations.

You will drive issue resolution, governance, and continuous improvement across global processing, with exposure to regulatory and audit requirements. The position emphasizes leadership, risk management, and collaboration with multiple departments to optimize

Competenze

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related discipline.
• 7-10 years of banking operations, accounting, reconciliation or financial control experience.
• Working knowledge of Trade Finance, accounting controls and reconciliation frameworks; experience leading teams in a regulated financial institution.
• Demonstrated ability to manage risk, controls, audits and regulatory requirements.

Mansioni

• Lead and develop a team of Accounting & Reconciliation Analysts.
• Establish performance expectations and provide coaching and development.
• Ensure adequate training, cross-training and succession planning.
• Foster a strong risk and control culture within the team.
• Review and approve daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reconciliation activities.
• Ensure reconciliations are completed accurately and within established timelines.
• Provide independent review and sign-off of control activities.
• Monitor control effectiveness and identify opportunities to strengthen processes and automation.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, procedures and governance standards.
• Oversee investigation and remediation of reconciliation breaks, unposted entries and accounting exceptions.
• Monitor aging of outstanding exceptions and ensure timely escalation.
• Facilitate regular review meetings with Trade Finance Operations and key stakeholders.
• Escalate material issues, aged breaks and control deficiencies to Senior Management and Directors as required.
• Ensure action plans are established and tracked through completion.
• Oversee manual GL postings, expense processing and accounting adjustments.
• Ensure accounting entries comply with authorization and documentation standards.
• Review exception reports and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial reporting outputs and supporting documentation.
• Support regulatory, audit and compliance requirements.
• Act as primary liaison with Trade Finance Operations, Corporate Lending Services, Trade Finance Risk Control, Business Banking Operations, Canadian Banking, Technology and Delivery Support teams.
• Coordinate remediation efforts for cross-functional issues impacting accounting integrity and reconciliation outcomes.
• Present exception trends and control status updates to senior management.
• Identify recurring issues, process gaps and operational risks.
• Lead automation and process enhancement initiatives.
• Promote operational excellence through standardization and continuous improvement.
• Ensure records, signoffs and supporting evidence are retained in accordance with retention requirements.

Conoscenze

Leadership

People management

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Formazione

Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related discipline

Strumenti

Trade360

LoanIQ

DUCO

Intralink/IRIS

Descrizione del lavoro

Scotiabank is seeking a Manager of Accounting & Reconciliation within Global Transaction Banking in Canada. The role leads teams, manages reconciliation controls, and ensures accurate financial statements for trade finance operations.

You will drive issue resolution, governance, and continuous improvement across global processing, with exposure to regulatory and audit requirements. The position emphasizes leadership, risk management, and collaboration with multiple departments to optimize