Senior Manager, Analytics & Insights

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Senior Manager, Analytics & Insights to lead a high-performing analytics team and deliver enterprise-grade dashboards and reports. You will bridge data engineering with strategic business decisions and mentor managers while governing a broad portfolio of analytics assets.

You will drive the shift from legacy reporting to automated, self-service analytics, partner with Engineering on data models, and ensure regulatory compliance as you migrate analytics to Azure and cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a quantitative field as listed.
• 8+ years’ analytics, BI, or data science experience.
• People leadership experience is required.
• Banking/Wealth Management experience desirable.
• Power BI mastery or equivalent BI platforms.
• Advanced SQL and Python for data tasks.
• Experience in Azure, Snowflake, or GCP.
• Knowledge of Canadian Retail Banking & Wealth channels.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead Analytics Managers and Senior Analysts.
• Mentor analytics leaders and improve delivery.
• Govern dashboards and reporting assets for accuracy and KPIs.
• Partner with Engineering on data modeling and data pipelines.
• Drive transition from legacy reporting to automated self-service analytics.
• Support migration of analytics stack to Azure and cloud platforms.
• Enforce data visualization, query optimization, and code standards.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with governance.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Python

Azure

Snowflake

GCP

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in quantitative discipline

Tools

DAX

Power Query

Data governance tooling

Job description

Purpose

The Senior Manager, Analytics & Insights leads a high-performing analytics team to deliver actionable insights and enterprise-grade reporting solutions. This role bridges complex data engineering with strategic business decision-making. You will own a broad portfolio of analytics products, mentor managers, and senior practitioners, and help shape the organization’s data culture as we transition to modern cloud-based architectures.

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

• Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership to a team of Analytics Managers, and Senior Analysts
• Act as a mentor to Analytics Managers, strengthening capabilities in people leadership, delivery management, and technical storytelling
• Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence through clear expectations and ongoing feedback
• Serve as a trusted analytics partner to senior leaders across Compliance & Supervision, SGAM Finance and Retail Mutual Funds Distribution
• Own and govern a diverse ecosystem of dashboards and reporting assets, ensuring accuracy, performance, scalability, and alignment to business KPIs
• Balance competing priorities across business units with transparent communication on delivery timelines, trade-offs, and capacity constraints
• Partner closely with Engineering to design reusable, well-modeled datasets that reduce manual effort and downstream reporting complexity
• Lead the shift from legacy, ad hoc reporting toward automated, self-service analytics solutions
• Support the evolution of the analytics stack (e.g., Hadoop to Azure / Microsoft Fabric), ensuring reporting stability and continuity throughout migration efforts
• Champion the move from descriptive analytics to predictive and prescriptive insights
• Define and enforce standards for data visualization, query optimization, documentation, and code quality (DAX / SQL / Python)
• Partner with GWM Data Governance to ensure all analytics and reporting meet regulatory, privacy, and audit requirements

Skills

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

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Business Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, Finance, or Engineering)
• 8+ years’ experience in Analytics, Business Intelligence, or Data Science
• People leadership experience is required
• Prior experience in Banking, Wealth Management, or Financial Services is highly desirable—particularly within distribution, compliance, or regulatory environments
• Expert-level proficiency in Power BI (DAX, Power Query) or comparable BI platforms
• Advanced SQL / Python skills for complex data extraction, transformation, and optimization.
• Experience working in cloud environments (Azure ecosystem, Snowflake, or GCP) with strong data modeling foundations
• Knowledge of Canadian Retail Banking and Wealth Management distribution channels
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills

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.