Senior Manager, Global Clearing Platforms and Payments Transformation, Global Transaction Banking

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Senior Manager for Global Clearing Platforms and Payments Transformation. The role involves leading strategic initiatives to modernize the payments infrastructure and ensuring cross-border payment continuity. We're looking for a candidate with at least five years of relevant experience, strong leadership abilities, and exceptional communication skills. Join us in an inclusive culture where your contributions shape the future of banking.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits programs

Focus on employee well-being

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of relevant experience in a transferable field.
• Proven experience in corporate finance and/or payments.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evaluation of a scalable cash book platform for multi-currency operations.
• Collaborate with teams to define functional and technical requirements.
• Ensure seamless cross-border payment flows and data harmonization.

Skills

Leadership

Organisational skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Payment products understanding

Education

Post-secondary education

Job description

Title: Senior Manager, Global Clearing Platforms and Payments Transformation, Global Transaction Banking

Requisition ID: 243837

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

Global Transaction Banking

Global Transaction Banking (GTB) is the payments and transaction engine of Scotiabank. We support Small Business, Commercial and Corporate clients with effective treasury management solutions coupled with a best-in‑class service model, making it easy for clients to do business with us.

As businesses build their digital capabilities and transform their operating models, their payment needs are evolving too. Boasting a unique global footprint, GTB’s comprehensive suite of innovative banking solutions help our business clients generate operational efficiencies, streamline and simplify payments, improve working capital performance, and mitigate financial risk.

At Scotiabank, we embrace your strengths, ideas, and ambitions. GTB is a fast‑growing team with a focus on the Americas, particularly Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and we are seeking top tier talent to complement our organization.

Join a purpose‑driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high‑performing culture.

Purpose

The Senior Manager, Global Clearing Platforms and Payments Transformation will lead strategic initiatives focused on the modernization of Scotiabank’s core payments infrastructure. This role is pivotal in the planning, identification, and selection of an enterprise‑wide cash book solution to support the de‑risking and phased replacement of legacy architecture throughout the GTB footprint. The successful candidate will also drive integration efforts across GTB’s North‑South payments franchises, ensuring alignment and operational continuity across geographies.

This individual will contribute to the overall success of the team, ensuring individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted follow governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the evaluation and selection of a scalable enterprise cash book platform to support multi‑currency operations and ledger integrity across the banks operating footprint within High Value Payments.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, and Technology to define functional and technical requirements aligned with strategic modernization goals.
• Facilitate alignment between Canadian and U.S. GTB operations to ensure seamless cross‑border payment flows and data harmonization and support the design and implementation of shared services and standardised processes across GTB franchises.
• Apply in‑depth knowledge of existing relationships between product, operations, and technology infrastructures to coordinate and monitor cross‑utility interdependencies, contributions and efficiencies in operations and technology platforms to maximise resources and ensure projects are aligned with business line and Enterprise strategic objectives.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day‑to‑day activities and decisions.
• Create an environment in which to pursue effective and efficient operations of respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day‑to‑day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
• Contribute positively to a high‑performance culture with strong retention strategy and a commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven leadership and exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to manage complex initiatives and drive results.
• Extensive experience in corporate finance and/or payments, ideally within a consulting or banking environment (considered an asset).
• Deep understanding of payment products, infrastructure, market practices and regulatory frameworks, with the ability to navigate evolving industry standards.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution, to effectively engage diverse internal stakeholders, technology partners and external vendors.
• Post‑secondary education combined with a minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in a transferable field.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish (preferred but not required).
• Accounting background and professional designation (such as CPA) considered an asset.

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Interested?

If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply – you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and embraced for their differences. That’s 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. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.