Senior Manager, Strategic Support, Global Transaction Banking

Scotiabank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Manager for Strategic Support in Global Transaction Banking. This role is pivotal in driving strategic initiatives, ensuring compliance, and managing relationships across diverse stakeholders. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, leveraging exceptional communication and project management skills to support the development of innovative banking solutions. Join a dynamic team focused on enhancing operational efficiencies and delivering top-tier service to clients. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving sector while being part of a culture that values diversity and employee engagement.

Benefits

Flexible Benefit Programs

Holistic Well-being Support

Performance-oriented Culture

Qualifications

• Proven track record in strategy development and leading multi-disciplinary initiatives.
• Excellent relationship building and communication skills across diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage execution and results for strategic initiatives and projects.
• Support development of strategy and priorities in collaboration with the GTB team.

Skills

Relationship Building

Communication Skills

Project Management

Time Management

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Job description

Title: Senior Manager, Strategic Support, Global Transaction Banking

Requisition ID: 217497

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

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.

Purpose

Contributes to the overall success of Global Transaction Banking (GTB), ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are delivered in support of the business’s strategies and objectives. As required, the Senior Manager will be responsible for playing a lead role in coordinating various strategic initiatives across GTB including planning, execution, and communications.

This role will ensure that all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures. The incumbent is responsible for tracking and reporting project status, as needed, to ensure timelines are met according to agreed upon project timelines. This role will entail initiating, developing and delivering ongoing program communications and, as required, change management and training activities. The role will also include coordinating and preparing various executive level communications and materials as required.

What You’ll Do:

1. Supports the development of strategy and strategic priorities by:

• Assisting in the development of the strategic priorities, long term vision and plan in collaboration with the GTB team.
• Gathering necessary information and analyses from various sources and key stakeholders, to identify opportunities for synergies to drive operational awareness and meet business and talent objectives.
• Supporting cross-functional project teams to implement initiatives in support of the overall strategy.
• Reporting regularly on current initiatives.
• Proactive identification of issues that could impact the successful execution of GTB commitments. This responsibility involves elevating those issues that GTB Senior Leadership should be aware of and framing/positioning ideas to resolve the problem/mitigate the risk.
• Seeking improvements of existing strategies, procedures and policies.

Manages the execution and results for strategic initiatives and projects:

• Building strategic relationships and developing strategic alliances in Scotiabank and also with external partners in the industry in order to manage change effectively.
• Tracking, monitoring, and communicating the progress of initiatives against defined project milestones to ensure progress versus expectations.
• Managing large-scale, multiple projects often involving multiple internal and external stakeholders and matrix governance. Monitoring project milestones, financial delivery, resource availability, issue management process and resolution.

Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions:

• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her 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.

What You'll Bring:

• Excellent relationship building skills, with the ability to build and manage stakeholder relationships across a large number of diverse stakeholder groups (including Senior Executives).
• Exceptional communication skills with knowledge and experience across multiple platforms (i.e., print, visual media, online, etc.), with a demonstrated ability to drive employee engagement.
• Expert time management, project management, planning and organization skills to oversee and execute on multiple complex initiatives without compromising quality.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to work autonomously or collaboratively.
• Proven track record in strategy development, including in-depth experience and demonstrated success in leading multi-disciplinary initiatives of varying sizes and complexity, efficiently and effectively, ensuring all elements of change are considered, understood and managed.
• Strong organizational skills to coordinate and prioritize several concurrent projects.
• Excellent visionary, planning and analytical skills.
• The incumbent should be able to work in a fast paced and energized environment, deal with tight deadlines, solve complex problems, and balance conflicting priorities.

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.

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Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto