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About the Role

Manage a team responsible for the U.S. KYC periodic refresh, ensuring compliance with US KYC/AML, FINRA, FATCA, and other relevant regulations. This role involves calculating metrics, identifying process enhancements, and escalating critical issues.

Responsibilities

• Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Facilitate the periodic refresh of US clients efficiently, compliantly, and with a client-centric approach.
• Resolve day-to-day matters and escalations for the KYC Periodic Refresh team in the US, escalating complex issues as needed.
• Continuously acquire and enhance knowledge of the Bank's business strategies, policies, risk management practices, products, financial markets, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with business line management to develop and implement processes for the U.S. Periodic Refresh program.
• Adhere to AML controls, including reviewing high-risk customers and conducting screenings (PEP, Negative News, Sanctions, etc.).
• Develop and report KYC metrics and prepare management reports for stakeholder meetings.
• Coordinate with multiple teams to ensure process efficiency, identifying and addressing gaps.
• Support project workstreams impacting U.S. Periodic Refresh.
• Work with Quality Assurance, 2nd Line AML, Audit, and regulators to facilitate testing and examination engagements.
• Engage and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for issue resolution.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7-10 years in financial services with recognized expertise in current and anticipated regulatory frameworks impacting Customer Refresh in the US (BSA, FinCEN rules, FINRA requirements, US PATRIOT Act & FATCA).
• A sound understanding of the banking and capital markets business is necessary.
• Requires a client-centric approach to the role.
• Must have broad knowledge of end-to-end workflows among the Front, Middle, and Back Offices.
• Will require work outside of traditional business hours.
• Must be able to operate effectively within a stressful environment with changing priorities and tight time frames.
• Knowledge of quality assurance processes.
• Strong communications, analytical, organizational, project/change management, and planning skills.
• Knowledge of businesses, products, operations, systems, and organization.

Skills

• Customer Refresh
• US KYC/AML
• FINRA rules
• FATCA
• AML controls
• PEP screening
• Negative News screening
• Sanctions screening
• KYC/AML policies
• Quality assurance processes
• Communications
• Analytical skills
• Organizational skills
• Project management
• Change management
• Planning skills

Location

• United States : Texas : Dallas

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 7-10 years

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field; regulatory compliance or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Flexible benefit programs designed to help support unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.

About the Company

• 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, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences.
• We work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

Equal Opportunity

• Scotiabank is an equal opportunity employer.
• We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.