About the Role
As the Bank’s third line of defence, Internal Audit provides enterprise-wide, independent, and objective assurance over the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls, risk management, and governance processes. The Auditor supports the Audit Department’s global mandate by delivering audits and initiatives that align with the team’s strategy and business objectives. The successful candidate will perform and manage audits covering capital markets activities within the U.S., assessing the design and operating effectiveness of key controls across Global Banking & Markets businesses.
Responsibilities
- Champions a client focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
- Manage and/or supports the Officer in Charge (OIC) with the execution of assigned audits.
- Provide day-to-day oversight of audit execution, including coaching team members, reviewing workpapers and audit deliverables, and ensuring timely, high-quality completion of assigned audits in line with audit standards and works with other audit teams as required.
- Contributes to special projects as assigned including investigations and other special projects that Audit may be requested to perform by management.
- Understands how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
- Ensures Scotiabank standards and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Code of Ethics are maintained in completion of all assignments.
- Stays informed of relevant business risks and controls.
- Effectively conveys risk-related information to Officer-in-Charge.
- Maintains stakeholder relationships to successfully carry out audit activities.
- Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
- Meets Department training requirements.
- Ensures audit results are gathered and assesses the impact of the findings on the internal control framework.
- Review control effectiveness of managing risks in trading activities.
- Assess the trading and sales practices controls within Front Office units and overall trading management oversight.
- Review effectiveness of risk management controls and measurement technique, limit design and monitoring, risk reporting and traded products valuations based on an understanding of the trading strategies and products.
- Assess the effectiveness of transaction recording, deal lifecycle, collateral management, margining, settlement, and cash movement controls, including those applicable to Futures and Clearing and Cash Management activities.
- Work with auditors within the audit department to perform end-to-end business line reviews.
- Maintain knowledge of capital markets practices, policies and procedures and local regulations.
- Perform and/or manage audits covering capital markets businesses such as Mortgages, Commercial Real Estate, Futures and Clearing, and/or Cash Management, including assessment of front office activities, middle/back-office processing, risk management practices, and related regulatory obligations.
- Provide support to stakeholders on capital markets issues and/or changes.
- Active engagement and coordination with Stakeholders for audit issue resolution.
- Support the unit’s continuous monitoring program so as to understand and identify changing conditions within business, risk and corporate functions, keep abreast of changing risk profiles, guide assessment of emerging risks, identify systemic issues and determine current and future audit requirements.
Requirements
- University/Post secondary degree or relevant experience.
- Technical/Professional qualifications such as CIA and/or CFA preferred.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in audit and capital markets environment.
- Knowledge of capital markets products and prior auditing experience covering trading, treasury, or asset-based businesses, with preference for experience in Mortgages, Commercial Real Estate, Futures and Clearing, and/or Cash Management.
- Exposure in working with traders and risk management personnel would be an asset, in addition to an understanding of the US regulatory environment around trading activity.
- Experience auditing businesses subject to U.S. regulatory requirements applicable to derivatives, clearing, margining, collateral management, mortgage-related activities, or payment and cash management services is strongly preferred.
- Strong analytical skills necessary to assess risk exposures and understand risk quantification and valuation methodologies.
- Ability to quickly understand the risks associated with new products, processes, routines and formulate audit procedures to ensure that the controls are adequate.
- The incumbent is expected to be a self-starter with strong judgment, problem-solving, and time-management skills, capable of managing multiple workstreams in a dynamic and complex business environment while meeting tight deadlines.
- Excellent written communication skills are essential, with strong issue and audit report writing skills.
- In addition, the incumbent should be skilled at verbal engagement and presentation, of a caliber suitable for direct exposure to Senior management.
- Prior exposure to front-to-back audit coverage across asset classes and business models (e.g., secured financing, clearing, client cash flows) would be considered an asset.
- Working knowledge in risk-based audit methodologies.
- Ability to work in high levels of ambiguity and in a rapidly changing environment.
- Proficient at applying risk-based auditing standards and practices.
- Good analytical skills in the use of data analytics or visualization tools.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
- Curiosity mindset.
Skills
- Capital Markets
- Risk Management
- Internal Controls
- Governance Processes
- Mortgages
- Commercial Real Estate Financing
- Futures and Clearing
- Cash Management
- Investment Banking
- Corporate Banking
- Treasury Functions
- Data Analytics
- Visualization Tools
Location
- New York City, New York, United States
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- University/Post secondary degree
- CIA
- CFA
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000.00 - $167,200.00
Benefits
- Flexible benefit programs designed to help support unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.
About the Company
- Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America, operating globally for over 100 years.
- Scotiabank’s strong U.S. presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.
- Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients.
- We work together to drive ambition for every future!
- 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.
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.
