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About the Role

This role provides cross-functional leadership by leading strategic planning, reporting, and the execution of initiatives that support the CWM growth strategy. The Senior Manager will work closely with the VP to lead and manage the strategy, foster team culture, and enable collective deliverables.

Responsibilities

Lead, facilitate and measure Practice Excellence strategy and initiatives.
Work closely with the VP to prioritize, manage, implement and track strategic initiatives across the Practice Excellence team, ensuring strong collaboration, project governance, and business alignment on activities and initiatives that support CWM Investment Advisory growth.
Lead the development and implementation of new strategic initiatives across the PE ecosystem to support advisor development & growth, and client experiences.
Collaborate with PE leaders to ensure engagement and ownership across multiple teams, and manage multiple work streams to ensure project milestones are reached.
Conduct analysis of competitors across wealth management industry, track shifts in wealth management landscape, and develop forward-looking insights on opportunities to support the evolution of the team deliverable.
Lead and own PE team communications and platforms – supporting the development/evolution and regular delivery of impactful and timely communications to support the PE team success.
Champions and influences a collaborative, high performance and inclusive culture through employee focused and client focused initiatives, events and development programs.
Proactively pursues, models and influences the adoption of new technology and best practices to support the high performance culture across PE teams and initiatives in support of advisor training, development and engagement.
Accountable for developing, adopting, managing and improving dashboards for PE leadership team, CWM executive teams, enterprise executive updates, quarterly finance, and ad hoc reporting as required.
Support the PE team risk processes, including Business Continuity Planning, Third Party Risk Management, Internal Controls, Coupa and contract management, etc.
Champions a client-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
Understands 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, 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.
Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Requirements

Post-secondary degree, preferably in Business Administration
Deep understanding of Wealth Management Business lines
Five years of experience in corporate strategy or project management in the wealth management, banking or financial services industry, is an asset
Experience developing and delivering business line and/or executive communications
Self-motivated; ability to work both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams
Strong relationship management skills to effectively manage relationships across the Bank, its partners and external vendors
Strong quantitative, analytical, and conceptual problem-solving skills combined with outstanding business acumen and attention to detail
Strong project management experience, PMP is an asset
Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
Bilingual in English and French is an asset
Advanced knowledge of MS Office including Co-Pilot, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Skills

Corporate strategy
Project management
Wealth management
Banking
Financial services
Business line communications
Executive communications
Relationship management
Quantitative analysis
Analytical skills
Conceptual problem-solving
Business acumen
Attention to detail
Project management
Written communication
Verbal communication
MS Office
Co-Pilot
Word
Excel
PowerPoint

Location

Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Manager
Five years of experience

Education Level

Post-secondary degree

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.