Director, Strategic Support, Global Risk Management

Requisition ID: 218211

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

Scotiabank's Risk Transformation Management Team is seeking a Director, Strategic Support to join our team. We are building a leading, best-in-class Global Risk function to maintain customer trust, deliver efficiencies across business units, and be trusted advisors and partners to protect the Bank's reputation.

This role will support and working closely with the Group Head & Chief Risk Officer (CRO), serving as a thought partner and strategic advisor and reports directly to the VP, Transformation Office. This role supports the CRO to maximize his/her impact and further GRM strategic priorities. There are four critical areas where this is achieved: effective time management, forward planning, strategic support and relationship management.

This role is responsible for the overall success of the Global Risk Management (GRM) function ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Lead and drive stakeholder focused culture. Enable the Group Head & CRO to deepen client relationships and leverages broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Deliver or be a key participant on special projects and business initiatives, as assigned by the CRO, that drive business value.
• Act as a trusted partner to the CRO, helping define priorities and ensuring the CRO is set up to achieve them by:
  • Driving the effectiveness and efficiency of CRO's time and ensuring it aligns with the most critical organizational priorities, where the Global Head's voice is specifically necessary
  • Gathering necessary information and analyses from various sources and key stakeholders, to identify opportunities for synergies to drive operational awareness and meet objectives
  • Developing integrated and holistic strategies to ensure CRO is well-positioned to make decisions on a range of issues
  • Building an understanding of the critical work that is happening across the business group and surfacing issues, bright spots, and challenges
  • Proactive identification of issues that could impact the successful execution of the CRO's commitments. This responsibility involves elevating those issues that the CRO should be aware and framing/positioning ideas to resolve the problem/mitigate the risk
  • Acting as a liaison/advisor to senior bank leaders and external stakeholders, as appropriate, to help advance both the division's priorities and the bank's strategic priorities.

• Ensure the Senior Management Team operate effectively as a group, including:
  • Partnering with the CRO and others to build a strong culture and sense of team among the different groups
  • Working with the senior management team and key stakeholders in the coordination of strategic external and significant internal events for the CRO, including priority regulatory affairs, regions/business groups and events
  • Orchestrating and facilitating group events, meeting agendas, logistics, and follow-ups both within the senior management team and across the Bank. Ensuring that meetings, deadlines, presentation, and other duties of the CRO office are carried out seamlessly.
• Overarching priorities include:
  • Support on key priorities for the year and ahead and coordinate with groups responsible for priorities to receive consistent and frequent updates on progress being made
  • Working with Communications on speech creation, community forum content, and thought leadership pieces about Global Risk Management both externally and internally.
  • Act as a strategic advisor by making informed recommendations for use of CRO's time, voice, and in responding to potential concerns
  • Supports Bank-wide initiatives by leveraging the voice, strategy, and participation of the CRO, thereby ensuring alignment across internal and external communication channels and employee groups. Identifies and eliminates duplication and inefficiencies across groups, as it relates to the CRO
  • Directs day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank's risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits. Communicates the Bank's risk culture and risk appetite statement throughout accountabilities
  • Creates an effective and efficient operating environment, 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
  • Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates by fostering an inclusive work environment; communicating vison/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, preferably in the disciplines of Business Management, and Communications
• 5-10 years in-depth banking knowledge
• Proven communicator across various platforms (internal and external)
• Strong business intuition, results-focused, performance-oriented and expense-sensitive - demonstrates a shareholder mindset
• Strong organizational skills to coordinate and prioritize a number of concurrent projects.
• Excellent visionary, planning and analytical skills.
• Strong negotiating, influencing and communication skills (written and oral) to influence all levels of the organization through the presentation of insight based on sound investigation experiences.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills that facilitate a positive and effective team environment at all levels of the organization.
• High credibility with the Bank's senior management team and with business line and other functional area management teams.
• Self-reliant and results oriented

What's in it for you?

• An inclusive & collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• We offer a competitive rewards package: Performance bonus, Employee Share Ownership Program, and Pension Plan Matching, Health Benefits from day one!
• Your career matters! You will have access to career development and progression opportunities.

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.