Director, International Wealth Management Credit Risk Specialist

2 months ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Full time

About the Role

This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to join Scotiabank's International Wealth Management team as a Director, International Wealth Management Credit Risk. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for fostering a customer-focused culture, collaborating with International Private Banking, and ensuring well-founded and profitable growth in the Wealth Management credit portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

  • Foster a customer-focused culture throughout the team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
  • Collaborate with International Private Banking on transactions and risk appetite topics, and contribute to development, training, and fostering a risk culture within the business line.
  • Collaborate with International Private Banking on initiatives to streamline International Wealth Management policies/processes and identify judicious growth opportunities/programs.
  • Adjudicate on credits within assigned limits (as a designated Credit Officer), provide recommendations for over-limit/out-of-policy deals to the Senior Credit Committee, and authorize waivers, amendments, and non-standard documentation.
  • Work with local credit units/International Wealth Management teams in providing advice and counsel or feedback towards atypical transactions as required.
  • Ensure well-founded and profitable growth in the Wealth Management credit portfolios by:
    • Providing sound and timely decisions on applications for credit, within assigned lending limits, through thorough analysis with suitable structure, pricing, conditions, and security stipulated.
    • Contributing to the development and implementation of lending policies and strategies.
    • Being alert to other market opportunities.
  • Ensure that the existing portfolio is maintained at a level of acceptable quality and risk by:
    • Monitoring the assigned portfolio and approved credits on a geographic, industry, and customer/product basis, ensuring adherence to condition of credit, identifying issues, and taking remedial action in a timely manner.
    • Ensuring early identification and sound administration of weak and unsatisfactory accounts.
    • Alerting management to unsatisfactory trends and recommending suitable courses of action.
    • Monitoring adherence to regulatory and internal policies as applicable.
  • Assist in the greater development of the Bank by undertaking completion of sundry duties, including:
    • Participating in due diligence exercises with respect to potential acquisitions.
    • Completing special projects as required.
  • Direct day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank's risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits.
  • Reinforce the Bank's risk culture and risk appetite statement throughout their teams.
  • Foster an environment in which their team effectively and efficiently manages their assigned portfolios while adhering to day-to-day business controls with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk, and conduct risk.
  • Contribute to a high-performance environment and people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment; informing vision/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.

Requirements

  • Broad credit background and 5-10 years of lending experience (IPL structuring is an asset).
  • Fluent in Spanish given geographic scope of the team.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Excellent management skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Knowledge of workout situations.
  • Strong computer skills.
  • Awareness of competitor practices, economic, and business trends.
  • Business degree and/or well-diversified background in Banking. An MBA/CA designation would be an asset.


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