Strategic Planning Associate

5 days ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Full time
Job Summary

As a Senior Manager, Business Insights, Global Banking and Markets, you will play a key role in supporting the development and implementation of the global strategy for Global Banking and Markets. This includes analyzing business performance, identifying opportunities for growth, and developing recommendations for senior management. You will work closely with the MD, Business Insights to refine and continuously evaluate the strategic plan, ensuring strategy alignment across all business lines and geographies. Your expertise will be essential in developing materials, plans, and performance indicators used by GBM Executives for various key audiences, including Scotiabank's Board of Directors, Scotiabank Executives, investors, and rating agencies. You will also be responsible for monitoring and reporting core KPIs to the GBM Senior Leadership Team through dashboards/progress reports, measuring progress against executing GBM strategy and achievement of GBM APP deliverables. Additionally, you will support annual goal planning process and annual strategy development with Business Line / Functional Leaders, Regional Leaders, COO teams, and GBM Finance. You will also assist the MD, Business Insights and GBM business managers with strategy-related initiatives, including ad-hoc projects and reports, and support requests from Investor Relations and Enterprise Strategy by providing data, performance updates, and business metrics for GBM, as required. Your analytical skills will be crucial in performing ad-hoc analyses related to business metrics and analytics as requested. You will foster and maintain collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to support the achievement of deliverables and overall objectives, understanding how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions. You will actively pursue effective and efficient operations of your 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. You will champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment. Your self-motivated nature will enable you to work both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams, as both a leader and member. You will have excellent written communication and visualization skills, with a strong proficiency in Microsoft Office product suite, specifically Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Familiarity with Tableau and/or Microsoft Power BI is considered an asset. You will have strong quantitative and analytical skills, with good attention to detail, and the ability to quickly learn and understand complex businesses and operations. You will have superior interpersonal and relationship management skills to effectively manage relationships across the Bank. You will have a university degree in Finance or Economics, with experience in management consulting or corporate strategy development a plus but not required. This role is currently a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will work at least 3 days a week in the office. Please note that this is subject to change based on the needs of the business. If your experience is closely related but doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank. At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced for their differences. That's why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture. Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs. 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. Key Responsibilities
  • Support the development and implementation of the global strategy for Global Banking and Markets, analyzing business performance, identifying opportunities for growth, and developing recommendations for senior management.
  • Work closely with the MD, Business Insights to refine and continuously evaluate the strategic plan, ensuring strategy alignment across all business lines and geographies.
  • Develop materials, plans, and performance indicators used by GBM Executives for various key audiences, including Scotiabank's Board of Directors, Scotiabank Executives, investors, and rating agencies.
  • Monitor and report core KPIs to the GBM Senior Leadership Team through dashboards/progress reports, measuring progress against executing GBM strategy and achievement of GBM APP deliverables.
  • Support annual goal planning process and annual strategy development with Business Line / Functional Leaders, Regional Leaders, COO teams, and GBM Finance.
  • Assist the MD, Business Insights and GBM business managers with strategy-related initiatives, including ad-hoc projects and reports, and support requests from Investor Relations and Enterprise Strategy by providing data, performance updates, and business metrics for GBM, as required.
  • Perform ad-hoc analyses related to business metrics and analytics as requested.
  • Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to support the achievement of deliverables and overall objectives.
  • Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
  • Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of your 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.
  • Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.
Requirements
  • University degree in Finance or Economics.
  • Experience in management consulting or corporate strategy development a plus but not required.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office product suite, specifically Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Familiarity with Tableau and/or Microsoft Power BI considered an asset.
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with good attention to detail.
  • Ability to quickly learn and understand complex businesses and operations.
  • Superior interpersonal and relationship management skills to effectively manage relationships across the Bank.
  • Self-motivated; work both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams, as both a leader and member.
  • Excellent written communication and visualization skills.
  • Familiarity with basic accounting principles.
  • Strong planning and time management skills, including the ability to identify and proactively address critical items in advance.

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