Senior Manager, Projects Lead

4 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Full time

Job Summary

As a Senior Manager, Projects Lead at Scotiabank, you will be responsible for overseeing the governance of fixed capacity projects, ensuring business strategies, plans, and initiatives are executed in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and drive a customer-focused culture throughout the team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
  • Responsible for capital expenditure and operating cost management, reporting, forecasting, and financial governance of Tangerine's Project Portfolio (Strategic Investment Pool, or SIP), including fixed capacity projects, and financial review of business cases.
  • Ensure the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of Tangerine project reporting (actuals, forecast, and budget), including projects executed with fixed capacity.
  • Lead process improvements on a continuous basis with a particular focus on automation and/or simplification with respect to the reporting, forecasting, and planning process.
  • Conduct monthly meetings with Agile teams (Product Owners and Scrum Masters) to understand Team Composition, current and future Team Activities/Deliverables, Capex/Opex components of Activities; expected depreciation start dates and manage 3rd Party Costs for Agile Teams and ensure this information is accurately reflected in the Fixed Capacity Model to compute the monthly project forecast.
  • Play a significant role in the delivery of key management reports including the monthly Capex Report, Agile Team KPI Report, and Team Composition reports.
  • Analyze monthly Fixed Capacity reports and provide MoM and Full Year Forecast vs Plan variance commentary and highlight any risks and/or opportunities to achieve budget targets.
  • Oversight of all Fixed Capacity project reporting, budgeting, and forecasting models including the development of any new reports and analysis. This includes consultation with the agile teams, VRO, Enablement Office, and Finance to develop any new reports which would improve/aid managements understanding of project costs. Will be responsible for management of approved project codes.
  • Participate in the annual Planning process for Tangerine's Project Portfolio (Strategic Investment Pool) as well as to produce Agile Teams annual Plan. This requires an in-depth understanding of team compositions and expected activities for the next fiscal through dialogue with the teams and translating this into meaningful input to the fixed capacity model.
  • A strategic relationship stakeholder, this role is responsible for bridging and managing the interactions between project teams/squads, Value Realization Office, Enablement Office, and Finance.
  • This individual will also spearhead special projects and ad-hoc reporting.
  • Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
  • Creates an environment in which their team pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank's Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.
  • Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviors; communicating vision/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.

Requirements

  • University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related discipline.
  • Advanced computer skills (Microsoft Excel – multiple linked files, pivots, tables, v-look-up, Offset, VBA, Power BI, string functions, database functions, nested functions, conditional formatting, keyboard shortcuts), PowerPoint, Think-Cell, and data base management, and financial modeling proficiency.
  • Proficient mathematical skills and a sound understanding of quantitative methods and statistical packages.
  • Superior analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to analyze results and identify issues and trends.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Exceptional ability to manage competing priorities and work under extremely tight deadlines to deliver a high-quality output.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Expert communication skills.
  • 5+ Banking and/or Finance Team function experience required.
  • Project Reporting and Retail Banking product knowledge.

What We Offer

  • 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.

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