Director, Acquisitions, Partnerships

Requisition ID: 241585

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

The Director, Acquisitions, Partnerships & Expansion will support the Acquisitions, Partnerships & Expansion team with furthering their mandate by driving Global Wealth Management's (GWM) execution of Scotiabank's expansion strategy through Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), strategic partnerships, and organic growth initiatives.

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

• Identify, pursue, and manage M&A transactions, strategic partnerships, and complex commercial arrangements, with the objective of expanding GWM's business
• Provide M&A, transactional, structuring, strategic, negotiation and tactical advice and counsel to GWM's senior executive management team and business lines and various key support functions
• Collaborate with the Bank's Strategic Transactions & Review and M&A Legal teams to evaluate, negotiate, structure, and execute acquisitions and develop and implement financial models, valuations, synergies, budgets, and transaction strategies for acquisition candidates
• Make strategically important decisions in the context of a demanding, time sensitive, and complex transactional environment, including deal strategy and tactics, transactional terms and conditions and legal and structural significance, which have the potential to significantly impact the Bank
• Perform complex evaluations of acquisition and partnership candidates and other commercial counterparties in high volume due diligence exercises, to identify and assess legal, commercial, and reputational risks and contingencies that impact valuation, pricing, the ability to complete a transaction and ensure Bank objectives are met
• Lead the build-out of comprehensive post-acquisition integration strategies and acquire endorsement and resource commitments from Center of Excellences bank-wide to support execution
• Assess and implement integration opportunities in connection with the Bank's M&A transactions with a view to achieving defined transactional synergies, ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are supported in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures

Skills
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? – We'd love to work with you if you have:

• A postgraduate education in business, finance, economics, or commensurate work experience
• 10+ years' experience in consulting, corporate development, investment banking, or similar role
• 5+ years' experience in Wealth Management or Asset Management
• Extensive experience leading large complex projects with many internal/external stakeholders
• Experience with M&A valuation, financial modeling, transaction synergies, and integration planning
• Experience evaluating, structuring, and negotiating complex M&A transaction and commercial partnerships
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in building and starting up new businesses and/or expanding existing businesses
• An ability to strategically influence stakeholders and drive decision-making processes
• Extensive experience presenting to senior executives

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.