Senior Manager, Business Transformation - Canadian Commercial Banking

Requisition ID: 222476

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

Senior Manager, Business Transformation, Canadian Commercial Banking

Purpose

Contributes to the overall success of the Commercial Bank in Canada, 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.

Accountabilities:

Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

Drives the design, coordination and implementation of a workflow automation tool that spans across front, mid and back office to ensure successful execution by:

• Utilizing agile project and program methodology to ensure the project is completed as agreed against a background of constantly changing and occasionally conflicting priorities
• Supporting key activities and project members to ensure all phases are adhering to project schedules and budgets
• Driving the operating framework for the overall program to keep individual working teams aligned
• Effectively communicating the scope and anticipated outcomes and deliverables to all project stakeholders
• Working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders both inside and outside Commercial Banking to ensure timely execution of all program components
• Securing consensus, alignment and engagement from stakeholders
• Conducting external research, field observations and keeping abreast of competitor positions and changing market influences
• Developing unique approaches and customized solutions for business banking customers
• Identifying enabling technology needs and solutions and related training needs

Supporting the communication strategy and change management effort to communicate changes in current workflow processes, disciplines and systems that support the ongoing development and implementation of the workflow automation tool by:

• Identifying tactical responses to negative trends or problems
• Establish reporting mechanisms to track and monitor progress and metrics to measure success

Lead cross-functional teams, without direct authority, including IT&S, Operations and GRM, and ensure effective deployment of resources by:

• Ensuring that expectations, accountabilities, objectives and goals are effectively communicated
• Build team competence with partner support and endorsement
• Timely communicating to multiple stakeholders on progress and issues
• Resolving issues between team members/stakeholders to meet objectives / overcoming obstacles/guiding to alternatives, if required.
• Reporting to senior management the progress and escalating issues with recommendations and solutions to consider.

Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her 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.

Champions a high performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment; communicating vision/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.

Dimensions:

• Position is both strategy focused and execution oriented. The scope is diverse and complex and requires expertise collaboration and drive.
• The incumbent will be involved with cross functional project/implementation teams and use negotiation/influencing skills to ensure progress and delivery on a timely basis.
• The incumbent is expected to independently manage her/his own time and resolve or escalate any issues promptly. Measurement criteria include achievement of key metrics, project delivery and budgets as determined.
• The environment is fast paced and demanding and will at times require priorities be re-adjusted to accommodate urgent requests.
• This requires an individual who possess a high level of flexibility and adaptability.

Education / Experience / Other Information:

Education:

• Post-secondary education, BA or MBA is preferred

Skills/Work Experience:

• Strong understanding of the Commercial Banking business lines including policies and processes, servicing models and products
• Thorough knowledge of Canadian Banking strategy and business objectives
• Strong knowledge on a wide range of current market delivery segments and emerging technologies
• Strong organizational skills to co-ordinate and prioritize a number of concurrent projects
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills to obtain agreement within Commercial Banking business lines and various Partners
• Through knowledge of Executive Office working environment including Partners and various business lines
• Through understanding of internal/external/Audit/Compliance procedures
• Strong project management experience including project planning and tracking
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to engage stakeholders
• Thorough knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation applications
• A high degree of flexibility to adapt to a wide variety of tasks

Working Conditions:

• Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence.
• Limited travel domestically.

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.

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