
Senior Manager, International Asset Management Business Initiatives - Toronto, ON
Job Description
• Develop, lead, and execute business initiatives that improve efficiency and enable new capabilities for the SGAM business.
• In partnership with key stakeholders, manage projects through the full lifecycle, ensuring deliverables are met and delivered with a high degree of effectiveness.
• Partner with the Director, Business Initiatives to support core business activities such as business planning, reporting, communications and presentation development.
• Partner closely with executive leaders, and key stakeholders to identify opportunities, scope projects and initiatives, secure approvals and drive executive buy-in.
• Leads in coordination of the Business Optimization director the VRC process for IAM for all the Asset Management teams, consolidating requests, creating business plans, tracking existing projects and ensuring deadlines are adhered.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver insights and drive understanding of business performance.
• Lead the preparation of executive reporting, including board packages, Business Highlights, and executive commentary. Optimize and improve existing reporting packages.
• Coordinate reporting deliverables by liaising with leadership and data owners across functions.
• Manage KPI reporting including the development of KPIs and tracking of progress.
• Act as a key liaison for different business partners, enterprise strategy teams and various committees that engage with SGAM leadership.
• Assist Director with coordinating executive council meetings and track and manage action items.
• Support broader business planning for SGAM.
• Track all SGAM annual goals and business initiatives.
• Facilitate working sessions with stakeholders across GWM and the Bank to advance strategic initiatives.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• Foster strong collaborative partnerships, and relationships with stakeholders across GWM and the Bank to help drive and support the execution of strategic projects and initiatives.
• 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 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.