Requisition ID: 228260
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Global Finance Technology primary role is to work with the Bank’s Finance function to redesign/re-engineer finance processes to enhance effectiveness and efficiency. The unit is also responsible for developing and implementing Financial/MIS applications services to meet the changing needs of Finance and the Bank. These applications have an enterprise-wide user community, and are an integral part of Finance’s performance measurement, reporting and control infrastructure.
This role contributes to the overall success of the Global Finance & Risk Technology group by ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s global business strategies and objectives. The incumbent will also ensure all actions comply with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.
The purpose of this role is to provide a process and data driven approach to define business requirements to support Finance data and technology initiatives. The Product Specialist will work with a cross functional team of finance, compliance and technology professionals, providing data discovery, project delivery and product support skills. They will draw on strong financial literacy, knowledge of finance business processes and data analysis to conduct requirements analysis, documentation and solution design. The Product Specialist communicates project progress, as well as the status of issues that impact project scope, business value, risk and resources. A key deliverable for this role will be to analyze and define the data requirements for Canadian and US regulatory reporting projects and initiatives. If you are an individual with a strong sense of curiosity and eagerness to learn, enjoy problem solving, communicates effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, then this is the role for you.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships within the Bank’s Finance function, and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Participate through the full systems implementation process by working closely with business partners in Finance to define business requirements and processes, while also partnering with our internal development team and other technology partners as needed to define and deliver effective solutions. In addition, the incumbent will also develop test strategies and test cases, perform testing, define user procedures and workflows, develop conversion and implementation strategies, provide user documentation, facilitate user training, and provide post-implementation support.
• Complete data discovery and analysis exercises to deepen understanding of new data sources that can enhance regulatory and financial reporting.
• Partner with compliance and regulatory reporting teams to resolve requests from US and Canadian regulators
• Ensure smooth day-to-day operation, proactively addresses issues and engage / lead cross functional teams to address systemic or persistent issues.
• Ensure proper support procedures and processes are in place to support the various production systems.
• Build strong working relationship with peers within the Finance function and other technology partners.
• Expected to function independently to ensure that the assigned tasks and project objectives are met.
• Keeps abreast of process and technology developments which affect the finance and accounting communities.
• Ensures the Team is kept informed of all unresolved issues, other areas of concern and other deviations from plans through timely and well documented reporting.
• Coach/mentor the Business Analysis team and provide guidance to junior team members.
• 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.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE?

• Experience in delivering services solutions for Finance and Financial Risk Management
• Accounting or Finance Degree or strong financial literacy would be an asset
• Strong capital market product and service knowledge, or prior experience working in GBM is highly desired
• Strong data discovery and analytics skills
• Business Analysis or Project Management Certification would be an asset
• Possesses strong sense of curiosity and willingness to learn new ideas and concepts
• Strong Microsoft Office skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio