Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

The Team

Global Banking and Markets Engineering (GBME) is the fast-moving, award-winning technology engine that powers Scotiabank’s Corporate, Investment Banking and Capital Markets businesses.

The Role

GBME is searching for Java Software Engineers who are continuous learners and are eager to boost capabilities of capital markets products and analytics platforms. The role focuses mainly on backend development using Java / Spring Boot / RESTful API with potential opportunities for front end development. (Approx. 70/30 split)

The successful candidate will have a strong technical and engineering mindset.  You will work closely with business teams and cross functional engineering leaders to develop and implement market leading solutions for the various projects within GBME. 

Do you thrive when faced with challenges? Like using fresh technologies to solve problems? Looking to work in various projects across the organization, collaborating with great teams and inspiring leaders? Then this is the right team for you!  In this exciting role, you’ll apply your analytical skills to design and develop applications that deliver excellence, effectiveness, and value to our business partners and customers.

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

• Work closely with end users, and business teams to understand business needs, conduct gap analysis and requirements assessments as needed
• Partner with Architecture on the design and integration
• Deliver and enhance new and current solutions and applications
• Be involved in the full life cycle of a project, responsible for producing actionable and complete specifications, writing production quality code, and implementation
• Design, deliver and implement a database schema
• Design test sets and automate where possible, including functional and non functional testing, regression testing as well as performance testing
• Write deployment scripts and leverage tools such as the Accelerator pipeline to promote code
• Support the solution in production (as needed)
• Improve the end user experience by finding scalable solutions and addressing complex ad hoc queries.
• Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences
• Able to work with and refactor legacy code (as needed).
• Coach and train end users (as needed). 
• Participate and run SCRUM Meetings (as needed).

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

• 4+ years of recent experience in backend development (Specifically Java / SpringBoot )
• 4+ years of recent experience working with Python
• 4+ years of recent experience in Microservices and API development in an enterprise environment
• Working experience of database and SQL (e.g., Postgres, MSSQL, Oracle)
• Working experience with Shell scripting in Unix/Linux environments
• Working experience in an Agile environment, with experience and understanding of Test-Driven Development methodology
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or relevant experience.
• Capital Markets experience (Understanding of Front, Middle and Back office operations)
• Experience with Messaging Frameworks; IBM MQ/ Kafka/ Redis
• Experience working with real-time, high availability and low latency systems 
• Experience in Java multi-threaded applications
• Working experience with containerized systems in public cloud (Azure or GKE/GCP)
• Familiarity (understanding) with front-end technologies (e.g., Angular, React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Work as a contributing member of a team.
• Values quality, while still managing expectations and deliverables.
• Open to ideas and gives and receives feedback well. 
• Wants to understand financial market.
   

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans. 
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences everyone brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements. 
• Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best. 
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.   
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more! 

What you’ll do

Our Finance team plays a key role in helping us stay competitive in the ever-changing retail environment by providing accurate, timely, and high-quality financial reporting, analysis, and advice to our business. Reporting to the Manager of FP&A supporting CTR, this role supports our Canadian Tire Retail partners to provide financial counsel in planning, forecasting, reporting, and analyzing CTC’s anchor retail business.

• Provide excellent support to client groups by monitoring results versus budget / forecast / prior year and providing thorough analyses, and investigating variances while identifying risks and opportunities that will impact future periods

• Produce insightful, meaningful, and analytical commentary and reporting that can assist financial and non-financial stakeholders to facilitate decision making

• Prepare forward-looking, accurate, and timely annual budgets and mid-year forecasts pertaining to various margin line items, leveraging historical trends and key assumptions to guide future expectations

• Anticipate evolving financial performance reporting needs and work with cross-functional teams to drive improvements and process changes

• Participate as a subject matter expert in special projects and ad hoc analysis as required

What you bring

• University degree or College diploma in Business, Finance/Accounting, or business-related discipline

• Are currently pursuing or have obtained an accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA)

• 2+ years in a business or financial analysis role

• Budgeting, forecasting, and planning experience, as well as experience with financial modeling.

• Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

• Excellent communication skills; superior cross functional relationship/collaboration skills.

• Attention to detail, organized, motivated self-starter and with ability to thrive in an environment responsive to changing business requirements.

• Working knowledge of PeopleSoft, HFM and SQL is an asset

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Marketing Manager, Tested, the Marketing Specialist will assist in the program operations and execution of marketing plans for our Tested Quality Marketing Program.  The Tested program is a unique proprietary Quality Assurance program where Canadian Tire puts thousands of products directly into the hands of Canadians and asks for honest reviews – both positive and negative – based on real-life use. Products that earn 4 stars and above are then badged with Tested and included in marketing campaigns and badged in our owned channels to make identifying quality products easy for our customers.   

We are looking for a Marketing Specialist that is both creative and analytical, with a passion for building branded programs (operations and marketing strategy) and connecting with consumers across a complex omni-channel communication ecosystem (marketing campaign).  This individual will build connections within the organization, working collaboratively with a diverse range of internal stakeholders and external partners to not only advance the TESTED program to help drive the overall quality mandate at Canadian Tire but also support other Tier 1 MarComm initiatives.  

• Help in overseeing the day-to day operations of the TESTED program including survey development and approvals, translation, programming, results analysis and distributions

• Manage Critical relationships with our Tester Panel of customers across Canada and internal teams through the Tested by Canadians Mailbox

• Assist in sharing scheduled TESTED program and marketing updates to cross-functional teams

• Contribute to annual marketing plans and programs in support of business and marketing objectives

• Gather inputs to support development of integrated creative and media briefs that inspire and direct partner agencies to develop breakthrough creative and best in class, award-winning MarComm campaigns

• Assist with the development and execution of integrated marketing plans including always on owned channel integration (flyer, email, website, ratings & reviews, POP), digital and traditional advertising

• Provide administrative support and oversee budget tracking and project timeline

What you bring

• University graduate, education in Marketing or a related field

• Minimum of 2 years of related marketing experience on either the client or agency side

• Exposure to marketing principles and some Digital, Broadcast, Radio, Print, Social and/or Mobile production; website or eCommerce experience a benefit (ratings and reviews)

• Attention to detail, strong project management, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Adaptable; excited about the opportunity to work in an environment of change and fast pace

• Highly motivated self-starter, who can think creatively and has the ability to analyze and prioritize to meet business needs

• Superior influencing and interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to interact collaboratively with other team members  

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

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Notes

• Local 79 employees are invited to apply for this position, including Local 416 employees on alternate rate to Local 79 jobs, who have Local 79 seniority or aggregate service as of the job posting closing and job offer dates. 
• Assessment may include an interview, written and/or practical test. Location of assessment to be determined.
• Work location reflects what is known at the time of posting.
• An employee's reporting relationship and/or work location may change due to operational reasons and in accordance with their Collective Agreement.

Major Responsibilities:

To provide expertise and advice in the areas of initiation, analysis, design, development, implementation and sustainment of enterprise solutions. To contribute to the development of system architecture, methodologies, standards, policies, procedures and guidelines.

• Performs analysis and design duties as well as programming, modelling and scripting, testing, documentation and deployment preparation
• Coordinates and prepares needs analysis and detailed systems design
• Conducts user interviews to determine detailed systems requirements
• Completes preliminary analysis, system and functional design, workflow diagrams for quality systems development
• Designs, codes, tests, implements and maintains systems
• Designs and develops systems that comply with access and privacy legislation. and/or provincial standards.
• Coordinates and develops program specifications and documentation
• Designs and conducts all levels of testing i.e. unit, system, integration, regression, performance, security, usability, optimization/configuration and coordinates user acceptance testing
• Provides direction to programmers in implementing details of new/revised systems; as the senior technical authority on system projects
• Leads teams of intermediate/junior-level development staff in implementing software components and interfaces, in accordance with the Division's software standards and methodologies
• Liaises and coordinates with staff in detailed systems deliverables and technical problem resolution
• Implements in-house developed/custom/packaged systems and systems changes
• Tests integrated systems to ensure system compatibility and proper functional integration with Corporate
• Provides application maintenance and enhancement including implementation of vendor systems fixes and patches
• Conducts quality assurance on divisional and external developments
• Performs information and application data conversions
• Provides development support to users by providing technical assistance and troubleshooting
• Provides documentation and instruction/training to users of the system
• Provides expertise, advice and technical skills for information and application service delivery
• Conducts research and evaluation of software/framework and makes recommendations
• Recommends, presents and demonstrates system solutions to Divisional and business/community clients
• Conducts presentations, system demonstrations and system walk-throughs at project review meetings
• Participates as a team member in the execution of project plans providing technical expertise and advice re: architecture, development tools, work effort estimates
• Directs the activities of staff, mentors, and recommends training
• Contributes to project plans and project status reports
• Conducts research, investigates and recommends best practices for information and application services
• Contributes to post-implementation project reviews
• Recommends improvements to current methodologies, processes, standards, policies and guidelines
• Contributes in planning of future system growth and provides detailed work plans
• Conducts feasibility studies, business cases, Request For Information proposals & quotations, technical reports by researching and participating in evaluations and recommending solutions
• Determines user training needs. Develops and prepares user training guides and manuals
• Designs security roles and ensures security design for the Applications meet the needs of the business
• Ensures the day to day system security of the production application environment
• Develops and maintains disaster recover procedures and sustain technology solutions to meet business requirements
• Participates in sustaining and improving infrastructures, methodologies, tools, techniques and standards, ensuring their conformance and adherence in daily practice among business and technical teams
• Leads and directs appropriate system staff through the application development life cycle to produce business need solutions in conformance with the current System Architecture
• Leads various stages of projects, directs project team members and resources and reports progress to Project Managers, Stakeholders and Business Units, ensuring successful delivery of solutions through proper coordination, change management, resource management, budget control, quality assurance, contingency measures and risk solutions
• Assists in preparing RFP, RFQ's and participates in evaluating, selecting, recommending technical solutions and in managing vendors and contracts

Key Qualifications:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. University degree in computer science or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

2. Extensive experience coding PL/SQL, Oracle RDBMS especially 19c or higher.

3. Extensive experience in data extraction, transformation, analysis and reporting.
4. Considerable experience designing robust, scalable, secure, auditable, and functionally sound systems, including testing, integrating, and deploying systems, and in the preparation of IT related documentation.
5. Considerable experience in data modelling.

You must also have:

• Knowledge of application deployment approaches, and standard DEV-QA-PROD cycles.
• Knowledge of privacy and security regulations especially in a Public Health environment would be an asset.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of the City’s technology Change Management process and ability to create and manage Change tickets using Service Now, is an asset.
• Experience with Oracle Application Express (APEX), is an asset.

The Package Delivery Driver position is a physical, fast-paced, outdoor position that involves continual lifting, lowering and carrying packages that typically weigh 25 - 35 lbs. and may weigh up to 70 lbs. Package Delivery Drivers must have excellent customer contact and driving skills. Qualified applicants must have a valid driver’s G or higher license issued in the state of Ontario. Package Delivery Drivers are expected to comply with UPS appearance guidelines and wear the company-provided vest/uniform.

Job Type: Full-TimeWork Location: 2900 Steeles Ave W

Workdays: Tuesday to Saturday 

Shift Start: Tuesday 9:30AM & Saturday 9:15AM (Flexibility with Start and Finish times required)

Shift Duration: 8-10 hours per day

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Deliver and pick-up packages in an efficient and effective manner
• Follow and execute company-established safe/defensive driving methods
• Assist with loading/unloading the trucks as required
• Record, track and maintain information about delivered packages

Qualifications:

• Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. (32kg)
• Ability to read and navigate with maps/map books
• Valid Ontario G Driver’s License
• Clean Driver’s Abstract showing:
  a)    No violations for the current year (last 12 months) and no more than 2 violations for the previous 3-year period (last 36 months)
  b)    No accidents and maximum 5 demerit points for the previous 3-year period (last 36 months)

Compensation and Benefits:

• Wage: $20.00/hr ($17.30/hr + hourly bonus $2.70/hr) guaranteed wage progression through Union Collective Agreement - $35.78 per hour after seniority plus 48 months of service.
• Immediate access to UPS ‘Employee Discounts’ upon hiring
• Paid training
• Opportunity for advancement within a Fortune 100 Company
• Free parking
• Overtime pay
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance (after 1 year) with Manulife

Working Conditions:

• Exposed to hot/cold temperatures when working outdoors.
• Wear a company-provided vest and adhere to the company’s Appearance Guidelines.

Of Note:

• In our industry, this position is also known as Courier, Delivery Driver, Personal Vehicle Driver, etc.

UPS Canada is a diverse and equal opportunity employer. Please advise our HR representatives if workplace accommodation is needed. Thank you for your interest in UPS Canada.