Senior Manager - Third Party Risk Management (12 Month Contract) Full-time Job

The Senior Manager – Third Party Risk Management plays a key role in assisting the overall success of Global Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) within Scotiabank’s global enterprise. This contract position focuses on enhancing end-to-end process efficiency through continuous improvement efforts. The Senior Manager will be liable for the creation, and implementation of initiatives aimed at process optimization, gap closure, and guideline simplification. This role involves working collaboratively with stakeholders and partners across the Bank’s global footprint.

 

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

 

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

• Upholds strong risk management principles; ensures enhancements to processes and workflows continue to follow to risk appetite, audit expectations, and global regulatory obligations. Understands how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

• Anchors process optimization directions on critical thinking, ensuring improvements are confirmed with sound data and analysis.  Brings business and technical experience to drive high quality outputs for process mapping, operating procedures.

• Act as a key contributor to identify opportunities for TPRM process improvement, workflow streamlining, or remediation, and works collaboratively with partners in Control Functions, Risk Advisors, local TPRM 2nd line in countries, TPRM Operations, TPRM Governance, Contract Owners, Internal Controls, GPS, Audit and other stakeholders to create and successfully implement scalable solutions, enterprise-wide.

• Directly contributes to the development, writing, and/or validation of Operating Procedures to assist process changes.

• Acts as a subject matter expert regarding operational enhancements, process streamlining initiatives, and operating model modifications, and participates as, required, to assist Audit and regulatory reviews, system and reporting enhancements, and other requests as appropriate.

 

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

 

• 5+ years established governance, risk management, process engineering and/or vendor management experience in Financial Services industry.

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Engineering; MBA or other Graduate Program in related discipline would be an asset.

• Experience in leading dynamic and multifaceted projects across multiple business lines.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, negotiation & problem resolution skills.

• Strong judicious thinking and influencing with excellent communication skills both written and oral. Significant reliance is placed on the incumbent to socialize to all stakeholders effectively and constructively. 

• The Bank’s global operations are rapidly developing with high rate of change and evolving standards and leading practices; therefore, the incumbent is required to maintain a current awareness of regulatory and best practice developments related to Third-Party Risk.

 

What’s in it for you?

 

• The opportunity to join a forward-thinking team surrounded by collaborative and innovative teammates.

• The opportunity to expand your network with stakeholders, including Sr. Executives, across the Bank’s business lines, and various other areas within GRM.

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success.

Scotiabank is one of North America's leading financial institutions, and Canada's most international bank. We provide innovative financial products and services to individuals, small and medium-size businesses, corporations and governments across Canada and around the world.