Manager, Data Governance

Requisition ID: 180410

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

Scotiabank is currently seeking a Manager, Data Governance to join our growing team! This role contributes to the overall success of the GBM Data Office ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. This role would also ensure all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

Is this role right for you? You will be responsible for:

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  Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Ensures business stakeholder understanding, alignment and commitment to the objectives of the data governance and management program.
• Understands business requirements and aligns them to the objectives of the data management program.
• Design and document business requirements and functional requirements to support data-related initiatives for consumer data domains, including Finance, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk, and other corporate functions (e.g., Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering) and their associated business areas/processes.
• Conduct root cause analysis of data quality issues raised through automated validation rules and self-identified issues raised by data stewards, data consumers, and data producers.
• Support data stewards in managing data governance and data management practices within their data domains and facilitate cross-domain initiatives and activities, as necessary.
• Monitor data quality dashboards and exception reports, performing analysis to identify trends in data quality issues, perform root-cause analysis, establish data quality themes, and determine course(s) of action, creating action plans to resolve open items.
• Supports business and regulatory initiatives driven by the Bank’s data management framework.
• Assist with Data Office Annual Attestations and training requirements.
• Prepare presentation materials for Risk working groups and committee meetings
• 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 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.

Do you have the skills you need to succeed? We’d love to work with you, if you have:

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  Bachelor’s degree
• Global Banking and Markets experience or Capital Markets experience an asset
• Demonstrate curiosity and problem-solving abilities
• Solid Data analysis ability to explore data and aware of current data analytics trends and technology
• Excellent team player, working with cross-departmental business & IT stakeholders
• Project management experience, able to drive initiatives from planning through to execution
• Knowledge of regulatory/liquidity reporting and business processes (e.g., FR 2052A, Liquidity Stress Test, Reg YY, etc.) an asset
• Knowledge of requirements gathering, design methodology, and building test cases - detail oriented, analytical, and capable of investigating complex / technical issue
• Experience in Regulations and Matters Requiring Attention an asset

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.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.