Requisition ID: 219083
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Senior Manager leads and oversees Corporate Security – Investigation Services (Regional) team in Canada ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

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

• Lead and drive a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Prevention: Lead the development of strategic global crime awareness initiatives, educate, and create awareness throughout the Bank on evolving criminal trends, both organized and opportunistic. Responsible for sharing and disseminating information and intelligence with key regional, national, and global sources of information and work directly with law enforcement agencies to proactively develop strategies to mitigate risk.
• Detection: Detect criminal attacks against the Bank, its employees, customers, assets, and programs through effective communication with key stakeholders and Executives through prevention/detection presentations and regular meetings. Identify the presence of organized criminal activity by ensuring every matter within our mandate is thoroughly investigated and reported on.
• Response: Responsible for ensuring that all reports accurately reflect the investigative findings and that recommendations made to the appropriate business line are clearly identified to ensure there is no continuance or reoccurrence and the overall risk is mitigated. Lead an investigative team in response to incidents by assessing risk and providing effective oversight of investigations and conduct investigations of the highest complexity.
• Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Create an environment in which their team 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.
• Build a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviors; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and managing succession and development planning for the team.

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

• Post-secondary degree and/or University/College courses in business law or law enforcement or equivalent training.
• Courses in investigative practices, methods, and enforcement strategies, interviewing and negotiation skills
• People management or Employee Relations experience is required
• Excellent oral and written skills
• High degree of fluency in English required; French/Spanish desirable.
• 8 to 10 years of experience investigating major financial crimes and due diligence investigations.
• Working knowledge of relevant federal and local laws and regulations in respective jurisdictions where the Bank operates.
• Working knowledge of the judiciary system, both criminal and civil processes and the rules of admissibility of evidence.
• Working knowledge of IT applications, systems, security controls.

What's in it for you:

• Authorized Complement: 7
• Independently develops and/or approves action plans and is expected to manage with minimum direction and functions autonomously in day-to-day issues.
• Exceptional situations/issues with significant risks to the Bank are referred to the Director with recommendations/solutions as applicable.
• A high degree of discretion and judgment is required to solve problems and make decisions that may impact an investigation.
• On occasion will receive assistance from internal and external resources.
• Budgetary accountabilities by ensuring expenses are submitted on a monthly basis (when applicable) and expense requests are responsible and cost sensible

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. If you require technical assistance, please click here. 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.