Senior Manager, Enterprise Strategy (Toronto)

The Scotiabank Strategy team develops and executes strategy at the enterprise and business line level for Canada's leading international bank. This senior manager will lead strategic projects, manage relationships with senior management and stakeholders, and drive the bank's strategic planning process.

Responsibilities

• Lead customized strategy development and advisory support at an enterprise and business line level, including research, analysis and compelling strategic recommendations that solve business problems.
• Provide high‑touch support by driving strategy development in specific areas or business units and low‑touch support by offering advisory services such as participating in steering committees for key initiatives and engaging in specific workstreams.
• Prepare project plans to ensure deliverables and timelines are met.
• Gather data and perform financial analyses to diagnose issues.
• Create financial models to assess future state financial benefits and costs.
• Manage multiple project workstreams, leading problem‑solving sessions, workshops and interviews with cross‑functional and business line teams and subject matter experts.
• Synthesize findings and present clear recommendations and implementation plans to ensure impactful project outcomes.
• Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to support deliverables and overall objectives.
• Drive the execution and ongoing management of strategy planning at the enterprise and business line level.
• Perform strategic and business analysis, identify key issues and propose recommendations for the bank’s strategy.
• Communicate the bank’s strategic plan and strategic priorities.
• Complete competitive and business setting research, benchmarking to determine emerging issues and trends and analyze their impact on the bank’s strategic plan.
• Assist with organizing strategy off‑sites for senior management and the Board of Directors.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in business or engineering.
• Graduate business degree.
• 2+ years post‑MBA or 5+ years post‑undergraduate experience in consulting, corporate strategy/development, or investment banking.
• Experience in the financial services industry preferred but not required.
• Ability to deliver results in a fast‑paced, challenging environment.
• Superior interpersonal, leadership and influential skills.
• Exceptional planning and analytical skills, ability to discern research information/data and focus on critical business issues.
• Highly developed relationship‑management skills to manage relationships across the bank, partners and external vendors.
• Exceptional presentation and written communication skills.
• Proven track record delivering innovative solutions from concept to change management.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Benefits

• Performance bonus.
• Employee Share Ownership Program.
• Pension Plan Matching.
• Health advantages from day one.
• Career development and progression opportunities.

Location

Canada – Ontario – Toronto

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