Requisition ID: 277513
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
The Team
The Global Risk and Treasury Technology team delivers technology solutions that enable critical business capabilities across Group Treasury and Global Risk Management. The team provides development, integration, and support services for Treasury functions including Structural Interest Rate Risk Management (SIRR), Asset Liability Management (ALM), Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP), Liquidity Risk Management, Stress Testing, Regulatory Reporting, and Balance Sheet Management. In addition, the team supports key risk management capabilities spanning Retail, Commercial, Corporate, Counterparty Credit, Operational, and Non-Financial Risk domains.
Our mandate is to deliver resilient, scalable, and innovative technology solutions that support business growth, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and strategic transformation.
The Role
The Senior Manager, Treasury Technology Delivery & Platforms is responsible for leading the technology strategy, delivery, and operational support of the Treasury Technology portfolio. This includes ownership of both internally developed applications and enterprise vendor platforms supporting Treasury and Risk functions.
The successful candidate will oversee a diverse portfolio of strategic initiatives, regulatory programs, platform modernization efforts, cloud transformations, and operational support services. This role requires a strong combination of leadership, technical expertise, financial management, vendor management, and business partnership capabilities.
The ideal candidate brings significant experience within large financial institutions, preferably a major Canadian bank, and has successfully led teams responsible for application development, packaged software implementation, cloud modernization, regulatory reporting platforms, and mission-critical production environments.
Is this role right for you?
Leadership & Strategy
- Define and execute the Treasury Technology roadmap aligned with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of technology professionals across development, support, integration, and delivery functions.
- Foster a culture of innovation, operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Treasury Technology leadership and business stakeholders on technology strategy, platform modernization, risk management, and process optimization.
- Partner with senior business leaders to identify opportunities to improve capabilities, efficiency, controls, and client outcomes.
Portfolio & Project Management
- Manage a portfolio of strategic, regulatory, operational, and modernization initiatives across the Treasury domain.
- Oversee delivery of internally developed applications, vendor solutions, platform upgrades, cloud migration initiatives, and integration programs.
- Establish delivery priorities based on business value, regulatory commitments, risk considerations, and resource availability.
- Implement strong governance practices including financial oversight, dependency management, issue escalation, risk management, and executive reporting.
- Lead Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery approaches as appropriate.
- Ensure projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
Financial & Vendor Management
- Own and manage the Treasury Technology portfolio budget, including operating and capital expenditures.
- Drive financial planning, forecasting, resource optimization, and cost management activities.
- Manage vendor relationships, software licensing agreements, maintenance contracts, and service-level commitments.
- Negotiate vendor contracts and renewal agreements to maximize value while minimizing risk and cost.
- Provide financial insights and portfolio recommendations to senior leadership.
Application Development, Platform Engineering & Integration
- Oversee the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of Treasury applications and services.
- Lead implementation, configuration, customization, onboarding, integration, and ongoing support of third-party vendor platforms and packaged software solutions.
- Manage application lifecycle activities including upgrades, release management, patching, vendor coordination, and platform modernization.
- Ensure seamless integration across Treasury platforms, risk systems, data platforms, middleware, and enterprise services.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, resiliency, and cloud-native design principles.
- Partner with Architecture, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Operations teams to deliver highly available and secure platforms.
Regulatory Reporting & Compliance
- Deliver technology capabilities supporting regulatory reporting obligations across Canadian, U.S., and international markets.
- Build and enhance solutions supporting Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), Asset Liability Management (ALM), Structural Interest Rate Risk (SIRR), and liquidity monitoring programs.
- Support U.S. regulatory reporting initiatives including FR 2052a and other liquidity and treasury reporting requirements.
- Enable automation of stress-testing, scenario analysis, liquidity forecasting, and regulatory reporting processes.
- Ensure strong controls, auditability, data lineage, and governance standards for regulatory submissions.
- Partner with Compliance, Audit, Risk, and Regulatory Affairs teams to ensure ongoing compliance.
Governance, Risk & Operational Excellence
- Ensure all technology solutions comply with enterprise standards, regulatory obligations, cyber security requirements, data privacy policies, and operational risk frameworks.
- Lead production support activities for business-critical Treasury platforms with a focus on stability, resiliency, and service excellence.
- Implement effective change management, release management, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices.
- Drive continuous improvement across service delivery processes, operational controls, automation, and platform performance.
- Monitor and manage operational risk, technology risk, audit findings, and remediation activities.
Cloud & Technology Innovation
- Lead cloud transformation and modernization initiatives leveraging Microsoft Azure technologies.
- Drive innovation through automation, platform modernization, data enablement, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.
- Evaluate new technologies, vendor solutions, and industry trends to improve platform capabilities and operational efficiency.
- Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning across the organization.
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed?
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Master's degree or relevant industry certifications are considered an asset.
Experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience in software development, systems integration, platform engineering, or technology delivery.
- Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing technology teams and large-scale technology initiatives.
- Proven experience working within large financial institutions, preferably major Canadian banks.
- Strong experience leading multi-million-dollar technology portfolios and complex enterprise programs.
- Demonstrated experience implementing, configuring, integrating, and supporting enterprise vendor platforms and packaged software solutions.
- Experience managing application onboarding, platform upgrades, production support, vendor relationships, licensing, and lifecycle management.
- Experience supporting Treasury, Risk, Finance, Regulatory Reporting, or Capital Markets technology functions.
- Proven success delivering regulatory initiatives and managing highly regulated environments.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams and external vendor resources.
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of enterprise software architecture, design patterns, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with Java, Python, .NET, and modern application development frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies, including both Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings.
- Experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Storage Accounts, Backup, Monitoring, Identity Management, Security Controls, and infrastructure automation.
- Knowledge of cloud migration, hybrid cloud architectures, resiliency, disaster recovery, and operational support models.
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated testing practices.
- Experience integrating vendor platforms with enterprise systems, data platforms, cloud services, and middleware technologies.
- Strong database experience including SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar enterprise platforms.
Domain Knowledge
- Understanding of Treasury functions including Liquidity Management, ALM, FTP, Balance Sheet Management, Stress Testing, and Regulatory Reporting.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks including Basel III, LCR, NSFR, FR 2052a, IFRS 9, EMIR, MiFID II, and related banking regulations.
- Knowledge of enterprise governance, operational risk, technology controls, and regulatory compliance practices.
Leadership Competencies
- Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Strong strategic thinking and business partnership capabilities.
- Proven ability to influence and lead across multiple business and technology organizations.
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and risk management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through change and deliver results in complex environments.
- Passion for talent development, coaching, inclusion, and building high-performing teams.
What's in it for you?
- Opportunity to lead critical technology capabilities supporting Treasury and Risk functions across the Bank.
- High-visibility role with direct engagement across business, technology, and executive leadership teams.
- Exposure to strategic regulatory, cloud transformation, and modernization initiatives.
- Collaborative, innovative, and inclusive work environment.
- Access to cutting-edge technologies, enterprise platforms, and global stakeholder communities.
- Competitive compensation, performance incentives, comprehensive benefits, and professional development opportunities.
- Opportunity to make a significant impact on a mission-critical portfolio that supports the Bank's financial stability, growth, and regulatory commitments.
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.
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