Senior Analyst, U.S. Treasury Reporting & Analytics

Scotiabank•New York City, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Contributes to the overall success of the U.S. Treasury team in the U.S., ensuring individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed/delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations and internal policies and procedures. The Senior Analyst, U.S. Treasury Reporting & Analytics is responsible for providing support within the team in the analysis of data and reporting used to monitor the liquidity position for U.S. entities, in addition to performing other relevant analytics and methodologies’ development for the Bank’s Consolidated U.S. Operations. The incumbent is expected to connect all facets of liquidity, through the following reports and their associated assumptions & interpretations, including (but not limited to): Fed 6G / FR 2052a Liquidity Stress Test Assumptions and Liquidity Buffer Impacts Business lines’ BAU and Growth Projections

Requirements

An intermediate level understanding of the various rules and regulations which govern U.S. liquidity reporting including (but not limited to) the latest FR 2052a rules and Reg YY requirements for FBOs.
Knowledge of how products are categorized and treated from a liquidity perspective is required.
This role requires precision and accuracy in liquidity reporting that is circulated to regulatory bodies, as well as to the Bank’s senior management.
In addition, this role requires strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to multi-task.
A high-level understanding of the products the firm does its business and their corresponding impacts to the Internal Liquidity Stress Testing (ILST), the short-term wholesale funding measure (Schedule N), the Early Warning Indicators (EWIs), the U.S. Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), and others.
Undergraduate degree in business, risk management, accounting or finance is preferred. Alternatively, a non-business degree combined with either the CFA, FRM or computer literacy would be acceptable.
Prior work experience in financial services with a focus on treasury or liquidity risk will be an asset.
Financial market experience with a strong background in liquidity / funding.
Strong analytical skills including extensive experience with PowerPoint, Excel (including pivot tables), Power BI and Bloomberg.

Nice To Haves

Advanced knowledge of Python is preferred.
Previous experience with the regulatory reporting platform Axiom would be helpful, but not essential.

Responsibilities

Provides oversight within the First Line of Defense by analyzing & reviewing liquidity reporting with consideration to the Bank’s risk appetite, including investigating any material variances with respective business lines.
Assist in the preparation and driving of Internal Liquidity Stress Testing (ILST) Assumption reviews with business lines.
Collaborates with other members of the U.S. Treasury team to develop management summaries of liquidity positioning, risk drivers and trends.
Supports the development of Junior Analysts / Co-Ops and shares subject matter expertise as needed.
Contributes and participates in the resolution of items raised by regulatory, internal and external compliance bodies on liquidity data and associated processes.
Performs ad-hoc analytics and reporting as requested by the U.S. Treasurer and other senior management.
Works and communicates with other stakeholders (2nd line and 3rd line) to identify, mitigate and/or resolve any issues related to U.S. Liquidity.
Documents any changes to U.S. Treasury reporting processes and assists with the establishment of any new processes to drive efficiencies.
Understands how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
Champions and thrives in a high-performance environment with other team members to ensure that overall team goals, objectives and timelines are met.
Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.