Senior Manager, AML Data Enablement, Global AML

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, AML Data Enablement contributes to the overall success of the Compliance and AML Data team globally, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed/delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. This role ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures. The role champions a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge. It owns the operationalization of AML Data and connects into AML initiatives to ensure the Data requirements for AML businesses, including Transaction Monitoring and Client Risk Rating, are delivered in adherence with AML data quality standards.

Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science, Economics, Finance, or a related field
• Minimum 7+ years’ experience delivering complex data solutions, preferably within Financial Institutions
• Strong technical skills, including 5+ years hands‑on experience with SQL
• Extensive experience with data mapping, data transformation and standardization, proof‑of‑concepts, and data quality issue investigation
• Strong understanding of data modeling and database design, including logical and physical data models supporting scalable AML data solutions
• Strong ability to influence and communicate across business units, IT, Operations, and executive stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills, including executive‑level material preparation
• Advanced Excel and executive‑level PowerPoint skills
• Working experience with Python and Power BI
• Working experience and familiarity with AML data and AML business rules preferred
• Firm understanding of Data Governance practices and principles
• Leadership and project management experience, including building and executing strategic roadmaps
• Curious, proactive, results‑oriented, customer‑focused, and highly attentive to detail

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage end-to-end data enablement initiatives, ensuring projects are successfully delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with business requirements.
• Provide strong oversight and subject-matter expertise on data modeling and database design, including logical and physical data models, relational structures, normalization, and designing scalable data solutions to support AML analytics and reporting.
• Work closely with AML technology and AML Product Owners to ensure data enablement is executed in line with business and regulatory requirements.
• Provide strategic direction on AML data architecture, sourcing, and lineage, partnering with AML Technology and enterprise data teams to influence design decisions and resolve cross-platform trade-offs.
• Own BAU AML data exception management, including control design, dashboards, reconciliations, investigation, root-cause analysis, remediation, and sustained resolution.
• Lead AML Data Governance implementation across domains, including CDE identification and registration, data source certification, lineage and flow documentation, metadata management, and data quality control design and monitoring.
• Identify and drive opportunities for efficiency and automation across data management and data enablement processes.
• Drive Data Working Group forums with Business Process Owners, Data Custodians, and key stakeholders to align on priorities, risks, and delivery commitments.
• Act as the primary AML Data partner to Internal Audit and Compliance Testing, owning issue response, remediation planning, execution, and closure.
• Identify and facilitate AML key risk indicator (KRI) reporting to surface insights that improve AML effectiveness and minimize risk.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing AML Data team, building deep capability in data sourcing, acquisition, and enablement.
• Support day-to-day activities of projects, engaging with internal technology and business stakeholders and fostering collaboration across functional groups to improve speed and quality of delivery of projects.
• Continually acquire and enhance knowledge on data management, data retention, analytics and technology strategies, policies, risk management practices, and regulatory requirements to be able to provide effective support on AML data governance coverage.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursue 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.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

• A competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits plan.
• The opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization where you are surrounded by a collaborative team of innovative thinkers.
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities - for you and our customers.
• You can expect to be recognized and rewarded for high-performance; you will be supported by leadership through meaningful development conversations that enable faster advancement and internal training to support your growth and development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior