Manager, Governance - Toronto, Canada - Scotiabank

Scotiabank

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Requisition ID: 171739

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

Purpose

Contributes to the overall governance framework of the Medicus Pension Plan (the "Plan") by producing and coordinating governance operations and materials for the Administrative Board.

Accountabilities

Contributes to the plan management team for a national multiemployer pension plan.
Upholds the integrity of the governance framework by providing support to the Administrative Board and its committees as well as ensuring the successful delivery of meetings and an environment that promotes effective decisionmaking.
Coordinates the production of governancerelated and other Board material, including collaboration with stakeholders across the Medicus Pension Plan to assess impacts of emerging trends and influence risk mitigation actions.
Ensures the maintenance of Plan records and compliance with Board policies and processes, governing documents, and applicable laws by developing internal controls for efficient monitoring and reporting on the governance of the Medicus Pension Plan, including Administrative Board activities, and to effectively manage issues related to governance risk, remediation, process, and internal control optimization for the Medicus Pension Plan.
Delivers pertinent information on governance and other related matters on a timely basis to stakeholders.
Works collaboratively with various internal plan management team (operations, policy, etc.) and with external stakeholders, including service providers such as consultants and auditors.
Continuously improves reporting efficiency and effectiveness using best practice processes and automation, where appropriate.
Builds and maintains a network for intelligence gathering related to new industry trends, policy and regulatory changes, social, economic, environmental and technology factors.
Understands how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in daytoday activities and decisions.
Champions a highperformance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment, communicating vision/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.
Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of daytoday 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 Code of Conduct.

Dimensions

High standards of performance, confidentiality, integrity, and a high degree of independent judgment.
This role requires an understanding of Canadian corporate governance practices and procedures, experience with Canadian pension plan governance preferred.
Ability to work closely with internal stakeholders across the Medicus Pension Plan or other relevant business areas of the Bank as may be required, in order to ensure issues are properly handled and managed.
Understands, or will ascertain the implications of, legal, regulatory, and operational matters affecting the development, establishment and monitoring of governance issues.
Draws on support from internal departmental sources, and/or draw upon external counsel and other professionals, as required.
Identify issues, develop and implement recommendations, and exercise mature judgment in all dealings including internal audiences, as well as with external bodies such as auditors, regulatory authorities, agencies and examiners.

Education / Experience

Functional competencies:

5+ years of experience in a corporate governance setting, including experience directly supporting a Board and/or Board Committees, all while providing recommendations for process and procedure improvements to better serve the Board Directors, as needed. Experience in a pension plan environment would be a significant asset.
Efficient, exceptionally organized, detailoriented, creative, customerfocused and produces work accurately and with speed.
Strong analytical skills, and strong written and verbal communication skills.
Highly motivated, innovative and resultsoriented individual.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to interact effectively with a broad range of business professionals and contacts, and to build consensus and obtain cooperation.
Strong crosscultural leadership skills required to effectively interact with business partners, demonstrates flexibility and openness to differing ideas and perspectives, adapts to cultural differences, and effectively interacts with others of different backgroun