Senior Analyst Audit - Capital Markets

Requisition ID: 192364 Salary Range: 67,400.
00 - 125,200.
00 Please note that the Salary Range shown is a guideline only.
Salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Senior Analyst Audit - Capital Markets (192364) Global Banking and Markets Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America, operating globally for over 100 years.
Scotiabank’s strong U.
S.
presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.
Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients.
Our products include debt and equity financing, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange and precious & metals.
We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group.
Be part of an innovative, Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! We work together to drive ambition for every future! Overview This Senior Analyst contributes to the overall success of the Audit Department in the US ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives.
As a Senior Analyst, you will ensure all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.
You will perform / manage audits to assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls relating to capital markets activities within the U.
S.
, and will be required to work as part of the team and assist the Managers and Senior Managers, US Capital Markets Audit to provide audit services to capital markets, investment banking and/or treasury functions within the Bank.
You will also support the providing of high quality, value added advisory services to Management as part of the audits or special projects/assignments, while ensuring that audit methodology standards are met.
Apart from possessing knowledge in capital market products and related risk management techniques, you should be able to apply risk-based auditing standards, practices, techniques, processes, and methodologies to the audit of the internal controls.
What You’ll Do Support a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
Review the control effectiveness for managing risks in trading activities.
Assess the trading and sales practices controls within Front Office units and overall trading management oversight.
Review effectiveness of risk management controls and measurement technique, limit design and monitoring, risk reporting and traded products valuations based on an understanding of the trading strategies and products.
Assess the effectiveness of transaction recording and deal controls.
Work with auditors within the audit department to perform end-to-end business line reviews.
Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
Maintain knowledge of capital markets practices, policies and procedures and local regulations.
Provide support to stakeholders on capital markets issues and/or changes.
Engagement and coordination with Stakeholders for audit issue resolution.
Support the unit’s continuous monitoring program so as to understand and identify changing conditions within business, risk and corporate functions, keep abreast of changing risk profiles, guide assessment of emerging risks, identify systemic issues and determine current and future audit requirements.
What You’ll Bring An undergraduate degree, with a concentration in Finance/Business Management.
2+ years of relevant experience in audit and capital markets environment, with broad knowledge of capital markets products and/or prior auditing experience with respect to trading, investment banking or treasury activities, is a significant advantage.
Strong analytical skills necessary to assess risk exposures and understand risk quantification and valuation methodologies.
Ability to understand the risks associated with new products, processes, routines and execute on audit procedures to ensure that the controls are adequate.
Strong written communication skills which would include audit issue writing.
In addition, the incumbent should be able to maintain effective verbal engagement and presentation, of a caliber suitable for direct exposure to business stakeholders of varying seniority.
Working knowledge in risk based audit methodologies.
Interested? If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank! At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences.
That’s why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.
What's in it for you? Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day.
With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.
Location(s): United States : New York : New York City 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.
At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.
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