Senior Client Solutions Analyst

Job title:

Senior Client Solutions Analyst

Company

Scotiabank

Job description

Requisition ID: 199276Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.Reporting to the Associate Director/Director, Real Estate Banking, this role contributes to the overall success of the Commercial Bank in Canada, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives while also ensuring all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.The provides the Associate Director and Director of REB with support needed to service client requirements and new asks. This will include coordinating efforts with internal partners and directly reaching out to clients to address various activities such as collection/processing of financial reporting, diligence for credit needs and satisfaction of funding requirements. The role is specific to servicing of the REB in Commercial Banking Distribution.The clients being serviced are in Canada and generally within the same region although they could have operations across the country as well as in international locations. These clients will be both borrowing (over $25MM) and non-borrowing. Borrowing clients typically have complex to sophisticated financial solutions.Strong organizational skills are necessary to manage significant data from multiple sources and balance various tasks from client service administration to borrower reporting processing to credit related support.The Sr. Client Solutions Analyst will typically receive requests from the Senior Associate and Associate Director but may also at times be requested to support Directors & Head of REB and Vice Presidents in the Real Estate Commercial Banking group.This role will interact primarily with the following internal partners such as Global Risk Management, the Business Service Center, Enhanced Due Diligence Unit CRA, Syndication Team and Global Banking and Markets, but could include other partners as well as the Commercial Banking Executive Office. The Sr. Client Solutions Analyst will also interact with external parties such as Solicitors, Accountants, Professional Service Providers and External Bank various Groups including Syndication.The Sr. Client Solutions Analyst continually works with clients providing service consistent with Scotia Service Standards, Complaint Resolution Standards and Procedures. The Sr. Client Solutions Analyst looks for opportunities to promote the sale of bank product and services. The environment is fast paced and demanding and will at times require priorities be re-adjusted to accommodate urgent requests.Accountabilities:

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

• Working closely with Director(s), this role is responsible for providing the following services to a portfolio of existing and prospective clients:
• Onboarding: Supporting the collection of information directly from clients and from various sources necessary to assess the client’s risk profile in order to ensure the Bank meets its regulatory requirements related to KYC, AML, etc. This includes contacting clients, sourcing internal/external sources/web sites, documenting information in Know Your Client documentation in various formats such as the Client Profile Information documents and responding to various internal Compliance groups.
• Client servicing escalations: Help resolve service related matters raised by the client directly to the Director, National Accounts. This responsibility does not replace the servicing provided through the Business Service Center and is typically credit in nature or day to day servicing.
• Credit related tasks: (a) Contact clients for financial reporting and spread Financial Statements, Projections and Borrowing bases, review results, escalate any signs of deterioration and update appropriate systems; (b) commence preparation of Credit Presentations; (c) assist with completion of conditions precedent, diligence and any other requirements necessary to obtain approvals (d) ensure client files are complete and appropriately documented in various systems such as SDR, e-tracker etc. and (e) general support as necessary in the annual review process and other credit related situations needed to maintain portfolio quality.
• Fulfilment: Coordinating efforts with the client and various internal partners (eg. BSC, EDDU, CRA, GBM) to ensure loan funding and business account openings are fulfilled as per customer expectations.

• Look for opportunities to enhance client needs by providing Directors, with referrals for ancillary products and other partner opportunities. In addition, provide suggestions to continually improve processes which may include auctioning feedback received directly from clients or through client satisfaction vehicles such as the Pulse.

• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

• 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.

• Champions a high-performance 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.

Education / Experience:

• University degree with Finance, Accounting or Other Business Specialty background, or equivalent work experience
• Commitment to participate in other training requirements as determined by the Bank from time to time.

Skills/Work Experience:

• Strong commitment to excellent client service and ability to work with clients to resolve issues in an amicable and prompt manner.
• Strong organizational skills to co-ordinate and prioritize a number of concurrent requests from different Relationship Managers.
• Strong interpersonal skills to obtain agreements within Commercial Banking and partners.
• Strong written and verbal skills with proven ability to engage stakeholders and clients.
• Strong knowledge of Onboarding, Know Your Customer, Anti Money Laundering processes.
• Strong knowledge of Financial Statements and credit analysis.
• Strong knowledge of credit structures and applicable risk management .
• Good knowledge of fulfilment processes and roles of partners.
• Good knowledge of Commercial Banking partners and their involvement in servicing clients. In particular knowledge of the Business Service Center, Enhanced Due Diligence Team and Cash Management teams is important.
• Good knowledge of the Commercial Banking Distribution structure as well as role of other groups within Commercial Banking (Roynat, Real Estate, Leasing etc.).
• Thorough knowledge of the applicable software and technology platforms for Commercial (e.g., Sales Force, Intralink, Lotus Notes).
• Good knowledge of the features and benefits of Commercial products and services.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (in particular Excel).
• A high degree of flexibility to adapt to a wide variety of tasks.
• Strong commitment to accuracy, customer focus and results focus.

Location(s): Canada : British Columbia : VancouverScotiabank 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. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please . Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

Expected salary

Location

Vancouver, BC

Job date

Wed, 15 May 2024 00:33:47 GMT

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