Regional Manager

As a cornerstone business within Scotia Wealth Management, ScotiaMcLeod has earned a reputation for integrity based on service excellence and trusted investment advice. Our advisors and teams pride themselves on exploring innovative approaches to protecting and growing their clients' assets.

When you join ScotiaMcLeod, you’ll be empowered to deliver Enriched Thinking, a unique approach that incorporates your client’s thinking, as well as our thinking, to drive results. You’ll work with a team of specialists to deliver a client-centric approach to wealth management, enabling you to consider all the facets of your client’s life, family and business. With a focus on total wealth planning, and wealth specialists to help you deliver on this unique value proposition, you’ll be enabling clients to see not just the big picture, but all the little ones too.

Purpose:

Reporting to the Regional Director, the Manager, Administration will work closely with the Regional Director, the Branch Managers and Branch Administrators in International Investment Advisory (IIA), ensuring that operational strategies, plans and initiatives are executed and implemented in accordance with applicable regulations, internal policies and procedures.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide on-going coaching, performance management, guidance, motivation and support to the Branch Administrator (BA).
• Lead, with the BA, process improvements, with assistance from Head Office.
• Review and approve all changes to branch support staff to ensure consistent application of IWM and ScotiaMcLeod's strategic initiatives.
• Provide support to the BA and BMs in the recruiting, hiring, training, terminating of support staff.
• Assist Regional Director/Branch Managers with recruitment requirements for advisor roles: manage preparation of materials, co-ordinate interviews, work permits, and deal with relevant HR team for letters/work permits.
• With the BA, lead & hold regular branch support staff meetings.
• Work to resolve any issues on systems or operations that have been escalated.
• Ensure branch adherence to privacy, AML and compliance requirements.
• Effectively communicate and implement policies, procedures, new systems, new initiatives and changes.
• Escalation point to help resolve issues between Head Office departments and branch.

Do You Have the Skills

• 10+ years in the investment industry, with 2 – 5 years in a supervisory role.
• Licensed as an Investment Representative under CIRO (CSC, CPH, IR Training).
• Spanish language is an asset.
• Solid knowledge of sales management processes, comfort/experience in financial analysis.
• Solid knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements and operating policies and procedures.
• Understanding of ScotiaMcLeod desktop and processing systems considered an asset.
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skills.
• Strong coaching and inter-personal skills when interacting with staff, clients or executive.

What's In It For You:

• At ScotiaMcLeod we help employees build their futures – where they can be themselves, and win together. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion and a performance-oriented culture that includes coaching, learning, and development – there are endless possibilities. At ScotiaMcLeod– you can make an impact. You help make the futures of our 25 million customers happen. You can find your future here.
• 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 clients.
• An inclusive working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success.
• Learning and Development – free access to Scotia Academy to upskill and develop your skills.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

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. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. 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.