Senior Manager, Business Control

Requisition ID: 240105

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Purpose_**

The Senior Manager, Business Control, provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Business Control function, ensuring consistent, high-quality support for Contract Owners across the Third-Party Management Lifecycle. This role is accountable for leading a team of Managers and Analysts who facilitate supplier onboarding, risk assessments, and lifecycle activities in alignment with Procurement and Third-Party Risk Management policies. The Senior Manager drives operational excellence, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement across the enterprise.

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Accountabilities_**

- Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
- Define and execute the vision for the Business Control function, aligning with enterprise procurement and risk management strategies.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to enhance third-party lifecycle management and improve service delivery.
- Manage and mentor a team of Managers and Analysts, fostering a culture of performance, accountability, and collaboration
- Ensure consistent execution of supplier onboarding, DDQs, payment setup, renewals, and reassessments
- Ensures Operational Level Agreements are met and addresses barriers to achieving amenable and timely resolution to escalated issues.
- Serve as a senior point of contact for internal stakeholders including Sourcing, Legal, Risk, Control Functions, and Business Lines.
- Ensure alignment across functions and resolve escalations with a strategic and solutions-oriented approach.
- Oversee adherence to Procurement and Third-Party Risk Management policies and procedures.
- Support audit readiness and contribute to governance frameworks and policy updates.
- Establish and monitor KPIs to assess team performance, service quality, and operational efficiency.
- Lead transformation initiatives within the Business Control.
- Provide executive-level reporting and insights to inform decision-making and strategic planning.
- Support the development and execution of strategic plans related to third-party lifecycle management.
- In conjunction with the Director, GBS Procurement, recruits, selects and onboards permanent and contract staff.
- Manages team by setting performance expectations, monitoring performance, providing coaching and feedback including the preparation of performance appraisals, and supporting individual personal development plans.
- Provide input into policy updates, system enhancements, and governance frameworks.
- Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
- Contribute to a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
- Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient Support Services Operations 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.
- Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching

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Reporting Relationships_**

Primary Manager: Director, Global Procurement Services GBS
Direct Reports:Manager, Business Control
Shared Reports (solid/dotted if applicable): NA

**_Dimensions_**

- Oversee a team of direct full-time employees
- This role is global in nature and supports multiple categories and business units.
- Key contacts include individuals across multiple Business Lines and Functions
- Supports department goals & objectives related to Value Creation
- Supports adherence to Procurement and Third-Party Management Policy
- Services the Global Enterprise
- Subject to SOX reporting accountabilities for controls documentation and audit support

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Education / Experience / Other Information_**

- College Diploma or University Degree in related field
- 5+ years of accounting, project management, business administration, business analysis, data analyst, business process improvement, operations lead experience related to procurement and/or finance
- 3+ years of people management experience, preferably in a matrixed or cross-functional environment.
- Proven experience managing teams in procurement, third-party risk, or vendor lifecycle operations.
- Strong understanding of supplier lifecycle processes, risk management and compliance frameworks.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the abili