As an Administrative Associate you will be responsible for contributing to the overall success of one or more Wealth Advisors by ensuring a high level of client service achieved by effective administration and day-to-day trading of their business. 
  
IS THIS ROLE RIGHT FOR YOU

In the role you will:
 

• Ensure effective client administration by managing all administrative processes and escalations requiring investigation
• Consistently demonstrate high levels of client service by:
  • supporting the advisor in regular reviews of portfolios including entering client trades as directed by the client or Advisor and identifying client needs
  • responding to client inquiries, resolving issues and effecting client transactions in a timely and responsive manner
• Provide marketing assistance by coordinating materials, events, and seminars to increase/identify opportunities to grow assets and/or revenue
• Support the growth of the business by managing tracking reports for Wealth Advisors to review targets, recommendations, and financial plans/concepts  
• Build effective working relationships across various departmental and business line contacts by actively collaborating and sharing knowledge and experience

DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS
We would love to work with you if you have:
 

• Experience in the securities industry
• Already duly registered as an Investment Representative (IR) with CIRO
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Strong organizational skills 
• Ability to take initiative, work independently and meet deadlines
• Meticulous attention to detail and excellent time management skills
• Exceptional client service skills

 
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.

Contributes to the overall success of the Digital Banking Unit in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives.  Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Collaborate with the Scrum team to plan milestones, successfully execute software delivery, and escalate issues as needed
• 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 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.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• In depth knowledge of programming languages, frameworks, utilities, and other technologies used by the team (React & Node JS)
• Bachelor or master’s degree in computer science/Engineering, Information Systems, or other related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence decision making across stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to lead team members with differing opinions and levels of experience
• Project management skills to map and execute short and long term plans for the team
• Effective organization, planning, and time management skills

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.  
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance. 
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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Location(s):  Canada : Quebec : Montreal

The Retail Customer Platforms Technology team supports the ongoing enhancement, development, implementation, and day to day operational support of Offer Management platform (Customer Personalization Platform), Pricing & Rates, Day to Day banking core systems as well as advisory deposits systems platform.

The Java Developer will work closely with the Development Leads and Architects to understand the design and create technical stories and task and make enhancements to the application as per design specifications and provide daily support for application maintenance in production and non-production environments. The individual will work with offer management applications that provide offer configuration, tracking and fulfillment for Scotiabank customers across different retail products. The candidate will report to the Senior Manager Development for Retail Customer Platforms Technology.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Work closely with technical leads to build application as per design document.

• Create design documents into technical stories and technical tasks.

• Review and understand defect and make code changes to enhance the application.

• Compile and Deploy application to various environments.

• You will provide system analysis, object-oriented design / programming, technical documentation, and support for existing and new applications and systems.

• You will perform coding, unit testing, debugging, documenting, and implementing of applications and scripts.

• You will maintain, support, and enhance existing applications.

• You will participate in regular code reviews for release activities.

• You will participate in production issue analysis and perform root cause analysis for production issues and implementation issues.

 Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related discipline.

• Demonstrate good communication skills.

• Nice to have - 2 years of technical working experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to review and design documents and create technical stories and tasks.

• Must have technical working experience with Core Java (Version 8 or higher)/Java.

• Proficient in SQL & relational databases.

• You have working experience in the use of Bit Bucket, GIT, Gradle, Jira, Confluence, or similar tool(s) for building Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Technical working experience in an agile environment.

• Technical Knowledge of event driven architecture (Kafka, Kafka connectors, Kafka brokers).

• Technical working knowledge of Web Services, XML/SOAP/REST, STS Spring Tools, or Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

• Nice to have - Working experience with Spring Boot, Spring Batch.

• Nice to have - Knowledge of SSL and setup of secure handshake between applications.

• Nice to have - Working knowledge of SoapUI; Postman, WinSCP (Windows Secure Copy); PuTTY SCP (PSCP)

• Nice to have - Technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud or Google Cloud is an asset.

• Nice to have - Technical knowledge of Splunk

• Participate fully as a team member and contribute to a positive work environment that encourages productivity, professionalism, and teamwork.

• Contributes to an environment of continuous learning, including the sharing of experience and learning across team members, peers, Scotia partners, and management as appropriate.

• Participate in identifying personal development needs and pursue development/career opportunities.

• Adhere to established guidelines of conduct. 

What's in it for you?

• The opportunity to join our diverse and inclusive organization and connect with other First Nations, Inuit, Métis Scotiabankers and their allies when joining our Indigenous Employee Resource Group.

• A competitive compensation and benefits package which include:

• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development

• A competitive compensation and benefits package

• Internal training to support your growth and enhance your skills

• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities– for you

• $10,000 annually dedicated to your well being

• Traditional Indigenous Practices Leave

• Indigenous Employee Mentoring Program