Software Engineer Lead

The Team

Global Banking and Markets Engineering (GBME) is the fast-moving, award-winning technology engine that powers Scotiabank’s Corporate, Investment Banking, and Capital Markets businesses.

The Role

GBME’s Project Excellence Team is searching for Senior Technical Analysts to liaison between business stakeholders, internal engineering and architect teams, ensuring solutions are developed and delivered on time, and with high quality for various projects within GBME.

The successful candidate will have a results-oriented and curious mindset with strong technical skills. You will work closely with cross functional teams, including engineers, solutions architects, and business teams to develop and implement market leading solutions that are scalable, deliver excellence, and add value to our business partners and customers.

Accountabilities

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Work with cross functional teams in the planning, definition of scope, and solutioning of technical requirements.
• Align and present requirements to product functionality, offering best practice, and scalable solutions.
• Recommend effective solutions for business and technology objectives.
• Conduct thorough testing of technology solutions.
• Demonstrate an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities.
• Develop and deliver Business Requirements Documents, Design Documents, Use Cases, and Process Models as required.
• Work closely across GBME technology teams during all stages of the system development life cycle and bridge the gap between business and technology sides of the solution.
• Liaising between the business community and the IT organization to provide technical solutions that meet user needs.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.
• Build relationships and communicate effectively with colleagues in Global regions.
• Perform ad hoc project work on various GBME projects.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be incorporate into 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.

Education / Experience / Other Information

• Must to have:
• 6+ years' experience working with a variety of databases such as SQL Server, with ability to create and run queries independently.
• 6+ years hands on experience with the software development lifecycle, leading technical specification discussions with developers as well as SIT/UAT testing efforts
• Thorough understanding of the full Trade Life Cycle
• Excellent Microsoft suite skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
• Strong working knowledge of industry trends, best practices, and regulations
• Experience working on projects in either front, middle or back-office systems
• A recognized undergraduate degree or diploma in business administration, computer science or related field required (Polytech degree).
• B2 level of English.
• Soft sklills:
• Ability to adapt quickly to new processes and standards, with a strong commitment to providing exceptional customer service.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliver working results.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to manage stakeh