Senior Analyst, Mortgage Security

Title: Senior Analyst, Mortgage Security

Requisition ID: 212470

Join a purpose-driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Senior Analyst, Mortgage Security contributes to the overall success of the RESL in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and 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:

• Track Unusual Transaction Reporting as submitted by SMA and HFS underwriters.
• Liaise with other members of the Mortgage Security team to identify fraud/ML concerns based on data retrieved from MIMS and RESL reports.
• Provide fraud trend data and reports to Security Analysts on the Mortgage Security team.
• Track Enhanced Due Diligence requests; administrate the requests and send them to the appropriate underwriter.
• Assist in the preparation of fraud and AML processes for the Mortgage Security team.
• Liaise with Senior Analyst, Mortgage Security and provide risk analysis reports based on Unusual Transaction Reporting.
• Provide support to HFS and SMA management staff on a variety of fraud, enhanced due diligence, and staff conduct issues.
• Escalate risk concerns identified to the Director, Mortgage Security as needed.
• Liaise with Demarketing Operations team on appeal requests from branches/clients relating to client demarketing.
• Prepare and update quarterly fraud prevention reports for SMA/HFS to be delivered to SVP, RESL.
• Update the Mortgage Security Suspicious Employer List weekly and distribute it to MIMS and Mortgage Central.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions relating to the mortgage businesses.
• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of 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.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute 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:

• Very strong knowledge of MIMS
• Risk analysis experience
• Mortgage underwriting or mortgage policy knowledge
• Knowledge of mortgage approval process
• Very strong Excel knowledge
• Power BI knowledge

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 (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. 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.