Associate Director, Credit Execution

Requisition ID: 190773

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

**Purpose**
- Contributes to the overall success of the Credit Execution team in Singapore 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.
- The Associate Director, Execution is responsible for contributing to the profitable growth and quality of the Bank’s Commercial Credit portfolio by performing financial solutions -related activities for clients including risk analysis, deal structuring, pricing, negotiation, and presentation on highly complex deals in concert with the Origination Team. The incumbent interfaces directly with clients at times, in partnership with the Origination team. As well, the Associate Director, Execution liaises with Global Risk Management (GRM) through the credit decision
- making process.

**Accountabilities**
- Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
- 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.

**Specific Accountabilities for Execution**
- Contributes to the profitable development of Corporate Banking business by:

- Ensuring the timely analysis, structure and presentation of credit / financial solutions proposals;
- Providing prompt and sound recommendations in the analysis and adjudication of credit proposals in accordance with the Bank's established standards and procedures;
- Ensuring that writings to the Director/Associate Director(s), Origination clearly convey the rationale for decisions, so that they may respond effectively to clients;
- Recommending alternative terms, conditions and covenants to provide a viable banking proposal to the client within sound credit lending practices;
- Restructuring marginal proposals into bankable deals where possible/as applicable;
- Ensures the accurate communication of the terms and conditions of an authorization and supervises the effective and timely implementation of same by:

- Writing or reviewing all written authorizations to ensure accuracy, completeness, and clarity.
- Ensuring prompt follow-up for acceptance of the authorization and reacting swiftly to any problems, amendments, extensions, reporting to senior management where necessary;
- Promptly and effectively addressing issues surrounding the adequacy, quality and completeness of loan documentation and security;
- Liaising to ensure any required changes to the Director/Associate Director, Origination and follow-up for the accurate execution and delivery of same prior to disbursement of funds;
- Drafting offer letters for new credits/preparing and reviewing loan documentation for new bilateral/syndicated credits for the terms of credit approvals as well as for the applicability of appropriate legalities, negotiating same with lawyers, agent banks and borrowers so as to ensure adequacy, quality and completeness of loan documentation and security and that the Bank's interests under the general provisions of the credit documentation are adequately protected;
- Liaising to ensure any required changes to the Director/Associate Director, Origination and follow
- up for the accurate execution and delivery of same prior to disbursement of funds;
- Ensure the ongoing quality of the assigned credit portfolio through control and administration of the specific conditions and reporting requirements as specified in individual authorizations are adhered to by:

- Directing and assisting the Executions Analysts/Credit Admin in the detailed evaluation of all information received, reporting deficiencies or any negative findings to senior management;
- Advising senior management of any credit weaknesses developing within individual accounts, by ongoing awareness and analysis of relevant financial, legal, political, technological, and industry information.
- Adhere to any regulatory and internal Bank policies and requirements;
- Maintaining adherence to the Bank’s Anti-Money Laundering program and Guidelines for Business Conduct, by reporting any unusual occurrences or fraudulent activities per established procedures.
- Safeguards the Bank’s assets and liabilities by:

- Maintaining adherence to the Guidelines for Business Conduct, by report