Compliance Manager, Insurance

Role overview

The Compliance Manager will oversee in-country insurance regulatory compliance and conduct activities for Scotia Jamaica Life Insurance Company Limited (SJLIC), Scotia General Insurance Agency (SGIA), and the Global Insurance Business Line. This position ensures that the bank’s insurance and pension products and services remain aligned with all laws and regulations that apply to insurance operations. The role also supports the adoption of enterprise and business-line policies, procedures, and controls across branches and other units involved in insurance-related work.

What you will do

• Help build a client-centered culture that strengthens relationships and makes effective use of the bank’s wider networks, systems, and expertise.
• Keep up to date with laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance affecting insurance and pension operations.
• Review new and existing legal and policy requirements and provide analysis, recommendations, and implementation support.
• Assist the regional insurance compliance program by working closely with key stakeholders across the English Caribbean.
• Partner with the business by offering practical advice on embedding compliance into product design, programs, policies, and procedures.
• Support the Enterprise Compliance Management program by helping manage regulatory reviews, tracking regulatory issues, keeping compliance risk assessments current, and implementing risk management initiatives such as Third Party Risk Management and Compliance Risk and Assessment.
• Work with country leadership and Enterprise Compliance to execute regulatory changes and strengthen controls for existing obligations.
• Identify possible breaches of regulations, ethical standards, and internal policies early, then recommend actions to reduce business, compliance, and operational risk while monitoring progress on remediation plans.
• Work with Conduct Risk on customer complaints, especially matters with a regulatory angle or those referred by regulators.
• Maintain strong day-to-day controls and support effective operations in line with operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk, and conduct risk requirements, including relevant frameworks and the Scotiabank Code of Conduct.

Profile and experience

• Post-secondary education combined with relevant experience in financial services, ideally in regulatory compliance, audit, or risk management.
• Comfort working in a high-performing, adaptable, and small-team environment.
• Strong understanding of the insurance industry in the Caribbean and the related compliance environment.
• Well-developed analytical and communication abilities, with a results-focused and data-led approach to decisions.
• Experience translating business needs into actionable insights and working directly with business stakeholders.
• Experience using analytics to spot risk areas and improvement opportunities.

Application instructions

Please include the job title in the subject line of your application. A complete resume must be submitted no later than Friday, July 3, 2026.