Velocity – Global Risk Management Internship/Co-Op – Fall 2026
Term: September – December 2026
Work Hours/Week: 37.5
Application Deadline: May 22, 2026
There's no better way to kickstart your career than to do a co-op or internship with Scotiabank! During your work term, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of a winning team, build your network, and discover what you love – all while getting paid to do it! There’s a place for every type of student at Scotiabank and all that we ask for is that you have passion and strong AOO (Attitude, Ownership and Opportunity).
The Velocity Program is not your average internship or co-op! This is a customized experience that focuses on providing you with the development and tools you need to grow your career. After successfully completing a co-op or internship with top performance, we will work with you to establish your future placements. As a result, you will get to learn, grow, and experiment within different areas of both Scotiabank and Tangerine!
What is Global Risk Management?
Our Global Risk Management teams are highly diverse groups, with a variety of streams that filter into various Risk areas. These different streams include Market Risk, Business Banking Credit Risk, Enterprise Risk, and Retail Risk, where there are significant opportunities to gain a breadth of exposure within your focus area. Successful candidates will bring strong technical skills relevant to their chosen area, in addition to excellent communication and time management skills. Some roles like Enterprise Risk, for example, will carry a higher focus on risk modelling and analytics, while others like Market Risk will be tied to an interest in capital markets activities. If this sounds interesting and exciting to you, we encourage you to research the area you’re most passionate about in the space of Risk Management and apply today!
About the GRM, Business Banking Credit Risk Stream:
The Business Banking Credit Risk teams provide credit adjudication and risk oversight for an assigned portfolio within Global Banking & Markets (GBM), Canadian Commercial Banking (CCB) and International Banking (IB) by ensuring that the portfolio is maintained in sound condition with the Bank’s current credit policy.
About the GRM, Enterprise Risk Stream:
GRM’s Enterprise Team provide 2nd line governance and oversight to our business lines and support function partners in managing their non-financial risks across many categories. The risk domains you’ll directly cover are non-financial risks, which would include Operational Risk, Third Party Risk, Model Risk and Environmental Risk where the team drives methodology and provides 2nd line oversight and challenge.
About the GRM, Market Risk Stream:
The Market Risk stream provides risk oversight for the trading and treasury portfolio in the Bank. Working in close collaboration with the business line, our Market Risk teams ensure market risks are understood and controlled. This involves understanding risk/reward tradeoffs and working with front office staff to help facilitate business success. Across the team, roles range from quantitative modelling to risk oversight with a strong connection to capital market dynamics.
About the GRM, Retail Credit Risk Stream:
The Retail Credit Risk stream is comprised of multiple areas including Risk Technology, Retail Risk Secured Lending and Small Business, and Retail Risk Data and Analytics. Across these areas, teams work on data manipulation, risk technology project work, customer analytics and portfolio management all with a credit risk perspective. This includes analyzing the effectiveness of risk strategies, performing portfolio trend analysis, and pulling, summarizing, and presenting data. In each of these rotations, you will have regular interactions with senior management.
Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:
- You’ll be part of a diverse, collaborative, innovative, and high-performing team.
- Bank-wide orientation to learn more about Scotiabank and gain exposure to senior leadership across the organization.
- Exclusive student events such as Scotia Student Day, Lunch & Learns, leadership panels, and much more!
- In-depth training to prepare you for the role, as well as ongoing coaching and feedback to help you succeed!
Do you have the skills and requirements that will enable you to succeed in this role? – We’d love to work with you if:
- You are currently enrolled in post-secondary education.
- You love to learn and envision yourself working for an international organization that heavily invests in your future.
- You enjoy being involved in extracurricular activities such as conferences, clubs, and competitions.
- You are a highly self-motivated individual with strong time-management skills.
- You have an analytical mindset and investigative abilities.
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills.
- You are proficient in Microsoft Office – particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- You understand PowerBI, SAS, SQL or Tableau.
What’s in it for you?
- You’ll be part of a diverse, collaborative, innovative, and high-performing team.
- In-depth training to prepare you for the role, as well as ongoing coaching and feedback to help you succeed!
- Exclusive student events such as Scotia Student Day, Lunch & Learns, leadership panels, and much more!
- Bank-wide orientation to learn more about Scotiabank and gain exposure to senior leadership across the organization.
- You’ll get the chance to work with an agile team and will have the chance to learn about all the systems and procedures in place to help protect the bank and it’s customers.
How do I apply?
For students applying to our internship/co-op or new graduate programs, we do not require resumes! We believe in evaluating you through relationships over resumes and are focused on learning about who you are and what you’re interested in to uncover your true potential. Instead, we ask that as part of your application you complete the below:
- Complete your PLUM Profile here and save as a screenshot.
- Complete a short one-way video interview here.
- Apply to the role and when the application asks for your resume, instead upload the screenshot of your PLUM Profile.
