As a senior officer at Glendale Federal Bank, Scott oversaw loan workouts and divestiture of bank-owned real estate from 1989-1993. Prior to that, he handled corporate and real estate lending for Security Pacific Bank from 1986–1988 and was a Research Fellow at Yale University.

With a B.S. in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Anderson School of Business at the University of California, he is also a board member of the Los Angeles South Bay Economic Development Partnership, Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation and Salvation Army Torrance.