Royal Bank of Canada

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

This is a challenging key role within the Capital Markets Platform Financial Control team of Canada’s largest company, frequently ranked as one of the top companies to work for in Canada.

RBC Capital Markets is an innovative and dynamic platform with a diverse product set and fast pace of continuous change, which provides ample scope for learning and career growth. You will be joining the Wholesale Platform Finance team, which is responsible for our global financial close process and establishes the overall control framework for Capital Markets.

The Manager, Wholesale Platform Financial Control will be managing part of the team that ensures the controls & governance framework for Wholesale Finance are well fortified and will be responsible for coordinating and providing guidance across Capital Markets’ Global Finance teams (across Canada, US, UK, and APAC). You will lead process improvement initiatives impacting our controls & governance processes. In addition, this role will have the opportunity to partner with multiple functional stakeholders and senior management across Finance and have exposure across different business lines.

This role will appeal to individuals who want to work in a fast-paced area that has significant visibility and a high profile across RBC (especially within CM), who have an appetite for working in a forward looking and innovative environment, and who also thrive on challenges, want to over-achieve and make a real difference within Finance and the business.

What will you do?

• Build effective working relationships across the global finance teams, CFO Controls Office, and other key finance stakeholders to improve sharing of financial information and identify opportunities where best practices can be leveraged across the regions.
• Simplify and improve the design and execution of existing controls oversight reporting while adapting to changing business needs and reporting requirements.
• Maintaining a strong control environment by proactively identifying control weaknesses and make recommendations to resolve; implement new controls where possible.
• Manage several key control environment oversight risk rating processes for each region and line of business and through consolidation providing insights to senior management on areas of risk and opportunity.
• Perform platform elimination entries while ensuring reconciliations, standards of documentation packages, as well as the monthly and quarterly disclosure deliverables are complete and accurate.
• Manage the accurate and timely execution of the monthly Global Attestation Committee materials with oversight on consolidated Capital Markets results.
• Coordinate updates to the Key Control Inventory for SOX Testing and report on key internal audit metrics (SOX deficiencies, Self-Identified Issues, etc.)
• Support and coordinate audit-related requests.
• Maintain a high standard of partner service quality by taking ownership and accountability of incoming requests, and proactively respond to ad-hoc inquiries and requests for financial information and analysis by senior management or other business partners.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• Professional designation (CPA required)
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience, preferably in the Financial Services Industry
• Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills – ability to work with people at all levels within the organization.
• Excellent analytical thinking and acute attention to detail.
• Highly motivated, collaborative, and self-starter attitude.
• Ability to manage numerous priorities simultaneously amidst tight deadlines.
• Strong proficiency with computer applications, such as Excel (vlookups, data validation, macros), PowerPoint, and Tableau Desktop and Server

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Capital Markets businesses
• Knowledge of RBC financial systems and associated procedures
• Experience with workflow design tools such as Visio

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Budget Management, Communication, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Process Management, Professional Presentation

Additional Job Details

Address:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-26

Application Deadline:

2025-07-12

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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