Associate Director, Risk Initiatives & Infrastructure

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As a Senior Manager, you will support RBC Corporate Treasury's Risk Initiatives & Infrastructure team. The team develops, maintains, and executes CT's Structural Interest Rate, Liquidity Risk, and Funds Transfer Pricing measurement processes and data infrastructure, with focus on retail and commercial banking book portfolios. The team plays a lead role in existing processes and new initiatives, through effective and efficient technology solutions. It is a critical part of a larger integrated Corporate Treasury area responsible for interest rate risk methodologies and measurement, funds transfer pricing, and the associated infrastructure, which together enable a holistic view of the balance sheet and enhance RBC's understanding of product pricing and the relationship between profitability, funding, and interest rates.

In this role, you will develop and implement the requisite risk measurement and data infrastructure and ensure execution of Corporate Treasury's production processes, while gaining first-hand experience with RBC's retail and commercial banking book balance sheet and interest rate risk, asset liability management, and funds transfer pricing practices. The right person for this role has extensive system and data management experience, with an aptitude and interest in the same, in a risk measurement context.

What will you do?

• Partner with businesses to ensure product attributes are correctly captured in existing and new source systems, and that Corporate Treasury's infrastructure is appropriately configured to capture relevant data feeds.
• Partner with RBC IT staff to ensure execution of monthly, weekly, and daily production processes related to interest rate and retail liquidity risk measurement, and Funds Transfer Pricing.
• Work closely with treasury's analytics and funds transfer pricing teams to implement developed methodologies and maintain appropriate risk processes.
• Play a lead role in new business initiatives and strategies through sourcing enriched, standardized, and consistent risk data to Corporate Treasury.
• Manage change control processes to ensure that Corporate Treasury systems remain up-to-date and in line with industry leading practices.
• Establish and recommend IT related budgets and service level agreements.
• Work with internal partners to develop and implement effective risk data governance and controls over Corporate Treasury's data and processes.
• As necessary, collaborate with Finance to ensure risk measurement and FTP systems are aligned with results reported by Finance.
• Interact with RBC technology, Finance, and business groups, as well as third-party vendors.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• Undergraduate degree in a quantitative field such as engineering, computer science, or mathematics, plus a relevant graduate degree (e.g., MBA, Quantitative Finance, etc.).
• 8+ years related experience.
• Extensive systems development, data management, and MIS experience, with an aptitude for and interest in the same, in a risk measurement context
• Understanding of banking book products and their features, with focus on retail and commercial banking products
• Systems, computer, and database skills, including MS Access / Excel, VBA, Python, Tableau and SQL.
• Strong coordination skills, while fostering a positive, collaborative, and high-performing environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with ability to communicate complex concepts in simple terms.
• Strong conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong business acumen and analytical thinker. Requires attention to details.
• Strong interpersonal skills; specifically able to act as change agent, facilitator and collaborator.
• Well-organized and detail oriented, with ability to manage multiple deliverables concurrently and meet deadlines in fast-paced production ("run-the-bank") and development ("build-the-bank") environments.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with interest rate risk and liquidity measurement and management practices and systems, in a large bank
• Exposure to Quantitative Risk Management (QRM) treasury risk system and infrastructure.
• CFA and / or FRM designations, or like
• Knowledge of fixed income mathematics
• Understanding of accounting and finance concepts and systems
• Experience in analyzing, documenting, implementing, and executing business flows, processes, and related controls.

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
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in an agile, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• The opportunity to interface with senior level executives from many different parts of the organization

Job Skills

Business Data Analysis, Commercial Acumen, Critical Thinking, Data Gathering Analysis, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Financial Services Industry, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking, Treasury Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W: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:

2026-04-20

Application Deadline:

2026-05-15

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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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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