2027 Winter - GRM, AI Business Analyst Intern (4 Months)

0000050007 Royal Bank of Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 112,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Student/Co-op placement

Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada is seeking a Winter 2027 Student/Co-op to advance AI capabilities in Operational Risk. You will collaborate with risk SMEs to document AI use cases and requirements, and help deliver AI solutions across the development lifecycle.

The role emphasizes leadership, communication, and hands-on AI/ML experience in a dynamic financial services setting. The position requires proximity to Ontario for the term, with RBC supporting flexible work options.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate leadership acumen and ability to apply it in a dynamic environment.
• Strong experience using AI with demonstrable prompt engineering skills.
• Experience creating and running Python scripts.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Creative, analytical thinker who can work independently in a fast-paced setting.
• Strong MS Office skills – Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Operational Risk SMEs to capture AI needs and ensure requirements are met.
• Assist in documenting AI use cases across the development lifecycle (intake, scoping, detailed requirements).
• Experiment with readily available LLMs to develop expertise supporting AI opportunities and best practices.
• Act as a change champion to promote AI adoption within the business.

Skills

Leadership

Prompt engineering

AI experience

Communication skills

Python scripting

Education

Student/Coop enrollment

Tools

Python

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity? You will advance the AI capabilities of Operational Risk by supporting risk subject matter experts in the identification and documentation of AI use cases and their requirements. Through leveraging partnerships with AI and technology development teams, you will also support the delivery of AI use cases. This role requires a combination of business and technical skills to ensure Operational Risk AI needs are effectively being met.

What will you do?

• Partner with Operational Risk Subject Matter Experts to understand their AI needs and ensure requirements are being met
• Assist in the documentation of AI use cases throughout the AI development lifecycle including intake, scoping, and detailed requirements
• Experiment with readily available Large Language Models (LLMs) to develop expertise used to support the business in identifying AI opportunities and best practices
• Actively support AI adoption as a change champion within the business

What do you need to succeed?

• Must-have Leadership acumen and a passion to apply it in a dynamic business environment
• Strong experience using AI, with demonstrable experience in prompt engineering
• Experience creating and running Python scripts
• Excellent interpersonal and highly developed communication skills (verbal and written)
• Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong MS Office skills – Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

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.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work and make a difference
• Opportunities to build close relationships

Program Details

Please note: This posting is for a 4-months Winter 2027 Student placement with a start date of January 2027, and end date of April 2027. In order to be eligible for this 4-months Student position, you must either: Be returning back to school after the work term end-date of April 2027; or If you are not returning back to school (i.e. are graduating in April 2027), you must require the full 4-months work term as a mandatory component to in order to graduate successfully. Please ensure that you meet these eligibility requirements before applying - candidates who apply but are found to be ineligible are not able to be considered.

The successful candidate for this role will be required to be located within Ontario for the duration of the work term.

RBC is committed to supporting flexible work arrangements when and where available.

Details regarding the specific virtual, hybrid, and in-office arrangements for this Integrated Learning/ Co-op position are to be discussed with the Hiring Manager.

Job Skills

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Communication
• Computer Literacy
• Computer Programming
• Detail-Oriented
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Listening Effectively
• Personal Development
• Personal Initiative

Job Details

• Address: 20 KING ST W:TORONTO
• City: Toronto
• Country: Canada
• Work hours/week: 37.5
• Employment Type: Full time
• Platform: GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT
• Job Type: Student/Coop (Fixed Term)
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2026-08-24
• Application Deadline: 2026-09-21
• Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

About RBC

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.

Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 84,000+ employees who bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada’s biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to more than 16 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 34 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com.

We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at rbc.com/community-social-impact.