2027 Winter - GRM, Market Risk Analyst (4 Months)

0000050007 Royal Bank of Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto is offering a 4-month Winter 2027 student placement in Group Risk Management. The role focuses on market risk oversight for global commodities, supporting risk reporting, and analyzing trading strategies to ensure alignment with risk tolerance.

The successful candidate will collaborate with trading teams, develop insights for senior management, and explore automation opportunities using Python and AI tools. Start date January 2027; end date April 2027.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or MS in Finance, Economics or Quantitative discipline.
• Education in risk management or related work experience in capital markets including knowledge of market risk concepts (sensitivity analysis, VaR, stress testing).
• Knowledge of financial derivative products in commodities, fixed income, and FX; Proficient in Python and SQL; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide market risk oversight for Global Commodities and act as a link between trading staff, management, and Group Risk Management.
• Support risk reporting processes and ensure accuracy of key risk metrics.
• Analyze trading strategies and monitor portfolio changes to extract value-added insight for senior management.
• Collaborate with trading teams to ensure consistency on risk issues and aid in automation using Python/AI tools.

Skills

Communication

Computer Literacy

Detail-Oriented

Interpersonal Relationships

Listening Effectively

Personal Development

Personal Initiative

Education

Bachelor's or MS in Finance, Economics or Quantitative

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Job Description

What is the Opportunity The candidate will collaborate and support the Local Market Risk team on daily coverage of risk oversight including but not limited to the following: Provide market risk oversight for Global Commodities, acting as a key link between trading staff, management, and Group Risk Management. Support the management of market risk reporting process and ensure accuracy of key risk metrics. Analyze key trading strategies and products to ensure they are in line with RBC's risk tolerance and objectives. Monitor changes in portfolio and market to extract value-added insight for senior management. Highlight key market themes and events that form risk thematic relevancy to your coverage. Monitor trading activities and exposures to ensure they are within approved policies and limits, and that reports are timely and accurate. Review significant transactions to help facilitate businesses while ensuring proper risk controls. Collaborate with trading teams to ensure cohesion on key risk issues: systems, limits, risk management. Collaborate and coordinate among different stakeholders to meet enterprise/business line project deliverables. This will include projects related to capital requirements, risk modernization, as well as on-demand ad-hoc requests from internal partners. Identify opportunity to automate, improve and standardize processes within the market risk team using python and AI tools.

Must-Haves

• Bachelor or MS in Finance, Economics or a Quantitative subject.
• Education in risk management or related work experience in capital markets including knowledge of market risk concepts (sensitivity analysis, VaR, stress testing etc.).
• Knowledge of financial derivative products in most asset classes, preferably in Commodity, Fixed income, and Foreign Exchange space.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; Other strong technology experience with proven track record is a plus.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong collaborator and have a high level of curiosity.

Nice‑to‑have

• Proficient in working with complex dataset and building tools with multiple data source for time‑series analysis and data visualization.
• Ability to learn and absorb new concepts quickly and apply new knowledge.

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 formal application deadline is September 20, 2026.

RBC is committed to supporting flexible work arrangements when and where available. The successful candidate for this role will be required to be located within Ontario for the duration of the work term. 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.

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Job Skills

• Communication
• Computer Literacy
• Detail‑Oriented
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Listening Effectively
• Personal Development
• Personal Initiative

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: GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type: Student/Coop (Fixed Term)

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-09-01

Application Deadline: 2026-09-21

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

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