Associate Director, Market Services Securities Lending Operations

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Toronto is looking for a dynamic leader to oversee Securities Finance client operations. This role requires expertise in Securities Finance and strong management skills. The successful candidate will drive operational improvements, lead a team, and ensure risk management practices are implemented effectively. Competitive compensation and excellent career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Excellent career development opportunities

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant work experience required.
• Expertise in Securities Finance is essential.
• Capability in strategic planning necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams responsible for Operational Settlements and Collateral Management.
• Drive solutions and outcomes across Investor Services.
• Enhance business processes to mitigate risks.

Skills

Securities Finance Expertise

Strategic Planning

People Management

Transformational Change

Operational Risk Management

Education

Undergraduate Degree

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Within RBC Investor Services (“IS”), the Market Services unit is responsible for driving revenue and NIAT through winning client activities in the markets space including Securities Lending. The incumbent is responsible for leading a dynamic team overseeing RBC IS client operations strategies and business planning for Securities Finance. This role is primarily responsible for the support and delivery of Market Service Securities Finance daily Operations focusing on simplification, standardization.

This role will lead the team in activities ensuring optimization, industry practices and continuous improvement are achieved. Coaching, Career Development and Performance Management are key across teams. You will take a leading role in implementing processes which are scalable to drive the growth of the business, which drive outcomes through a high degree of collaboration with key business partners across Investor Services, RBC, and industry counterparts including Client Experience, Product, Data Management, Technology, Vendors and Operations delivery teams.

What will you do?

• Lead teams of Securities Finance, staff responsible for Operational Settlements, Billing, Collateral Management and Triparty Repo.
• Assist in activities to drive solutions and outcomes across IS end-to-end processes, challenging the status quo and enabling IS to meet key objectives
• Enhance business process and controls to mitigate operational, market and credit risk and to protect client’s interests
• Sponsor, drive, coordinate, prioritize initiatives, transformation and change
• Lead initiatives that result in operational improvements to processes that are automated and create efficiencies
• Proactively identify operational risks/control deficiencies in the business
• Develop and engage employees, performance management, setting ambitious goals with clear outcomes.
• Continuous improvement processes, client and employee experience creating simplified, scalable, risk averse processes that grow the business.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 7+ years of relevant work experience
• Securities Finance Expertise
• Strategic Planning
• People Management
• Transformation and Change
• Operational Risk

Nice-to-have

• Client Service
• Undergraduate Degree

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.

• Excellent exposureto communicate with various business partners and stakeholders in Investor Services and within other platforms as appropriate
• Working with an exciting, close-knit, supportive & dynamic group
• Opportunity to collaborate with other business segments within the bank
• Excellent career development and progression opportunities
• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
• Competitive compensation

Job Skills

Adaptability, Crisis Management, Decision Making, Delegating Tasks, Group Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Long Term Planning, Operational Delivery, Process Improvements, Time 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: WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-09-24

Application Deadline: 2025-10-08

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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