Associate, Productivity & Efficiency and Business Management

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly skilled individual to join their dynamic team. This role focuses on enhancing cost transparency and identifying efficiencies within Capital Markets. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, excel in a fast-paced environment, and demonstrate advanced proficiency in tools like Excel and Tableau. With a commitment to continuous improvement, this position offers a chance to work independently while also collaborating with a talented team. Join a forward-thinking organization that values growth and innovation, and take your career to the next level.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Competitive compensation

Development coaching

Dynamic and collaborative team environment

Work/life balance options

Qualifications

• 2-3 years’ experience in large transformational initiatives/programs focused on cost efficiency.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support deep-dive business reviews leveraging Zero Based Budgeting frameworks.
• Provide analysis of work completed and outcomes effectively to executive audiences.

Skills

Excel

Tableau

PowerPoint

Quantitative Analysis

Critical Thinking

Change Management

Business Process Design

Business Efficiency

Education

Post-graduate degree - Masters in finance, economics, accounting

Tools

Zero Based Budgeting

Financial Management

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?
As a key member of the RBC Capital Markets Productivity & Efficiency and Business Management team, you will support our strategic efficiency efforts across businesses and functions. Our mandate is to enhance cost transparency to introduce new ways of identifying efficiencies to enable continuous investment in future growth. We’re seeking a highly skilled member to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be someone who excels at working independently while also possessing the ability to collaborate effectively with the team as needed. This role demands an individual with strong critical thinking skills and a capacity for independent decision making.

This role will cut across the Productivity & Efficiency and Business Mgmt mandates. Please note that this is not a Finance role.

What will you do?

Part of a center of expertise, you will support the execution of engagements that help Capital Markets’ senior executives understand the true costs of running their business, develop plans and enable execution of productivity & efficiency, and business management initiatives. You will do this independently but sometimes as part of a team.

·Support deep-dive business reviews (leveraging Zero Based Budgeting frameworks), and provide support on overall direction to advise the business on key efficiency-related findings·Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends and apply knowledge of Capital Markets and Zero-Based Budgeting to support the team to make decisions·Understand linkages between, and help cultivate P&E mindset, into plans, forecast, business strategy documents, business cases·Provide analysis of work completed and the outcomes effectively to executive audiences, using proper business, financial and functional language·Support other team members to manage workstreams and present deliverables within agreed-upon quality and timelines·Identify risks/issues and raise these risk to appropriate team members to minimize their impact on work stream timelines·Develop understanding of ongoing productivity & efficiency initiatives that impact Capital Markets; promote culture of transparency around them, review benefit profiles ensuring initiatives are mobilizing and engage in monthly dashboard socialization/review

What you need to succeed?

Must-haves

·Above all else, the ability to demonstrate advanced proficiency / mastery in Excel, Tableau, and PowerPoint, with a particular emphasis on storyboarding with the ability to create strong presentations·Comfort in fast-paced environments with high complexity and ambiguity – dealing often with deadlines in hours rather than days·Strategy or consulting experience in a Consulting Management, Financial Services, or Entrepreneurial environment, or other comparative experience·2 – 3 years’ experience in large transformational initiatives/programs focused on cost efficiency, productivity and continuous improvement·A proven track record of working on complex projects, utilizing key program management skills·Quantitative Analysis Experience (data analysis, financial/data modeling) ·Critical Thinking (proven capabilities to use careful evaluation and judgement)·Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a meticulous attention to detail·Change Management mindset, with a passion for challenging the status quo in a collaborative manner·Growth mindset, resting on a relentless appetite to learn, be challenged and develop new skills·High degree of organization and multi-tasking ability·Self-starter with the ability to work independently, prioritize and get things done

Nice-to-have

·Post-graduate degree - Masters in finance, economics, accounting or a similar field ·Masters in Finance, CPA, CFA, CMA or CA·Understanding of and experience with zero based budgeting / cost efficiency·Experience in Financial Management, Analysis and Planning, with strong Financial acumen and the ability to analyze and work with key business drivers (NIE, NIBT, RoE, etc.)

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, competitive compensation
• 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
• Flexible work/life balance options

Job Skills

Business Appraisals, Business Efficiency, Business Process Design, Business Process Modeling, Business Productivity, Configuration Management (CM), Cost Efficiency, Efficiency Analysis, Efficiency Optimization, Implementation, Productivity Consulting, Productivity Improvements, Productivity Initiatives, Requirements Analysis, Workflow Analysis

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:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-04-28

Application Deadline:

2025-05-10

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

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