Director, Insurance Finance Transformation

RBC; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Director within their CFO team in Mississauga. This role involves strategic leadership in finance and actuarial transformations, demanding extensive knowledge of IFRS standards. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience in senior financial roles and strong project management skills. This is a full-time, salaried position that promotes a flexible work-life balance.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Opportunities for development and coaching

Dynamic and collaborative work environment

Flexible work/life balance options

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in insurance finance transformation with senior roles.
• Expert-level knowledge of IFRS standards and major accounting frameworks.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership and ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Direct strategy and execution of large-scale initiatives across Finance and IT.
• Serve as technical authority for key accounting policies and regulatory disclosures.
• Drive collaborative efforts for financial optimization opportunities.

Skills

Budget Management

Communication

Process Management

Professional Presentation

Team Management

Education

Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA)

Actuarial designation (FSA, FCIA)

Master’s or PhD in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Finance

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

You will serve as a key leader within the RBC Insurance CFO team, acting as a strategic business partner and principal advisor across financial accounting, performance management, and planning and forecasting activities. You will hold primary responsibility for the strategic direction and execution of large-scale finance & actuarial transformation initiatives, including automation efforts related to major accounting standards implementation. This role demands high-level collaboration with senior business partners, including IT and Actuarial leadership, to pinpoint significant financial optimization opportunities.

What will you do?

As a Director and senior member of a dynamic, multi-functional finance transformation team, you will hold the following responsibilities:

• Strategic Program Leadership, Stakeholder, and Change Management: Direct the strategy, planning and execution of large-scale initiatives across Finance, Actuarial, IT, and external vendors. Identify and proactively mitigate high-impact risks to ensure the realization of critical project timelines and business objectives.
• Insurance Accounting Technical Authority: Serve as the primary technical authority leading the enhancement of detailed requirements that underpin key financial metrics, critical accounting policies (IFRS 17), external reporting, calculation rules, and regulatory disclosures.
• Strategic Systems and Integration Requirements Oversight: Provide direction for the development of end-to-end integration requirements across General Ledger (GL), subledgers, CSM calculators and reporting tools.
• Finance & Actuarial Process Optimization: Drive collaborative efforts across Finance, Actuarial, and IT Functions to identify and capitalize on major financial optimization opportunities.

What will you need to succeed?

Must have:

• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in insurance finance transformation, holding senior accounting or actuarial roles with deep, hands‑on knowledge of life insurance products and complex investment portfolios.
• Expert‑level knowledge of IFRS standards and proven experience defining, developing, and implementing major accounting frameworks (eg. IFRS 17, IFRS 9, etc) and/or leading the implementation of downstream reporting requirements.
• Superior strategic project and program management skills with extensive experience leading large-scale, enterprise‑wide initiatives.
• Exceptional cross‑functional leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and present highly complex technical topics to finance and IT leaders.
• A professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, etc.) or actuarial designation (FSA, FCIA, etc.), or completion of a Master’s or PhD in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Finance.

Nice to have:

• Practical experience with GL/subledger architectures, actuarial valuation platforms, policy administration systems, and sophisticated finance data warehouses.
• Familiarity with enterprise-level Accounting Hubs, modern Business Intelligence (BI)/reporting tools, and public cloud platforms.
• Senior financial data architecture experience in developing canonical models, data lineage governance, ETL/ELT design strategies, and automated reconciliation frameworks.

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

Budget Management, Communication, Process Management, Professional Presentation, Team Management

Additional Job Details

Address: MEADOWVALE BUSINESS PARK, 6880 FINANCIAL DR:MISSISSAUGA

City: Mississauga

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-11-25

Application Deadline: 2026-01-30

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

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