Director, Personal Banking Financial Control

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled finance professional to join their Personal Banking Canada Financial Control team. This key role involves overseeing financial reporting, managing a small team, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. The ideal candidate will have over a decade of experience in accounting and finance, possess a CPA designation, and excel in communication and strategic thinking. With a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact while working in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Coaching and development opportunities

Agile and collaborative work environment

Interaction with senior executives

Qualifications

• 10+ years accounting and finance related experience.
• Excellent accounting & finance capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate financial reporting for Personal Financial Products.
• Manage stakeholders across finance, shared services, and audits.

Skills

Accounting

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Decision Making

Team Management

Oral Communications

Organizational Savvy and Politics

Strategic Thinking

Time Management

Education

CPA, CGA, CMA

Tools

RBC’s Financial Systems

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

This is a key role within the Personal Banking Canada Financial Control team, ensuring accurate and complete financial reporting for Personal Banking Canada. It reports to the Senior Director, Personal Banking Canada Controller, managing a team of 2 to 4 reports with a focus on Personal Financial Products. The successful candidate will work to ensure an effective control environment, while providing accounting advisory and support for business partners, new products and new initiatives. This is a high-impact role, requiring a combination of strong accounting & control expertise, people management skills and the ability to impact & influence business partners.

What will you do?

• Overall responsibility for accurate and complete financial information for Personal Financial Products – including Mortgage, RCL and Personal Loan products.
• A key focus of the role is working with business partners to assess risks, ensure new products and transactions are appropriately accounted for and execute on their implementation.
• Manage multiple stakeholders on a day to day basis, across finance & head office, shared services & operations, internal & external audit and product owners and business
• Provide meaningful analysis of the financial results on a monthly and quarterly basis and responsible for submission of financial results – including note disclosures, MD&A and regulatory reporting
• Maintain, report and enhance the monthly review program to ensure financial controls are in place and the appropriate reconciliations are completed
• Act as the centre of expertise for all control, financial and regulatory reporting matters in relevant business areas, while maintaining technical accounting knowledge and SOX compliance
• Lead projects and act as a change agent, recommending improvements to internal processes and enhancing team efficiency
• Lead and develop a team of 2 to 4 professionals

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Accounting designation – CPA, CGA, CMA
• 10+ years accounting and finance related experience
• Excellent accounting & finance capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to synthesize complex issues and recommend solutions

Nice-to-have

• Excellent knowledge of RBC’s Financial Systems
• Excellent conflict and issue resolution ability
• Experience managing change and projects.

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
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in an agile, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing and high-impact team
• The opportunity to interact with senior level executives from many different parts of the organization, inside and outside of finance

Job Skills

Accounting, Accounting Finance, Decision Making, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Long Term Planning, Oral Communications, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Strategic Thinking, Team Management, Time Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-05-02

Application Deadline:

2025-05-17

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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