Director, STR/SAR Strategy

RBC; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Director to lead the global STR/SAR strategy, working with Financial Crime's Risk Strategy Group, investigations, analytics, and technology partners to protect communities from financial crime.

You will establish enterprise guidance, oversee STR reporting, and drive risk-based decision making across regulatory and stakeholder expectations in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial crimes risk or related industry.
• Significant experience with AML legislation and STR/SAR regimes in multiple regions.
• Experience with collaborative strategy development & regulators or auditors.
• Experience conducting or directing analytic assessments and oversight reporting.
• Ability to identify and articulate risk-based decisions including risk tolerance and trends.

Responsibilities

• Establish and refine enterprise and regional guidance on STR & SAR reporting requirements and expectations.
• Provide insight and oversight of STR Reporting to senior leadership and other stakeholders with dashboards and management reporting.
• Conduct coverage assessments to demonstrate compliance and identify trends, risks, and opportunities to improve the program.
• Ensure ongoing alignment with stakeholder needs and regulatory expectations, including retro-active analysis of controls.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to monitor RBC’s risk appetite and regulatory positions.
• Identify opportunities for process and capability improvements to enable straight-through processing and faster filings.

Skills

Financial crimes risk

STR & SAR regimes knowledge

Regulatory engagement

Analytics oversight

Strategy development

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Director, STR/SAR Strategy will develop and oversee RBC’s global strategy to anticipate and exceed expectations for Suspicious Transaction and Suspicious Activity reporting. As part of Financial Crime’s Risk Strategy Group, you will work with senior leadership, investigations, analytics, and technology partners to protect RBC’s communities from financial crime.

What will you do?

• Establish and refine enterprise and regional guidance on STR & SAR reporting requirements and expectations.
• Provide insight and oversight of STR Reporting to senior leadership and other stakeholders including the development of dashboards, management reporting and industry benchmarking.
• Conduct coverage assessments to demonstrate compliance, identify trends, risks, and opportunities to continuously improve RBC’s financial crimes program
• Ensure on-going alignment with stakeholder needs and regulatory expectations, including retro-active analysis to evaluate control effectiveness.
• In coordination with the stakeholders, establish and monitor RBC’s risk appetite including positions on potential predicate offences and ongoing activity.
• Identify opportunities and requirements for process and capability improvements to enable straight through processing and expedited filings.
• Work with industry partners to innovate and advocate for measurable and sustainable AML reporting regime.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• 5+ Years of experience in financial crimes risk or a related industry
• Significant experience with AML legislation and regulations, particularly the STR and SAR regimes in Canada, The Caribbean, The United States, Europe and the UK.
• Experience with collaborative strategy development & communication with regulators, auditors, and senior management
• Experience conducting or directing analytic assessments and oversight reporting to identify opportunities and drive business value.
• Ability to identify and articulate risk-based decisions including risk tolerance, metrics, trends, deficiencies, and opportunities.

Nice to Have

• Financial crimes investigative and reporting experience.
• Ability to drive impact and influence through collaborative, non-authoritative, partnerships.
• Familiarity with industry trends in regulatory risk, financial crimes, analytics and technology, information sharing and privacy.

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, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies
• The successful candidate will need to establish and maintain productive working relationships with Advisors and individuals at all levels, both internally and externally.

Job Skills

AML Investigations, Analytics Insights, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Business Perspective, Client Counseling, Communication, Data Science, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Innovation Strategies, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Management Reporting, Market Trends, Operational Integrity, Organizational Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Reporting Processes, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking, Strategy Development

Additional Job Details

Address: 20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City: Toronto

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-09-01

Application Deadline: 2026-09-16

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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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.