Director, Strategic Finance Operations

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is looking for a Director of Strategic Finance Operations to spearhead financial processes and oversee operations within RBCx. This senior role involves leading a team, optimizing financial infrastructure, and managing stakeholder relationships, requiring a CPA and significant experience in finance operations. A collaborative environment fosters growth and innovation.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package

Career growth and professional development opportunities

Opportunity to shape the future of a high-growth SaaS company

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in finance operations required.
• Strong leadership abilities across diverse teams.
• Experience with developing business cases and reports.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial operations and build efficient processes.
• Conduct pre and post-implementation analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for project approvals.

Skills

Budget Management

Communication

Process Management

Professional Presentation

Team Management

Education

CPA designation or equivalent

Tools

MS Excel

Tableau

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

About RBCx

RBCx pursues big, bold ideas and leverages RBC’s extensive experience, networks, and capital to help shape what’s next. Our four pillars – Banking, Capital, Platform, and Ventures – combine to support tech businesses of all sizes and stages, making us the go-to backer of Canadian innovation. Our people are our most valuable assets, so we invest deeply in ensuring RBCx isn’t just a place to work but a place to belong.

What is the opportunity?

We're seeking an experienced Director, Strategic Finance Operations to lead our Financial Operations team, overseeing all financial cycles and working to build and improve processes to support scale. Reporting to the Senior Director, Business Management, Finance, and Client Enablement, this role will focus on supporting leaders and stakeholders across RBCx and RBC on a variety of finance-focused initiatives. As RBCx continues to grow, it is expected that the mandate of this role will continue to evolve. The successful candidate should thrive in an ever-changing and ambiguous environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee a team responsible for Financial Operations. Ensure smooth operations and continuous improvement of finance infrastructure to maximize efficiency, as well as review value-added capabilities for reporting. Drive improvement with an automation-first approach.
• Conduct pre and post implementation analysis to assess impacts of projects and app dev spend– identifying gaps and optimizing performance with a lens for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate and deepen relationships with the business and other key stakeholders striving to be a center of knowledge and excellence.
• Support Project Approval Requests (“PAR”) processes; collaborate to create strong business cases, align stakeholders, execute on PAR commitments, measure progress, monitor draw down of approved capital, and support annual injection reviews/requests as needed.
• Provide legal entity maintenance, oversight and control in conjunction with partners in finance, tax, and legal
• Respond to a high volume of ad hoc queries relating to project deliverables and systems from either business or senior leaders, which requires immediate attention and quick turnaround.
• Identify and support strategies that would drive meaningful growth within RBCx

Qualifications

Must Haves

• CPA designation or equivalent, with 8-10 years of experience
• Strong team and people management abilities, and ability to play a leadership role across a wide group of peers
• Experience developing business cases, forecasts, and models
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with a strong ability to influence stakeholders and mobilize cross-functional groups to deliver on common goals
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, experience delivering high-quality executive reporting
• Experience with automating and developing reporting dashboards (e.g. via Tableau or similar platforms)
• Expert-level knowledge of MS Excel

Nice to Have

• Experience working in consulting, a high-growth B2B/B2C SaaS environment, or a large financial institution

What make you an ideal candidate?

• Curiosity to explore better ways of working and motivating the team while maintaining a strong governance mindset, accompanied by a drive to take ownership for and resolve issues with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to self-direct and self-manage to deadlines
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Ability to multitask and handle high-pressure executive level requests on an ongoing basis
• Superior organizational and problem solving skills
• Ablility to consistently exercise independent thought and judgment and adapt to new tasks quickly
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex issues in a concise and meaningful manner.
• Bias for action and experience with project-related work
• Proactive and persistent in issue resolution

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.

• Opportunity to shape the future of a high-growth SaaS company
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Career growth and professional development opportunities

#RBCx

Job Skills

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

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-19

Application Deadline:

2025-07-04

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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