Manager, Personal Banking Financial Control

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Manager for Personal Banking Financial Control in Toronto. This pivotal role involves providing accounting advisory, performing financial reporting, and ensuring financial infrastructure. Candidates should have CPA or equivalent, 4+ years' experience, and strong IFRS knowledge. Excellent Excel skills and communication are essential, with a focus on collaboration across stakeholders. This full-time position offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• 4+ years working experience, ideally for financial institutions.
• Strong IFRS working knowledge.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Financial and analytical skills with ability to meet multiple deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Support assessing accounting implications of new initiatives.
• Perform review of quarterly financial disclosures.
• Assess financial risk and establish proper infrastructure.
• Review Standard of Documentation and resolve queries.
• Support data strategy projects for financial reporting.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes.

Skills

Accounting

Decision Making

Financial Accounting

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Financial Risk

Group Problem Solving

Time Management

Education

CPA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity? The Manager, Personal Banking Financial Control role is a pivotal strategic and enablement function that serves as the Bank’s ‘second line of defense’. As a key member of the Personal Banking Financial Control team, the manager will provide support for proper accounting advisory for new products and initiatives, implement effective processes, and ensure accuracy and completeness of financial information captured in RBC’s results. The role has a primary focus on Cards and Loyalty, Distribution, and Operations lines of business.

What you will do

• Accounting Advisory – support assessing the accounting implications of new initiatives to enable business partners to make the best decisions. Support the implementation of new accounting policies in consultation with the Accounting Policy Group.
• Financial Reporting – perform initial review of quarterly financial disclosures and related variance analysis. Investigate financial results abnormalities.
• Establishing the financial infrastructure for Personal Banking products – assessing financial risk and establishing proper infrastructure & processes to ensure financial results are reported completely and accurately, and risks are adequately managed.
• Monitoring the Financial Control environment – perform review of Standard of Documentation (SOD) and follow‑up on queries to ensure timely resolution. Support SOX controls as required.
• Data strategy and other projects – support data strategy projects and ad hoc initiatives to enhance the transparency and accuracy of the data utilized for financial reporting and business analysis.
• Process Transformation – identify opportunities to automate & streamline processes and assist business with process implementation.
• Participate in ad‑hoc projects as directed, including accounting policy implementation, rectifying SOX deficiencies, etc.

What do you need to succeed

Must‑have

• CPA or equivalent completed or in progress. This mandate is dependent on skills commonly associated with accounting designations.
• 4+ years working experience, ideally for financial institutions.
• Strong IFRS working knowledge.
• Knowledge of retail banking products or willingness and interest in developing that knowledge.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills. Able to collaborate and obtain buy‑ins from multiple stakeholders.
• Financial and analytical skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet multiple deliverables within a tight timeline.
• Excellent Excel skills and presentation skills.

Nice‑to‑have

• Knowledge of the RBC financial systems.

Job Skills

Accounting, Accounting Finance, Decision Making, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Financial Risk, Group Problem Solving, 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: 2025-12-03
• Application Deadline: 2025-12-19

Note

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

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