Senior Audit Manager, Group Risk Management, Non-Financial Risk

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in Toronto seeks a Senior Audit Manager to lead audit engagements and assess internal risks. This role requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, along with an undergraduate quantitative degree. You will ensure effective audit practices and work collaboratively within teams. Competitive compensation, flexible benefits, and a supportive work environment are offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible work/life balance options

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience leading and motivating teams toward a common objective.
• Strong knowledge of GRM Operational and Enterprise Risk functions.
• Excellent project management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage internal audits from planning through to reporting.
• Identify and assess risks and controls within the assigned audit area.
• Support the Director in ongoing monitoring and discussions with business leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Undergraduate quantitative degree (e.g., B.Com., B.Math, P.Eng., MSc)

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Audit Manager, Non-Financial Risk, Internal Audit (IA), you will gain exposure to RBC businesses and functions and become a leader and subject matter expert on topics of enterprise and operational risk. You will evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management practices, and corporate governance processes within Group Risk Management (GRM), and provide insights on behalf of the Non-Financial Risk audit team. You will lead the planning, execution and reporting of audit engagements, providing leadership to a team of auditors. Work will span planned internal audits, ad-hoc investigations, continuous monitoring and audit issue resolution. You will lead teams in the utilization of data analytics tools to provide assurance and insights, and act as a trusted advisor to the function.

RBC Internal Audit leverages a unique perspective — with a coordinated view across the entire business — to deliver valuable advice that not only gives assurance, but that illuminates a bigger picture, connects dots, builds best practices and broadens possibilities. We connect intelligence to protect and enable RBC.

What will you do?

• A collaborative leader who is self-motivated, proactive, a critical thinker, and able to coach teams in the execution of audit engagements.
• Leads by example in promoting teamwork across Internal Audit and builds trusting relationships with IA peers and business partners.
• Actively contributes to team discussions, shares experiences and ideas to improve audit practices and coverage, and challenges others’ thinking or approaches constructively.
• Lead, oversee and manage internal audits from planning through to reporting, ensuring adequate coverage for an overall opinion on internal controls and risk management practices to senior management; execute audit work, draft and communicate audit issues; assess management action plans; review working papers; and use data analytics to identify key risks and ensure adequate coverage.
• Identify and assess risks and controls within the assigned audit area, guide teams in testing, maintain working papers, finalize audit issues, and communicate findings and conclusions.
• Assess the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management practices and governance processes to generate insights and identify patterns, trends and anomalies using data analysis and visualization tools.
• Support the Director in ongoing monitoring and discussions with business leaders.

• Maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders to maximize value from engagement work.
• Contribute to management action plans to address deficiencies and ensure timely implementation.
• Keep abreast of organizational, regulatory, product, strategic and financial changes and trends impacting the function.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Experience leading and motivating teams toward a common objective; project management experience.
• Ability to quickly understand risks associated with new services and products and to design practical audit procedures; ability to solve problems under pressure.
• Strong knowledge of GRM Operational and Enterprise Risk functions (Operational Risk, Operational Resiliency, Risk Appetite, Risk Data, Strategy and Corporate Governance, Risk Reporting).
• Strong understanding of auditing principles and techniques with excellent project management and communication skills, and ability to interact with senior management.
• Undergraduate quantitative degree (e.g., B.Com., B.Math, P.Eng., MSc (Data Science)) and a strong risk and control mind-set.

Nice-to-have

• Professional accounting or audit certification
• Experience as a contributing team member on special projects
• Experience in GRM

What is 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 and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and management opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive environment

Job Details

• Address: 20 King St W, Toronto
• City: Toronto
• Country: Canada
• Work hours/week: 37.5
• Employment Type: Full time
• Platform: Internal Audit
• Job Type: Regular
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2025-09-04
• Application Deadline: 2025-10-04

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

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