Senior Business Management Specialist - Halifax

RBC; Halifax; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major Canadian bank is seeking a Business Management professional in Halifax to support the Strategy & Portfolio Management team. The role involves managing day-to-day operations, preparing reports, and generating insights related to vendors and financials. Candidates must possess an undergraduate degree in a relevant field and demonstrate excellent analytical and organizational skills. This position offers a comprehensive rewards program and opportunities for professional development within a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible work/life balance

World-class training program

Qualifications

• Proven experience conducting data analysis and reporting.
• Strong time management and project management capabilities.
• Ability to synthesize data for an executive audience.

Responsibilities

• Support various portfolio, vendor, and financial activities.
• Prepare and distribute reports related to vendors and financials.
• Manage SOW creation and approval processes.

Skills

MS Office proficiency

Tableau proficiency

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting

Tools

SharePoint

MIS

Job description

Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

This role reports to the Director, Business Management within the Strategy & Portfolio Management (SPM) team in Quantitative and Technology Services (QTS). As part of this team, you will be a key player in helping deliver insights to SPM team and various stakeholders by providing inputs into processes and helping prepare reporting insights.

You will be responsible for helping our team manage its day-to-day Business Management functions, operations and help deliver strategic priorities for the group.

What will you do?

• Supports various BAU portfolio, vendor and financial activities for SPM team
• Working with large sets of data to prepare and distribute various reports and reporting components related to vendors, headcount, and financials as part of our monthly reporting cycle
• Help with creating executive level insights/analysis related to vendors, headcount, and financials, and assist with annual fiscal planning
• Act as first point-of-contact for vendor related inquiries and perform supplier manager function for certain vendors
• Manage SOW creation/renewals for QTS via SharePoint and manage approvals using Beeline tool
• Oversee/manage/approve resource hiring requests for QTS via ROAR tool
• Prepare and work on various ad-hoc asks/projects as they arise
• Keep process documentation up to date and automate manual processes and reporting where possible.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• Excellent proficiency with MS Office Programs (Power Point, Excel, Outlook, and Word) and Tableau.
• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or relevant field.
• Excellent analytical skills – proven experience conducting data analysis/discovery/aggregation as a foundation to providing meaningful analysis and management reporting to facilitate business decisions at a senior management/executive level.
• Strong communication skills, to synthesize data and simplify a complex problem for an executive audience
• Strong organizational, project management and time management capabilities.

Nice-to-have:

• Previous experience in business or vendor management related role
• Familiarity with SharePoint and MIS.
• Financial designation

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

Job Skills

Business Appraisals, Business Process Design, Business Process Improvements, Business Process Modeling, Configuration Management (CM), Crisis Management, Effectiveness Measurement, Implementation, Requirements Analysis, Workflow Analysis

Additional Job Details

Address: 120 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORD

City: Bedford

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-09-24

Application Deadline: 2026-01-30

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.