Senior IT Audit Manager, Centralized Testing Group (CTG)

Socket.dev; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Senior IT Audit Manager in Vancouver to lead a global CTG team. You will drive high-quality control testing, partner with audit teams and internal stakeholders, and ensure risk management alignment with RBC standards.

Strong leadership, communication, and project management capabilities are essential. You will guide engagements across platforms, manage the annual plan, and elevate issues when needed, while fostering continuous improvement and staff development within the CAE

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant work experience with IT and operational control testing knowledge.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven ability to manage teams and drive performance.
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and partners.

Responsibilities

• Oversee IT and other audit engagements across platforms, ensuring alignment with RBC methodology and timelines.
• Lead and mentor IT audit professionals for skill development and performance growth.
• Manage CTG annual plan, SLAs, capacity, demand and resources.
• Contribute to testing plans and monitor progress against KPIs to meet milestones.
• Serve as key contact for Audit Leads during testing and provide solutions to roadblocks.
• Continuously improve audit processes and conduct post-engagement debriefs.

Skills

Team Leadership

IT Audit

Regulatory Knowledge

Communication

Project Management

Education

Undergraduate degree

CPA Designation (Nice-to-have)

Job description

Job Description

As a Senior IT Audit Manager in the Centralized Testing Group, you will lead a team that operates in a global resource model to support various internal audit engagements, regulatory engagements, risk monitoring efforts and other operations within the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) Group. You will be involved in executing on the CAE Group’s strategy by delivering high-quality, independent control testing for internal audit teams, ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness. By building and maintaining strong partnerships across the CAE Group, you will work collaboratively with audit teams and other internal stakeholders to achieve these deliverables.

What will you do?

• Oversee the execution on a variety of IT and other audit engagements across multiple platforms, ensuring audit work is conducted in alignment to RBC methodology and agreed upon timelines. Act as first level reviewer for all audit documentation drafted by team to ensure quality standards are met. Review any identified issues and elevate to Head, CTG for adequate follow up and escalation when necessary. Perform testing of higher risk/complexity internal controls where required.
• Lead and manage a team of IT audit/audit professionals, providing technical guidance, mentorship, coaching and performance feedback to ensure skill enhancement, employee engagement, and career growth.
• Manage the CTG team’s annual plan including Service Level Agreements with stakeholders, balancing capacity, demand and resources to deliver on CTG’s mandate effectively.
• Execute on the CTG strategy, providing input into the annual testing plan and managing progress against key performance indicators to ensure critical milestones are achieved.
• Act as key contact for Audit Leads during testing by responding to enquiries and preparing solutions to address any roadblocks.
• Continuously evaluate and improve audit processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness within CTG, including holding post-engagement debriefs with Audit Leads.

What you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Undergraduate degree (E.g. Comm. B. Math, P. ENG, MSc (Data Science).
• 7-10 years of relevant work experience, with knowledge of IT and operational control testing methodologies, risk management, regulatory / compliance principles, and/or audit principles.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written.
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving and project management skills to manage book of work, operational challenges and achieve critical deadlines.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with team members, key stakeholders, support groups, business partner teams, to ensure collaboration and cooperation to meet timing of projects.
• Proven experience managing a team, with a focus on interpersonal and relationship-building skills and ability to provide technical training, coaching and development to others.

Nice-to-have

• CPA Designation OR equivalent accounting or audit designation OR willing to obtain during employment.

• Experience in a financial institution, external audit firm, or technology company, dealing with multiple business platforms, business processes, geographies, and legal entities.
• Prior people management experience

Job Skills

Adaptability, Auditing, Commercial Acumen, Detail-Oriented, Internal Controls, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Multi-Level Communication, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Results-Oriented, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

Address: 885 GEORGIA ST W:VANCOUVER

City: Vancouver

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: INTERNAL AUDIT

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-08-13

Application Deadline: 2026-08-31

Note

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

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