Senior IT Audit Manager, Centralized Testing Group (CTG)

RBC; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC in Vancouver is seeking a Senior IT Audit Manager to lead the Centralized Testing Group, delivering high-quality control testing across internal audit engagements and regulatory reviews. You will build strong partnerships with audit teams and stakeholders to ensure timely, effective assurance.

You will manage a team, guide testing programs, and drive process improvements, while aligning with the CAE Group strategy and RBC standards.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant field.
• 7–10 years of IT/audit experience with control testing, risk management, and regulatory principles.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven leadership and ability to coach and develop others.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee IT and other audit engagements across platforms per RBC methodology.
• Review audit documentation and escalate issues to CTG Head as needed.
• Lead and mentor IT audit professionals to support career growth.
• Manage the CTG annual plan and align with SLAs.
• Act as a primary contact for Audit Leads during testing and resolve roadblocks.
• Continuously improve audit processes and conduct post-engagement debriefs.

Skills

IT audit experience

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

Education

Undergraduate degree in a relevant field

Job description

What is the opportunity?

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.

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

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 escape 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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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.