Senior Manager, Finance Advisory, Global Security

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC seeks a Financial Strategist to provide value-added financial advice across three distinct portfolios with a total budget of $182MM. This strategic role will involve performance management, stakeholder collaboration, and ensuring optimal resource utilization in a dynamic Security landscape. The ideal candidate should have significant experience and a strong educational background in finance/accounting, alongside proficient skills in Excel and client engagement.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience as financial analyst comfortable with complex finance situations.
• Proficient in Excel (preferably in macro and financial models).
• Experienced client-facing financial advisor with a ‘can-do’ mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily financials of $182MM annual budget and provide insightful financial advice.
• Lead and develop efficient financial models and streamline monthly financial reporting.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to articulate financial impacts of Security initiatives.

Skills

Accounting

Decision Making

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Results-Oriented

Education

Post-secondary education in Finance/Accounting

Professional designations in accounting (CPA, CA, CMA) or MBA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As a strategist and catalyst, this role provides value-add financial advice to 3 VPs under T&O Global Security on 3 distinct portfolios of $182MM annual budget. This role is a strategic partner collaborating with clients and other stakeholders to develop and articulate the business drivers and financial implications of significant investments of Global Security portfolio. The role is also critical in communicating tailored messages to across Enterprise platform clients on Global Security initiatives along with benefits and financial impacts. The inputs and relationship management with business partners are critical to ensure the enterprise to run in a cyber secured environment while limited resources be properly prioritized and utilized to generate maximum benefits.

What you will do?

Partner to drive business results through insightful financial advice and performance management

• Manage as a mini-CFO daily financials of $182MM annual budget and 3 distinct portfolios for 3 VPs under T&O Global Security, incl. daily/monthly actual financial performance and end-to-end Forecast and Planning cycles of the portfolios.
• Provide insightful financial advice and guidance amid complex, ever changing Security landscape through continuously integrating multi-faceted information from varied sources and vetting existing assumptions for the best interest of internal clients.
• Lead and develop efficient financial models to enable real-time financial monitoring as well as streamline monthly financial reporting on Security Large Programs.
• Identify and execute on opportunities to cost saving both in the $182MM portfolio and potential synergies across Security and T&O
• Act as the go-to person of clients and maintain a high standard of customer/partner service quality by taking proactive ownership and accountability.
• Foresee longer-term challenges and funding implications and make tailored recommendations on a consistent basis to help clients and RBC achieve Security mandate.

Communicate tailored messages to Enterprise Platforms on Global Security initiatives and benefits

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Enterprise (i.e., P&CB, CM, WM, etc.) to articulate Security initiatives and their financial impact as well as related benefits on all platforms.
• Tailor stories to each platform and legal entity on their distinctive initiatives and impact on their financials (e.g., cyber investment specifically in US Wealth Management).
• Streamline and simplify end-to-end recovery process through constructive, fact-based reasoning and actual implementation.

Create and maintain flawless control and governance environment

• Streamline month-end process to drive efficiencies while not compromising effectiveness through collaborating with Financial Control and other CFO groups
• Actively involve FC and Accounting Policy Group to align the expectations on accounting treatment and best practices with business partners; serve as bridge to help business connect with right stakeholders in CFO group.

What you need to succeed?

Must Have

• Post-secondary education or equivalent in Finance/Accounting/other related
• Accounting knowledge is a must
• 7+ years experience as financial analyst who has dealt with complex finance situation of clients, comfortable with providing tailored, value-add recommendations based on solid analysis
• Proficient in Excel, preferable in macro and financial models; proficient in PowerPoint.
• An experienced client facing financial advisor with ‘can-do’ mindset

Nice to Have

• Professional designations in accounting (CPA, CA, CMA) or other related education background
• Master in Business Administration (MBA)

Job Skills

Accounting, Decision Making, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Reporting and Analysis, Results-Oriented

Additional Job Details

Address:

330 FRONT ST 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:

2025-06-25

Application Deadline:

2025-07-12

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

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