Senior Manager, Social Sustainability Insights & Advisory

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

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector seeks a Senior Manager of Insights and Advisory to drive social sustainability initiatives. The successful candidate will conduct research, provide strategic advice, and enhance internal understanding of key challenges like financial wellbeing and housing affordability.

Qualifications

• Deep commitment to social sustainability and the financial services industry.
• Exceptional research, writing abilities, and data analysis aptitude.
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data-driven research on financial wellbeing and housing affordability trends.
• Develop monthly briefs with strategic recommendations for business leaders.
• Collaborate with various internal teams to enhance social sustainability strategy.

Skills

Research

Communication

Data Analysis

Client Counseling

Critical Thinking

Innovation

Decision Making

Education

Undergraduate / graduate degree in business

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

The Social Sustainability team acts as a Centre of Excellence within the Personal Banking and Commercial Banking (PB & CB) businesses to deliver on RBC’s Purpose Framework.

The Senior Manager of Insights and Advisory will support the development and advancement of key social sustainability topics for PB & CB, particularly financial wellbeing and housing affordability.

The role will aim to: (1) build internal knowledge on key trends affecting the social sustainability of our clients and our communities (2) provide strategic options to address these trends and (3) disseminate insights to key business leaders.

The role will report to the Director of Social Sustainability Strategy.

What you will do

• Conduct data-driven research on financial wellbeing and housing affordability trends that affect the social sustainability of our clients and communities, with a lens of how these trends will impact our business.
• Develop monthly briefs with strategic recommendations on key topics to internal business leaders to deepen internal awareness and understanding.
• Provide customized advisory support when requested to further advance analysis of key topics for product and segment leaders.
• Ideate on opportunities by staying abreast of market trends and bringing outside-in view of social sustainability to our business (e.g., understanding competitor strategies, looking outside our industry to discover new ideas)
• Support the broader advancement of RBC’s strategy to further advance social sustainability into products, services, content, and partnerships.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the enterprise including Thought Leadership and Sustainability & Impact to maintain a coordinated and consistent approach to social sustainability.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Deep commitment to social sustainability with a desire to make a positive impact for RBC’s clients and communities
• Understanding of the financial services industry with a high degree of intellectual curiosity
• Exceptional research and writing abilities, as well as aptitude with data analysis.
• Strong communication skills, including comfort with presenting to and driving active engagement from senior audiences
• Proven relationship-management skills and ability to collaborate with a wide-range of stakeholders
• Demonstrated strategic acumen and ability to provide advisory and consulting services
• Highly adaptable with the ability to prioritize competing requests in a fast-paced environment with a get-it-done mentality.
• Self-starter attitude with a high degree of comfort with ambiguity and a positive attitude.
  

Nice-to-have

• Undergraduate / graduate degree in business
• Experience working in business strategy, strategy consulting, innovation, and/or fintech

Job Skills

Business, Client Counseling, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Financial Services Industry, Group Problem Solving, Innovation, Long Term Planning, Organizational Change Management, Results-Oriented, Solutions Development, Sustainability

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-10

Application Deadline:

2025-06-25

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.

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