Senior Relationship Manager, Commercial Financial Services

RBC; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Flexible benefits

Total Rewards Program

Job summary

RBC in Ottawa, Canada is seeking a senior commercial banking professional to lead end-to-end relationship management, combining portfolio management, risk assessment, and tailored financial advice for business clients.

The role emphasizes prospecting, cross-team collaboration, and leveraging RBC digital tools to enhance client experience and growth in a dynamic financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years commercial banking experience.
• Proven track record in business development and exceptional client relationship management.
• Credit skills including assessment of risk and financial analysis, credit structuring/solutions and presenting the deal.
• Specialized industry expertise in a past role (e.g., real estate, healthcare, agriculture).
• Experience with emerging communications and technology (web meetings, social media, Digital Banking, Mobile Apps).

Responsibilities

• Apply your past business development experience for prospecting and lead generation to new and existing clients.
• Demonstrate portfolio management and risk mitigation through review of financial statements identifying trends, monitoring risk, and assessing for credit restructuring.
• Provide an exceptional client experience by delivering superior business and financial advice.
• Identify referral opportunities and coordinate with RBC partners to leverage RBC expertise.
• Collaborate with teams to develop and execute a client contact strategy.
• Advocate RBC digital tools and educate clients on using the RBC mobile app and wallet.

Skills

Business development

Client relationship management

Credit risk assessment

Financial analysis

Industry specialization

Education

University degree in commerce/business

Job description

Job Description

Mobility

This role requires mobility to travel within the Durham area.

What is the opportunity?

Your natural flair for providing advice and resolving intricate business challenges is what sets you apart from the crowd. This role is all about professional relationship management and delivering top-tier financial advice in an end-to-end industry, whose specialized approach aligns sales, products, risk policy, and market strategies to deliver solutions specific for individual needs. This is a senior role in which your highly-developed experience with financial analysis, credit, and client acquisition relationship takes centre stage. Your finely honed solution-development skills, combined with your innate business acumen, portfolio management expertise, and knack for client service, sets the stage for success.

What will you do?

• Apply your past business development experience for prospecting, and lead generation, to new and existing clients
• Demonstrate portfolio management and risk mitigation through the review of financial statements identifying trends, monitoring risk, and assessing for credit restructuring
• Provide an exceptional client experience by delivering superior business and financial advice
• Leverage the expertise of RBC by identifying referral opportunities, making introductions together with appropriate referrals to RBC partners
• Collaborate and coordinate with the various teams to develop and execute a client contact strategy
• Champion digital enablement by becoming an advocate of the RBC mobile application and wallet, promoting regular usage through educating and guiding clients on how to use it

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Minimum 5-7 years commercial banking experience
• Proven track record in business development and exceptional client relationship management
• Credit skills including assessment of risk and financial analysis, credit structuring/solutions and presenting the deal
• Specialized industry expertise in a past role (e.g., real estate, healthcare, agriculture)
• Experience with emerging communications and technology (i.e., web based meetings,social media, Digital Banking and Mobile Applications)

Nice-to-have

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Deep products and services knowledge dependent on industry specialization
• New client acquisition skills (i.e., pitching the value proposition, lead generation, initial customer contact and cold calling, asking for referrals)
• University degree, ideally in commerce, business administration, or related experience

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.

• World-class sales and senior leadership training with countless development opportunities
• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, and competitive compensation
• A focus on work-life balance
• A unique opportunity for personal and professional growth
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

Job Skills

Adaptability, Business Development, Client Centricity, Communication, Critical Thinking, Curious Mindset, Financial Acumen, Practice Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

90 SPARKS ST:OTTAWA

City:

Ottawa

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-11-03

Application Deadline:

2026-11-20

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.