Strategic Risk Insights, Analytics Manager

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Senior Audit Analytics Manager to enhance the efficiency of audits focusing on financial crimes, including AML and fraud. The ideal candidate should have a solid background in audit analytics, with expertise in SQL, Python, and data visualization tools. This high-impact role offers competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible work/life balance options

World-class training program

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in audit analytics or related data analysis roles.
• Advanced proficiency with SQL and strong data querying skills.
• Familiarity with internal audit practices and control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define analytic approaches for risk identification.
• Access and analyze data for financial crime insights.
• Present complex findings clearly to leadership.

Skills

SQL

Data Analysis

Python

R

Tableau

Education

University degree in a quantitative or analytical discipline

Tools

Apache Airflow

Apache Spark

Job description

Job Description

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

As a Senior Audit Analytics Manager within the CAE Group, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening the Financial Crimes audit program by embedding data analytics into audit planning, execution, and reporting. You will collaborate closely with auditors, data stewards, and business partners across the enterprise to deliver insights that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of audits focused on anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions compliance, fraud, and other financial crime risks. This is a high-impact role within an innovative and growing function that supports RBC’s purpose of helping clients thrive and communities prosper – by ensuring the bank’s operations are safe, secure, and aligned to regulatory expectations.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Partner with Financial Crimes Audit team to define analytic approaches that support risk identification and intelligent control testing.
• Access, extract, and analyze data from enterprise systems such as transaction monitoring, client onboarding, and case management platforms.
• Design and execute analytics that identify anomalies, trends, or emerging risks related to financial crime.
• Automate repetitive testing activities to improve audit coverage and consistency across lines of business.
• Present complex data findings in a clear and compelling manner using visualization tools to support audit narratives and senior leadership discussions.
• Ensure all analytics work is well-documented, repeatable, and aligned with internal audit standards and regulatory expectations.
• Build strong relationships with key business stakeholders, audit teams and other data and analytics teams within the CAE group.
• Contribute to the continued development of scalable analytics for use across internal audit.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have:

• University degree in a quantitative or analytical discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, Finance, Economics).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in audit analytics, risk analytics, or related data analysis roles, ideally in a financial institution.
• Advanced proficiency with SQL and strong working knowledge of data querying across structured and unstructured sources.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Python, R and Tableau for data wrangling, statistical analysis and visual reporting.
• Familiarity with internal audit practices, control frameworks, and data-driven assurance methodologies.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience working with Financial Crimes systems and data.
• Familiarity with AML regulations, fraud detection methodologies, and typologies of financial crime.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (FINTRAC, FATF, OFAC, etc.).
• Familiarity with data pipeline workflow tools such as Apache Airflow and large-scale processing engines such as Apache Spark.

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.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Big Data Management, Budgeting, Business Performance Management, Critical Thinking, Knowledge Organization, Long Term Planning, Performance Management (PM)

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

INTERNAL AUDIT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-08-05

Application Deadline:

2025-09-05

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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