vice-president - financial, communications and other business services

RBC Dominion Securities; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Vancouver is seeking a Vice-President to provide leadership in supplier management. The role involves strategic direction for supplier governance, performance analysis, and compliance oversight within Finance IT. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in supplier management and strategic relationships in regulated environments. This full-time position offers a competitive hourly salary based on experience, with work to be performed on-site.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of proven Supplier Management experience (relationship, governance, performance).
• 5-7 years' experience in strategic relationship management, delivery performance analysis, and negotiations.
• 2-4 years in the financial services or other regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and drives the strategic direction for supplier management.
• Analyzes supplier performance to ensure value for services/spend.
• Collaborates with Procurement to review Technology contracts.

Skills

Supplier Management experience

Strategic relationship management

Delivery performance analysis

Negotiation skills

Job description

Vice-President - Financial, Communications and Other Business Services

Posted on October 25, 2025 by RBC Dominion Securities

Job Description

WHAT WILL YOU DO? Provides leadership and drives the strategic direction and thought leadership for the discipline of supplier management (including Professional Fees, SOW contracts, and Third Party Software License Agreements) across Finance IT to increase value from suppliers by strengthening relationships, governing performance, and providing key reporting; provides overall management of delivery and execution on an integrated approach to supplier governance, management processes, tools and reports.

Translates the supplier management vision into high level scope, design and executables and facilitates/manages the gathering of business requirements for solutions to achieve vision; partners with leads to implement and support processes ensuring compliance with RBC supplier management policies and goals.

This role will be a senior team member of the Business Management Office, also responsible for supporting and contributing to the overall planning team function and administration shared service for Finance IT.

Act as an expert and execute supplier management governance requirements and best practices within Finance IT; support the strategic direction for Finance IT supplier management (relationship management, performance management, risk management, innovation management) for process, tools and people, and in alignment with the T&O Supplier Management Office, the Global Supplier Management team and in coordination with the EIA Supplier Delivery Management Office (i.e. for vendor PARs as required).

Determine and provide reports to the Finance IT VP and the leadership team and analyze supplier performance to ensure value for services/spend; collaborate with the Finance IT' Financial Management team to track supplier spend and track supplier cost savings.

Owns the Finance IT contract intake repository, including pre-approval/ approval processes for all contracts in the Finance IT portfolio; performs analytics including predictive run rate forecasting, reporting, and any metrics related to supplier management, as well as developing beneficial reporting dashboards; works with the various lines of business to help drive an understanding of supplier metrics and forward-looking trends, as well as to guide recommendations and implement best practices.

Interact daily across businesses on the full range of supplier management matters related to compliance, target tracking, multi discipline service quality, and transformational change (processes and technologies), as the Finance IT central point of contact for the T&O Supplier Management Office, the Global Supplier Management team and the EIA Supplier Delivery Management Office (i.e. compiling and consolidating data as necessary), as well as the central point of contact for all teams in the Finance IT portfolio, providing guidance and support for supplier management needs (i.e. coordinate information dissemination across Finance IT).

Lead and participate on planning initiatives as required to support the Finance IT portfolio (i.e., communication session support, community action team activity, ad hoc reporting).

Collaborate with supplier management partners (E.g. GFT Supplier Delivery Management, T&O Supplier Management) on a range of supplier management matters related to compliance, target tracking and transformational change (processes and technologies) to ensure Risk and Regulatory compliance.

Collaborate with Procurement to review Technology contracts to ensure that they are specific and measurable. Oversee contract execution for contracts not requiring procurement's review. (as per Standards). Responsible for initiating and obtaining all necessary approvals.

What do you need to succeed?

• 5-7 years of proven Supplier Management experience (relationship, governance, performance)
• 5-7 years' experience in strategic relationship management, delivery performance analysis, and negotiations
• 2-4 years in the financial services or other regulated environment

Location & Compensation

• Location: Vancouver, BC
• Work location: On site
• Salary: $48.08 to $144.23 per hour (hourly)
• Terms of employment: Permanent, Full time
• Starts as soon as possible
• Vacancies: 1

Advertised until 2025-11-24