Vice President, Financing Specialists, Commercial Financial Services

RBC; Quebec; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A large financial institution in Canada is seeking a Team Leader for Financing Specialists to enhance client experiences and manage lending processes effectively. The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of commercial banking experience and must be fluent in both French and English. Responsibilities include leading the team, managing client relationships, and ensuring compliance with risk standards. This role offers competitive compensation with a focus on personal and professional development.

Benefits

Performance based bonuses

Flexible benefits

Competitive compensation

Sales and leadership training

Collaboration and recognition culture

Personal growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years commercial lending and banking experience.
• Fluency in French and English is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a team of Financing Specialists.
• Manage client relationships and credit approvals.
• Ensure team achieves targets in client engagement and risk management.

Skills

Adaptability

Building Talent

Business Development

Client Centricity

Communication

Critical Thinking

Curious Mindset

Financial Acumen

Inspiring

Practice Management

Education

Post-secondary diploma/degree in Commerce, Business Administration, MBA

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

In this role you will be leading a team of Financing Specialists to contribute to an exceptional client experience by advising on credit needs including leading the credit related discovery, renewal and origination. You will support your Region’s client acquisition, portfolio quality and other strategic objectives by working closely with Vice Presidents CFS and other leaders within a Client Relationship Team context. You are accountable for ensuring the team excels in their roles while maintaining an acceptable exposure and balance of risk/reward within the portfolio so that RBC wins in the market.

What will you do?

• Provide leadership, direction and ongoing coaching to the Financing Specialist team
• Lead and advocate change within the organization by building engagement and inspiring your team to achieve desired outcomes with client engagement in annual renewals, new or increased lending structures, and winning new borrowing clients in the market
• Create a winning culture, building an engaged and skilled team through coaching, developing, and by demonstrating belief in your team, the client relationship team, and RBC’s ability to win.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships and routines with Group Risk Management, Vice Presidents CFS, Compliance and Operational Risk partners. Seek regular feedback to identify, understand and take action on issues and trends
• Manage risk and operational effectiveness: foster and coach partnerships in the management and completion of expired Borrower Risk Rating (BRR) and ongoing credit approvals within time, risk and quality standards

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Minimum 5-7 years commercial lending and banking experience
• Ability to manage a geographically diverse and mobile team
• Actively foster continuous learning mindset and professional development of team members, as well as model own commitment to development by actively growing, developing and learning as a leader
• Excellent financial, credit and accounting skills
• Excellent analytical, technical, and communications skills
• Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks while meeting time sensitive deadlines
• Strong knowledge of credit management, product and pricing policies, privacy, code of conduct and anti-money laundering requirements, and overall business center operations
• This role requires fluency in French and English in order to serve our clients in the community with English speaking needs.

Nice-to-have

• A post-secondary diploma/degree, ideally in Commerce, Business Administration, MBA or related experience is required
• Proven track record in leading and coaching professional teams to high standards of performance

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. 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 performance based bonuses, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• World-class sales and senior leadership training with countless development opportunities
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• A collaborative dynamic culture where personal initiative and hard work are recognized and rewarded
• A unique opportunity for personal and professional growth

Job Skills

• Adaptability
• Building Talent
• Business Development
• Client Centricity
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Curious Mindset
• Financial Acumen
• Inspiring
• Practice Management

Additional Job Details

Address: 1 PLACE VILLE MARIE:MONTRÉAL

City: Montréal

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-12-15

Application Deadline: 2025-12-27

Note

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

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