Associate, UK/ Europe Regulatory Relations

Royal Bank of Canada>; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial institution as an Associate in Regulatory Relations in London. You will play a vital role in managing relationships with regulators, ensuring compliance, and supporting a team dedicated to operational excellence. This position demands a blend of strong organizational skills, regulatory experience, and the ability to communicate effectively within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Competitive compensation

Professional development opportunities

Dynamic and collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in Capital Markets and Wealth Management products.
• Prior experience of working with regulators.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Assist the receipt and response of regulatory engagements.
• Identify and escalate potential risk issues.
• Provide insights on regulatory relationships and governance.

Skills

Organisation skills

Critical Thinking

Data Gathering Analysis

Risk Management

Education

Degree level education

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London, United Kingdom

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14.07.2025

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Job Description

What is the opportunity?

You will be a key member of a London-based team responsible for maintaining and facilitating effective and transparent relationships and managing regulatory requests with RBC’s lead financial regulators, for all of RBC’s business segments and functional areas in the UK & Europe.

As a member of RBC Global Regulatory Relations, this role engages regularly with members of RBC’s Global Regulatory Relations function.

RBC’s expectation is that from mid-September 2025, all employees and contractors will work in the office with some flexibility to work up to 1 day per week remotely, depending on working arrangements.

What will you do?

Regulatory Engagement & Maintaining Regulatory Relationships

• Assist the receipt, response, and follow-up of regulatory engagements, aligned with local regulatory expectations, Global Regulatory Relations practices, and regional Board and Management expectations/requirements.
• Accurately review and interpret regulatory requests and liaise with the appropriate internal stakeholders to develop responses that are complete, accurate and timely. Communicate with internal stakeholders throughout request process to manage expectations and outcomes.
• For the avoidance of doubt, the Associate will be approved to engage in direct, bilateral discussion with regulators.

Governance & Reporting

• Identify, evaluate, and understand risk issues and their connectivity throughout RBC during the normal course of business. Appropriately escalate potential risk issues to the relevant stakeholder, as appropriate.

Regulatory Advisory

• As a key member of a global team; the Associate will assist in the application of a cohesive and consistent approach to managing regulatory engagements and consistent reporting of regulatory matters across the respective region(s), including program governance, policies, procedures, and best practices, as applicable.
• Provide accurate, insightful, consistent, and timely regulatory engagement information through simultaneous updates to Global Head of Regulatory Relations and regional Boards of Directors, senior business/functions leadership, and other key RBC stakeholders.
• The Associate may be required to support confidential projects, in partnership with the Legal Affairs & Compliance Group and as such, a high degree of discretion and professionalism is required.
• The Associate will be expected to operate with limited supervision and be comfortable leading meetings with regulators and senior staff.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Strong organisation skills demonstrated on a range of cross-functional initiatives/projects.
• Experience of Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management products and services.
• Prior experience of business analysis.
• Prior experience of working with regulators or in a highly regulated environment.
• Prior experience of corporate or regulatory relationship management.
• Highly experienced in producing corporate presentations.
• Degree level education.
• Tenacious with strong delivery focus.
• Ability to develop and communicate a strategy.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and with limited supervision.

Nice-to-have

• Previous experience working with executives.
• Project Management accreditation.

What is 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, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field
• 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.

Agency Notice
RBC Group does not accept agency resumés. Please do not forward resumés to our employees, nor any other company location. RBC Group only pay fees to agencies where they have entered into a prior agreement to do so and in any event do not pay fees related to unsolicited resumés. Please contact the Recruitment function for additional details.

Job Skills

Audits Compliance, Critical Thinking, Data Gathering Analysis, Decision Making, Industry Knowledge, Internal Controls, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Product Services, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

You will be a key member of a London-based team responsible for maintaining and facilitating effective and transparent relationships and managing regulatory requests with RBC’s lead financial regulators, for all of RBC’s business segments and functional areas in the UK & Europe.

As a member of RBC Global Regulatory Relations, this role engages regularly with members of RBC’s Global Regulatory Relations function.

RBC’s expectation is that from mid-September 2025, all employees and contractors will work in the office with some flexibility to work up to 1 day per week remotely, depending on working arrangements.

What will you do?

Regulatory Engagement & Maintaining Regulatory Relationships

• Assist the receipt, response, and follow-up of regulatory engagements, aligned with local regulatory expectations, Global Regulatory Relations practices, and regional Board and Management expectations/requirements.
• Accurately review and interpret regulatory requests and liaise with the appropriate internal stakeholders to develop responses that are complete, accurate and timely. Communicate with internal stakeholders throughout request process to manage expectations and outcomes.
• For the avoidance of doubt, the Associate will be approved to engage in direct, bilateral discussion with regulators.

Governance & Reporting

• Identify, evaluate, and understand risk issues and their connectivity throughout RBC during the normal course of business. Appropriately escalate potential risk issues to the relevant stakeholder, as appropriate.

Regulatory Advisory

• As a key member of a global team; the Associate will assist in the application of a cohesive and consistent approach to managing regulatory engagements and consistent reporting of regulatory matters across the respective region(s), including program governance, policies, procedures, and best practices, as applicable.
• Provide accurate, insightful, consistent, and timely regulatory engagement information through simultaneous updates to Global Head of Regulatory Relations and regional Boards of Directors, senior business/functions leadership, and other key RBC stakeholders.
• The Associate may be required to support confidential projects, in partnership with the Legal Affairs & Compliance Group and as such, a high degree of discretion and professionalism is required.
• The Associate will be expected to operate with limited supervision and be comfortable leading meetings with regulators and senior staff.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Strong organisation skills demonstrated on a range of cross-functional initiatives/projects.
• Experience of Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management products and services.
• Prior experience of business analysis.
• Prior experience of working with regulators or in a highly regulated environment.
• Prior experience of corporate or regulatory relationship management.
• Highly experienced in producing corporate presentations.
• Effective facilitator.
• Degree level education.
• Attention to detail.
• Tenacious with strong delivery focus.
• Ability to develop and communicate a strategy.
• Strong communication skills:
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and with limited supervision.

Nice-to-have

• Previous experience working with executives.
• Project Management accreditation.

What is 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, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field
• 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.

Agency Notice
RBC Group does not accept agency resumés. Please do not forward resumés to our employees, nor any other company location. RBC Group only pay fees to agencies where they have entered into a prior agreement to do so and in any event do not pay fees related to unsolicited resumés. Please contact the Recruitment function for additional details.

Job Skills

Audits Compliance, Critical Thinking, Data Gathering Analysis, Decision Making, Industry Knowledge, Internal Controls, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Product Services, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

100 BISHOPSGATE:LONDON

City:

London

Country:

United Kingdom

Work hours/week:

35

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CHIEF LEGAL & ADMIN OFFICE GRP

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-07-08

Application Deadline:

2025-07-19

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

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