R-0000115853 Analyst, Alternate Finance Portfolio Management and Administration

Royal Bank of Canada; Masonboro (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Bank of Canada is seeking a Junior Transaction Execution Team Member in Masonboro, North Carolina. This role includes facilitating AML/KYC on-boarding for new clients, developing transaction knowledge, and validating funding details. The ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

This position offers a collaborative environment with a diverse team committed to achieving high performance and innovation.

Qualifications

• 1 – 2 years of relevant securitization experience highly preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills are essential.
• Ability to prioritize and manage a large workload in a high-pressure environment.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate AML/KYC on‑boarding of new clients.
• Review and validate funding/wire details at closing.
• Coordinate and ensure proper transaction approvals for all transactions.
• Maintain the Facility Authorized Amount in CCMS.
• Develop procedures for consistent reporting of transactions.

Skills

Adaptability

Critical Thinking

Customer Service

Detail‑Oriented

Financial Engineering

Financial Statement Analysis

Investments Analysis

Personal Development

Personal Initiative

Teamwork

Education

BS in finance, accounting, or related subject

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

What will you do?

As a Junior Transaction Execution Team Member:

• Facilitate AML/KYC on‑boarding of new clients with FO origination Team, external legal and Client.
• Working with origination and senior team members, develop knowledge of transactions and understanding of legal documents to be able to populate all static data for new client in CCMS and LoanFin proprietary application. Make sure all data is accurate and complete.
• Review and validate funding/wire details at closing, and in all subsequent funding request from clients and communicate details to GLA as required.
• Review and validate interest revenue on RBC’s general ledger and distribute client invoices.
• Review administration sections of transaction legal documentation, including fee letters, to help ensure RBC can book and properly administer the transaction as described in the agreements.
• Participate in due diligence meetings, where possible.
• Ensure appropriate internal business partners are informed of new transactions (i.e. Product Control, Financial Control, /Legal,Capital Measurement)
• Ensure transactions comply with RBC Policies and Procedures before closing.

As a Junior Portfolio Manager for designated products:

• Develop a thorough understanding of the transactions (know similar or different features compared to other transactions in your portfolios), the portfolio report, portfolio characteristics and credit enhancement calculations in each transaction to help ensure accurate capture and reporting of deal performance to all business constituents.
• Help set portfolio administration standards and metrics to be monitored and develop procedures and processes to help ensure consistent and accurate reporting for both new and existing transactions.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the transactions (know similar or different features compared to other transactions to facilitate SPV reporting (i.e. Volker Repository, SPE Sponsorship checklist and Defacto Control Macro Template).
• Where applicable, work with internal and external business partners to resolve operational or other issues.
• Help ensure required deal related documentation is retained, including transaction legal documents, borrowing and paydown notices, and client invoices.

As Transaction Support Administrator:

• Responsible to coordinate and ensure proper transaction approvals are obtained for all transactions (i.e. ComCom scheduling & approval, GRM, Catena, KYC).
• Set‑up/input transaction and entity data properly in RBC systems (i.e. CCMS, Fenergo), and transaction details are communicated to operational support teams.
• Maintain the Facility Authorized Amount in CCMS, based off of equity in the structure and pending underlying collateral trades as the regulatory capital is keyed off this amount.
• Business liaison, primary point of contact and group expert with KYC/AML groups.
• From the business side, run the KYC annual refresh exercises; communicate all requirements to Origination and Client to assist with gathering required information.
• Compile various transaction status lists (ex. quarterly forward‑looking compliance items) for internal and external constituents.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Participate in projects to implement new products, transaction types or expansion of existing products to new jurisdictions. Projects may also include enhancement to processes or systems.
• Assist for related portfolios with internal and external audit of supported businesses.
• Proactively identify operational risks / control deficiencies in the business.
• Review and comply with RBC Policies applicable to your business activities.
• Escalate operational risk loss events, control deficiencies and risks that you identify to your line manager and the relevant risk and control functions promptly. Failure to do so may subject you to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

What you need to succeed?

• 1 – 2 years of relevant securitization experience highly preferred. Candidates with less than one year of full-time work experience should have relevant internship experience.
• BS in finance, accounting, or related subject.
• Possess strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and effectively manage a large workload in a high‑pressure environment.
• Ability to multi‑task with little supervision.
• Ability to inter‑act effectively and establish good working relationships with both RBC staff and external constituents.
• Ability to manipulate large data sets.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Excel.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem‑solving skills.

What’s in it for you?

RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

• Drives RBC’s high‑performance culture
• Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals
• Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

Job Skills

Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Detail‑Oriented, Financial Engineering, Financial Statement Analysis, Investments Analysis, Personal Development, Personal Initiative, Teamwork

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.