Director, Enterprise Market Risk Non-trading Portfolio

This role is responsible for building and leading the Non-trading Market Risk function, ensuring an efficient and clear expansion of the Market Risk framework to cover RBC's Non-Trading Portfolio businesses, aligning with the Market Risk Enterprise Management Target Operating Model and best practices.
This role is responsible for providing risk management oversight and guidance to the different non-trading business lines through independent monitoring, assessments of the control environment, and communication of all material market risk positions- including developments, trends/concentrations, and ensuring the implementation of, and compliance with risk management policies.

What is the opportunity?

The Director is primarily responsible for building and leading the Non-trading Market Risk function, ensuring an efficient and clear expansion of the Market Risk framework to cover RBC's Non-Trading Portfolio businesses, aligning with the Market Risk Enterprise Management Target Operating Model and best practices.

The incumbent will have adjudication responsibilities that are focused on providing risk management oversight and guidance to the different non-trading business lines through independent monitoring, assessments of the control environment, and communication of all material market risk positions- including developments, trends/concentrations, and ensuring the implementation of, and compliance with risk management policies.

This position reports to the Senior Director, Enterprise Market Risk Oversight & Analysis who, in turn, reports to the VP. Enterprise Market Risk

What will you do?

• Implement and coordinate of an integral market risk management framework for the subsidiary companies' balance sheets: Insurance, Wealth Management, Pension, Structural FX, Corporate Venture Capital, Private Equity, and other Banking products.
• Perform and identify gap analysis to establish remediation plans for adherence to internal policies, and compliance with local and international regulatory requirements for the subsidiary companies.
• Implement and enhance market risk practices and key oversight programs within non-trading businesses.
• Provide senior management with insights on potential developments, risk concentrations, and risk trends that could result in significant financial losses under adverse market conditions.
• Conduct regular reviews of the Risk Appetite and Risk Limits frameworks for Market Risk, ensuring that risks are appropriately managed, and tolerances are appropriately calibrated at the Enterprise level and by key business lines.
• Develop and execute market risk projects to implement a feasible infrastructure and enable reliable market risk measures, providing requirements in the design of key components of the strategic market risk platform, and ensuring these components are delivered effectively by IT.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive Traded Risk Management policies and procedures, and conduct due diligence for new products.
• Act as key business partner to first line/second line functions.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Minimum 10 years of experience in risk management roles.
• Deep understanding of bank and non-trading businesses' balance sheet composition -including market risk, regulatory environment, reporting/controls.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, trading businesses, exchange traded and over the counter markets.
• Strong knowledge of traded products including derivatives and their associated risks - including financial accounting practices.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presenting to senior audiences.
• MBA, MS or equivalent, with emphasis in finance, economics or a quantitative discipline.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel, familiarity with SQL and database programs, and programming languages such as Python and Visual Basic.
• Three years of supervisory experience.

Nice-to-have

• In-depth knowledge of RBC Risk Policies, Procedures, and Practices.
• CFA, CA or other related professional qualifications.
• Sound understanding of the role of second line of defence risk governance.

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, and competitive compensation
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Flexible work/life balance options

Job Skills

Business Analytics, Derivatives, Effectiveness Measurement, Investment Banking Analysis, Long Term Planning, Market Analysis, Market Risk, Results-Oriented, Risk Management

Additional Job Details

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTOTORONTOCanada37.5Full timeGROUP RISK MANAGEMENTRegularSalaried2024-11-262024-12-14

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