Head, Cae Group, Centralized Testing Group

What is the opportunity?

As the Head of the CAE Group Centralized Testing Group (CTG), reporting to the SVP and COO, CAE Group, you will lead dedicated controls testing teams based in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver.

You will play a critical role in driving the CAE Group's strategy by delivering high-quality, independent control testing for global internal audit teams, ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness. By building and maintaining strong partnerships across the CAE Group, you will be the primary liaison for fostering collaboration with audit teams, executive leadership, and key stakeholders at all levels.

This is a great opportunity for a leader who can implement strategic changes to optimize delivery of control testing and thrives in proactively identifying opportunities to further enable efficiencies for the CAE Group.

The RBC CAE Group leverages a unique perspective— with a coordinated view across the entire business—to deliver valuable advice that not only gives assurance, but that illuminates a bigger picture, connects dots, builds best practices and broadens possibilities. We connect intelligence to protect and enable RBC.

What will you do?

• Own and drive strategic vision for the Centralized Testing Group, ensuring alignment with CAE Group objectives and continuously evolving tactical execution in line with organizational goals and industry standards.
• Oversee CTG's annual plan and manage Service Level Agreements with stakeholders, balancing capacity, demand and resources to deliver on CTG's mandate effectively.
• Lead and develop a team of audit professionals, providing technical guidance, mentorship and coaching to ensure skill enhancement, employee engagement, and career growth.
• Lead CTG's Senior Relationship Managers during audit engagements across multiple platforms, to ensure audit work is conducted in alignment to RBC methodology and agreed upon timelines.
• Develop CAE Group talent by collaborating with Learning and Methodology teams to ensure onboarding, training, and best practices are embedded across the CTG team, promoting high standards of quality testing services.
• Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to optimize CTG's processes, leveraging KPIs to measure performance results, and articulate return on investment to executive leadership.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Minimum 10 years of work experience with at least 5 years in audit, risk management, and/or risk advisory in a heavily regulated financial institution.
• Undergraduate degree, preferably in an accounting, business, finance or related discipline.
• Proven experience managing a large team across regions, with a focus on interpersonal and relationship-building skills and ability to provide technical training, coaching and development to others.
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving and project management skills to manage book of work, operational challenges and achieve critical deadlines.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and communicate effectively with the key stakeholders, including explaining complex concepts to various stakeholders ranging from Specialists to Executives.

Nice-to-have

• Relevant professional accounting designation (CPA).
• Experience in leading or developing centers of excellence or service centres.
• Experience in leading resource-centric initiatives and developing operational efficiencies within internal audit functions including developing strategic plans and KPI measurements.
• Experience or knowledge of RBC and its operations.
• Experience designing and/or leading a large testing utility or SOX Program.

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, competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Flexible work/life balance options

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