Senior Manager, Internal Audit, Personal Banking

Lead all aspects of an audit, including planning, execution, and reporting.

Recommend risk-based audit scope to ensure adequate coverage of key risk areas.

Develop and execute audit programs and procedures to assess design and operating effectiveness of controls.

Develop and draft issues and recommendations related to identified control gaps, and formulate overall audit conclusions.

Provide an overall opinion on internal controls and risk management practices to Senior Management.

Lead a team of professional auditors assigned to engagements and review their work for scope, accuracy, and methodology alignment.

Build and maintain effective working relationships with key business stakeholders.

Support management in developing robust action plans to address deficiencies and ensure timely implementation of corrective actions.

Contribute to the annual audit planning and risk assessment processes.

Identify opportunities for Internal Audit to provide assurance or advisory services.

Develop new assurance strategies and data-driven approaches to produce risk and control insights.

Keep abreast of organizational, regulatory, product, strategic, and financial changes/trends through continuous monitoring.

Minimum 5-7 years' relevant industry experience in a financial institution, preferably in Internal Audit, Compliance, or Risk Management.

Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and presentation skills, with ability to interact effectively with senior management and executives.

Deep understanding of risk and control concepts, including evaluation of materiality and significance of deviations.

Good understanding of business processes and associated risk and control concepts for Personal Banking services, products, and processes (including lending and investment products like mutual funds and GICs).

Strong project management skills, with ability to influence staff and meet deadlines without compromising quality.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, time management, and organizational skills.

Nice-to-have: Post-graduate degree and/or Professional designation (e.g., MBA, CPA, CA, CFA, CIA, CISA, FRM, CFE) or similar finance, risk, or accounting designation.

Nice-to-have: Former knowledge and/or experience within Personal Banking and Commercial Banking at RBC or any Canadian financial institution.

Nice-to-have: Knowledge of regulatory risk and control concepts, including Management Conduct Obligations.

Nice-to-have: Experience with developing data visualization and reporting.