Senior Manager, ESG Risk, Internal Audit (18-month contract)

Senior Manager, ESG Risk, Internal Audit (18-month contract)

What is the Opportunity?

We are looking for an adaptable, strategic, forward-thinking and critical-thinking Senior Manager who takes initiative, actively contributes to team discussions, openly shares experiences and ideas, challenges others’ thinking or approaches in a constructive manner and has enthusiasm for Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) risks and sustainability.

In this role, you will be responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management practices and corporate governance processes, and providing assurance over and insights to the Group Risk Management (GRM) ESG and AI Risk Governance team, and to the Brand, Marketing, Communications, Sustainability & Impact team. Additional responsibilities may include providing assurance support over other areas of Non-Financial Risk. You will also be key member of Internal Audit’s (IA) ESG Centre of Excellence, evolving its strategy and providing ESG risk expertise across IA and RBC.

This role reports to the Director, Internal Audit, and is part of IA’s broader GRM team.

RBC Internal Audit 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?

• Assurance and Oversight. Lead, oversee and manage internal audits from planning through to reporting, ensuring audit coverage is adequate for the issuance of an opinion to senior management on internal controls and risk management practices. Execute audit work, draft and review working papers, draft and communicate audit findings, assess management action plans, and guide audit teams in the same. Use appropriate data analytics to identify and ensure adequate coverage of key risks.
  • Lead continuous risk monitoring and audit issue verification and resolution and monitor risk identification and mitigation efforts.
• Support the Director, Internal Audit on ad hoc regulatory investigations and engagements, including responses, material/document collection, and regulatory inquiries.
• Support the Director, Internal Audit on initiatives including annual audit planning, quarterly platform and audit committee reporting, standard audit programs and coverage strategies.
  • Strategic Risk Leadership. Maintain a forward-looking radar on emerging risk themes impacting ESG and AI risk, brand, communications and sustainability partners and share insights.
  • As an ESG COE member. Evolve and execute on the ESG COE’s strategic plan, including advising audit teams on integrating ESG into risk assessments audit plans and audits on covering ESG risks, and leading development and delivery of ESG risk training.
  • Stakeholder engagement, influence and strong partnerships. Lead impactful stakeholdering and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders to ensure they get maximum value from our engagement work.  

Must have

• Strong understanding of auditing principles and techniques. Experience leading and motivating audit teams towards a common objective.
• Excellent project management skills and experience.
• Dedication to collaboration and being a team player. Ability to be a self-starter, work independently to build new and innovative approaches, while solving difficult and/or ambiguous problems in a complex risk landscape, and seeing them through to solutions.  
• Experience developing training and presentations for executives; excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to effectively interact with senior management.
• Strong, hands-on knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills). Be well-organized, commitment to quality and accuracy with a high level of attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Professional accounting or audit certification (CPA and/or CIA preferred)
• Sustainability and/or climate risk certification or related certifications. Knowledge of the EU AI Act and other pending AI regulations, and of ESG regulations including OSFI B-15, ISSB, PRA SS 5/25, SDRF, SDR, CSRD and modern slavery laws.
• Experience in risk management.
• Experience with strategy development and execution.

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.

• Ability to make a difference and have a lasting impact on climate risk and social risk management
• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• 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

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Additional Job Details

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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.