Associate Director, Enterprise Market Risk

What is the opportunity?

As Associate Director, you ensure that market risk exposures are provided to stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner, with commensurate analytical insight on the risks. You assist the Director by analyzing and confirming drivers of changes for various FVTPL and FVOCI portfolios, compiling daily/weekly reports, performing daily backtests, improving the existing reporting infrastructure and providing enhancements to senior management reports. You ensure that the requisite inputs for complete and accurate reporting will be available for reporting periods by working closely with the Regulatory Capital & Analysis team, the Quantitative Risk Analytics team and the various Local Market Risk teams.

What will you do?

• Provide timely accurate and complete market risk reporting and analysis, owning the end-to-end processes that facilitate this reporting stream.
• Design and develop new requirements for senior management reports, such as weekly Operating Committee report and FVOCI report.
• Understand, analyze and communicate the drivers and trends of risks for RBC and key sub-portfolios, and provide context therein with respect to changes in the market risk profile of the portfolios.
• Engage in Risk Modernization Project and develop/modify template for reporting for ATOM.
• Provide detail risk analysis to senior management (such as quarterly risk reports, monthly/quarterly OSFI submission)
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the methodologies used for Value at Risk (VaR), Stress VaR, Specific Risk (SR) and Stress Testing.
• Generate trends and reports daily for senior management, and communicate key/material changes to all stakeholders.
• Conduct testing and impact analysis for both strategic initiatives and ad-hoc projects/enhancements.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in trading or trading risk management roles
• Strong understanding of financial markets and trading businesses, both exchange traded and over the counter markets
• Thorough knowledge of traded instruments including derivatives and their associated risks
• Familiar with VaR and Stress Testing
• Advanced MS Excel skills and proficiency in SQL for data querying and database management
• Strong knowledge of programming languages and data visualization tools, preferably Python and Tableau/Power BI.

Nice-to-have:

• Master's degree in finance, economics, or a quantitative discipline (e.g., mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science) with strong quantitative coursework
• FRM, CFA or other related professional qualifications

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
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in an agile, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• The opportunity to interface with senior level executives from many different parts of the organization

Job Skills

Decision Making, Financial Instruments, Group Problem Solving, Market Risk, Performance Management (PM), Resource Coordination, Risk Management, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeGROUP RISK MANAGEMENTRegularSalaried2026-08-182026-09-05

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.

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