(2025-11-07) Manager, Global Asset Management Financial Control

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

RBC Global Asset Management (GAM) is the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and is a provider of global investment management services and solutions to institutional, high-net worth and individual investors through separate accounts, pooled funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, exchange-traded funds and specialty investment strategies. RBC GAM manages close to $600 billion of client assets globally and have approximately 1,700 employees located across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. You will be part of a collaborative team culture that strives to challenge ourselves to be our best, think progressively to keep growing, and work together to deliver collective results.

The Manager, GAM Financial Control, will be a critical member of the team’s growth. You will be a leading part of the team that ensures appropriate controls, processes, and governance framework are in place to support the completeness and accuracy of the Financial Statements and provide interpretation on accounting standards, guidance, and advice on transactions as they arise.

What will you do?

- Assessing the accounting implications of new products and initiatives to enable business partners to make sound decisions. Help team to assess and implement new accounting standards and policies.
- Support the GAM Financial Control team by ensuring business results are accurately reflected in the financial systems on a timely basis, while ensuring the completeness & accuracy of the results in PeopleSoft and EPM.
- Reviewing monthly actual results and variance analysis. Review quarterly financial disclosures and related variance analysis. Assist in the investigation of financial results abnormalities.
- Perform timely Balance Sheet reconciliations and attestations, including review of Standard of Documentation (SODs). Perform and update SOX controls, working with both internal and external auditors.
- Critically involved in the execution of automation projects to reduce the amount of manual and repetitive work performed by the team.
- Assessing financial risk and establish proper infrastructure & processes to ensure financial results are reported completely and accurately and risks are adequately managed.
- Assist with a number of data strategy projects and ad hoc initiatives to enhance the transparency and accuracy of the data.

What you need to succeed?

Must Have

- 4+ years working experience, ideally with an audit firm or financial institution
- CPA, CA or equivalent. This mandate is highly dependent on using analytical and financial reporting skills commonly associated with accounting designations
- Strong IFRS working knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Able to collaborate and obtain buy-ins from multiple stakeholders
- Knowledge of retail banking products or willingness and interest in developing that knowledge
- Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet with multiple deliverables within a tight timeline
- Excellent presentation and report writing skills
- Strong team building skills and work ethic

Nice to Have

- Financial Services industry experience with knowledge of the asset management industry.
- PeopleSoft and EPM (IBM TM1) experience.
- Knowledge of Data visualization tools such as Tableau.
- Proficiency in automation tools or technologies (RPA, VBA, SQL, Python, or JavaScript).

Job Skills

Budget Management, Communication, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Process Management, Professional Presentation

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-11-05

Application Deadline:

2025-11-21

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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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