Director, Internal Audit, Cyber Security

**Job Summary**

**What is the Opportunity?**

Internal Audit continues to be a change agent within RBC, with an overall objective of enhancing and protecting RBC’s value through providing insightful assurance and advice, supporting senior management decision making across our global footprint. By integrating advanced data-driven analytics and visualization, we provide independent assessments of the effectiveness of the control environment for key stakeholders including the Board of Directors, Senior Management, and external regulators.

We are seeking a Director in our Cyber Security and Technology Infrastructure audit team. In this role, you will be leading a team of technical auditors to execute on core audit engagements focused on Cyber Security, Technology Infrastructure and Cloud. You will also be responsible for leading the enhancement and uplift of our global Cyber Security audit strategy, including further integration with regional teams to ensure continued global regulatory coverage. The day-to-day responsibilities include leading a team to plan, scope and execute risk-based audits, working with Management in achieving their business objectives and providing risk insights while remaining independent and objective.

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?**
- Leads/manages a team of internal audit professionals and dynamically adapt to a changing environment to plan, scope and execute audits, continuous monitoring/assurance and thematic reviews
- Lead the uplift of the global Cyber Security audit strategy, further demonstrating ongoing audit coverage of emerging risks and changing cyber threats, including interfacing with regional teams to assess and ensure continued global regulatory coverage
- Integrating and advancing the data analytics capabilities in support of our audit transformation
- Provide input into the development of the annual audit plan and contributes to the development of multi-year approach and audit strategies for the assigned portfolio
- Foster the development of key relationships with T&O teams to understand key technologies, risks and controls including emerging risks/challenges
- Works collaboratively with and assesses the effectiveness of key risk management strategies with 1st and 2nd Lines of Defense

**What do you need to succeed?**

**Must-have**
- 10+ years of technology audit and risk experience, including a proficiency in auditing principles and techniques
- Undergraduate degree (Preferred: Business, IT, Engineering, Security, or other similar) with professional auditing or risk management designation (one or more of the following: CPA, CA, CIA, CISA, CISSP, CRISC)
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of select IT infrastructure and cyber audit, cyber security, risk management or compliance capabilities
- Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to create an inclusive work environment, motivate/inspire staff to a high performing culture that has a forward thinking management practices

**Nice to have**
- Strategic leadership skills with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence best practices
- Ability to build diverse teams, attract and develop talent across the evolving IT Risk landscape at RBC
- Ability to influence key sponsors and stakeholders to gain buy-in, overcome challenges and deliver on high priority initiatives and draw conclusions or make recommendations based on audit evidence that may involve significant risk or ambiguity

**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 and competitive compensation
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- Flexible work/life balance option

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**Job Skills**

Adaptability, Auditing, Detail-Oriented, Internal Controls, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Long Term Planning, Multi-Level Communication, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Results-Oriented

**Additional Job Details**

**Address**:
20 KING ST W:TORONTO

**City**:
TORONTO

**Country**:
Canada

**Work hours/week**:
37.5

**Employment Type**:
Full time

**Platform**:
INTERNAL AUDIT

**Job Type**:
Regular

**Pay Type**:
Salaried

**Posted Date**:
2024-11-26

**Application Deadline**:
2025-