2026 Winter - GRM, AI Innovation - Business Analyst Intern (4 Months)

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

At RBC's 2025 Investor Day, we reaffirmed our strategic ambition to become a client-centric, future-ready leader by harnessing data, digital innovation, and AI to deliver unparalleled value. Our commitment to technological excellence—recognized globally as a top-three bank for AI maturity—positions us at the forefront of an AI-informed banking era. With a bold goal to generate up to $1 billion in enterprise value from AI by 2027, we are accelerating investments in transformative technologies to redefine industry standards.

To fuel this vision, we are seeking a highly motivated Winter Intern to join our team and contribute to cutting-edge projects in risk management. This role offers a unique opportunity to support the business development of real-world AI applications, directly impacting risk management workflows. As part of our dynamic team, you will collaborate on projects that drive efficiency, automation, and strategic business value—playing a key role in shaping the future of RBC's AI-driven innovation.

What will you do?

• Participate in the end-to-end development of high-impact AI solutions, from idea design and PoC to production deployment. Participate in the end-to-end development of high-impact AI solutions, from idea design and PoC to production deployment.

• Focus on building real-world applications that address business challenges, rather than conducting pure research

• Work closely with business users to understand their needs, translate business use cases into practical technical problems, and iterate on solutions based on feedback.

• Design executive presentations, develop strategy and create communications for your project.

• Continuously learn and keep up with the latest advancements in AI and related technologies, sharing knowledge with the team.

• Play an integral role in engaging your critical thinking, time management and leadership skills within your team.

• Present technical solutions and project updates to both technical peers and senior managements.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• Demonstrated willingness and ability to quickly learn and adapt to new advancements in Machine Learning/Deep Learning/GenAI.

• Ability to understand and communicate business values. 

• Excellent interpersonal and highly developed communication skills (verbal and written). 

• Excellent critical thinking, time management and leadership skills. 

• Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced team environment. 

• Ability to challenge the status quo and think outside the box to develop solutions. 

• Excellent teamwork, collaboration and problem-solving skills. 

• Experience with business presentations. 

• Strong interest or some experience in design using Figma. 

• A bachelor's or master's degree or higher in business administration, commerce, computer science, engineering, statistics, or a related field is preferred

Nice-to-have

• Experience in stakeholder engagement and working with end users and clients to understand their needs. 

• Experience with user research, prototyping, wireframing, and/or experience mapping (creating journey maps, personas, and service blueprints). 

• Experience with project management tools (ex. Jira, Confluence) 

• Solid understanding of financial business insights, FinTech industry, startup industry or other related insights. 

• Interest and understanding of up-and-coming technology and methodologies.  

• Experience working in regulated or governed environments.

• Familiarity with financial risk management concepts.

Please note: This posting is for a 4-months Winter 2026 Student placement with a start date of January 2026, and end date of April 2026. In order to be eligible for this 4-months Student position, you must either:

• Be returning back to school after the work term end-date of April 2026 ; or
• If you are not returning back to school (i.e. are graduating in April 2026), you must require the full 4-months work term as a mandatory component to in order to graduate successfully.

Please ensure that you meet these eligibility requirements before applying - candidates who apply but are found to be ineligible are not able to be considered.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we accept applications on a rolling basis, but please note that the formal application deadline is November 23, 2025. Should you be selected to progress, someone from our team will reach out directly to provide instructions on next steps. Otherwise, feel free to check for progress updates by logging in to your RBC profile. If the status has not changed, it denotes the fact that your application is still under review.

RBC is committed to supporting flexible work arrangements when and where available. The successful candidate for this role will be required to be located within Ontario for the duration of the work term. Details regarding the specific virtual, hybrid, and in-office arrangements for this Integrated Learning/ Co-op position are to be discussed with the Hiring Manager.

ET26

Job Skills

Communication, Computer Literacy, Detail-Oriented, Interpersonal Relationships, Listening Effectively, Personal Development, Personal Initiative

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Student/Coop (Fixed Term

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

Application Deadline:

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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