Senior Analyst responsible for control testing reporting and operations within financial services sector. Collaborating with teams to ensure testing results are communicated effectively.
About the role
- Director of Control Testing overseeing control testing reporting and operations at RBC. Leading a high performing team and integrating AI and digitization into workflows.
Responsibilities
- Champion the digitization of control testing workflows, replacing manual processes with automated, scalable solutions
- Lead the integration of AI and machine learning tools to enhance anomaly detection, sample selection, and continuous monitoring capabilities
- Partner with Technology and Data teams to build and maintain automated control testing pipelines and dashboards
- Develop and deliver executive-level presentations (PowerPoint) summarizing control testing results, risk themes, and remediation status for senior leadership and Board committees
- Build and maintain advanced Excel-based reporting models and data analysis tools to support control testing metrics and KRIs
- Prepare management reports, issue logs, and trend analyses to support governance forums and audit committees
- Monitor and report on key risk indicators (KRIs) and control effectiveness metrics on a periodic basis
- Manage Statements of Work (SOWs) for third-party engagements including scope definition, deliverable tracking, and vendor performance oversight
- Oversee Project Approval Requests (PARs) and ensure proper financial authorization and governance compliance
- Administer internal chargeback processes, ensuring accurate cost allocation and transparency across business lines
- Monitor program budgets, forecasts, and actuals; flag variances and recommend corrective actions to senior leadership
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in IT risk, IT audit, or technology controls within the financial services industry
- Minimum 3 years in a leadership or people management capacity within a Canadian financial institution (Big 5 or equivalent)
- Proven leadership capability with experience managing budgets, third-party vendors, Project Approval Requests
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high Performing, analytically-oriented teams; strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels including Board level forums
- Ability to speak fluently in the language of controls, processes, risk, and data
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, complex modelling) and PowerPoint for executive-level deliverables
- Hands-on experience with AI-driven risk tools, continuous monitoring platforms, or GRC systems (e.g., ServiceNow GRC, RSA Archer, MetricStream)
- Demonstrated ability to digitize and automate manual control testing workflows using available technology
- Familiarity with industry frameworks: COBIT, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and ITIL
- Professional certifications strongly preferred: CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CIA, or CPA
- Experience with machine learning and advanced analytics applications in risk and compliance
Benefits
- 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
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- Opportunities to do challenging work
- Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
- Access to a variety of job opportunities across business
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