Director, Insurance Finance Transformation

RBC • Mississauga, ON

5d • Onsite

About The Position

You will serve as a key leader within the RBC Insurance CFO team, acting as a strategic business partner and principal advisor across financial accounting, performance management, and planning and forecasting activities. You will hold primary responsibility for the strategic direction and execution of large-scale finance & actuarial transformation initiatives, including automation efforts related to major accounting standards implementation. This role demands high-level collaboration with senior business partners, including IT and Actuarial leadership, to pinpoint significant financial optimization opportunities. This role is located in our Mississauga location but is also open to additional locations within the greater Toronto area.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in insurance finance transformation, holding senior accounting or actuarial roles with deep, hands-on knowledge of life insurance products and complex investment portfolios.
• Expert-level knowledge of IFRS standards and proven experience defining, developing, and implementing major accounting frameworks (eg. IFRS 17, IFRS 9, etc) and/or leading the implementation of downstream reporting requirements.
• Superior strategic project and program management skills with extensive experience leading large-scale, enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and present highly complex technical topics to finance and IT leaders.
• A professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, etc.) or actuarial designation (FSA, FCIA, etc.), or completion of a Master's or PhD in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Finance.

Nice To Haves

• Practical experience with GL/subledger architectures, actuarial valuation platforms, policy administration systems, and sophisticated finance data warehouses.
• Familiarity with enterprise-level Accounting Hubs, modern Business Intelligence (BI)/reporting tools, and public cloud platforms.
• Senior financial data architecture experience in developing canonical models, data lineage governance, ETL/ELT design strategies, and automated reconciliation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Direct the strategy, planning and execution of large-scale initiatives across Finance, Actuarial, IT, and external vendors.
• Identify and proactively mitigate high-impact risks to ensure the realization of critical project timelines and business objectives.
• Serve as the primary technical authority leading the enhancement of detailed requirements that underpin key financial metrics, critical accounting policies (IFRS 17), external reporting, calculation rules, and regulatory disclosures.
• Provide direction for the development of end-to-end integration requirements across General Ledger (GL), subledgers, CSM calculators and reporting tools.
• Drive collaborative efforts across Finance, Actuarial, and IT Functions to identify and capitalize on major financial optimization opportunities.

Benefits

• bonuses
• flexible benefits
• competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Flexible work/life balance options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director