Senior Manager, Real Estate Governance
About The Position
The Senior Manager, CRE Governance role is responsible for overseeing operational risk mitigation and the Regulatory Compliance Program for Corporate Real Estate (CRE). The role will support the execution of global operational deliverables to ensure that CRE maintains a strong controls posture. The incumbent will work closely with the 1B & 2nd Lines of Defense functions to align CRE to RBC policies and act as a liaison where required with Internal Audit and external regulators to provide information and manage any gaps identified to resolution while maintaining the global Corporate Real Estate (CRE) control management program. This is a 15 months contract position.
Requirements
- University degree or equivalent post-secondary education
- 5-7 years of experience or equivalent in Governance, Operational Risk, Compliance or Audit
- Exceptional written and verbal communication
- Strong interpersonal, organizational and presentation skills
- Technical aptitude and system documentation proficiency
Nice To Haves
- Experience within a Financial institution
- Real Estate knowledge/experience
Responsibilities
- Provide governance and oversight of the CRE controls and monitoring program to ensure CRE maintains a strong risk mitigation and control posture.
- Work closely with 1B, 2nd and 3rd lines of defense functions to ensure alignment and information is communicated back to the service lines.
- Manage and maintain relevant control and risk documentation e.g. control & risk libraries
- Manage and maintain the CRE Regulatory Compliance Program second line of defense model to track and report on regulatory compliance for all identified owned RBC locations.
- Liaise with the IA team for all requests through this quarterly exercise and coordinate with CRE stakeholders.
- Liaise with the Ops Risk team on key controls, self-identified issues, emerging threats, ongoing assessments and reporting.
- Develop and implement a process for monitoring controls across all CRE service lines to ensure adequate oversight by the CRE teams of the service partners and key controls.
- Act as CRE Subject Matter Expert (SME) on internal control development and management
- Track Audit issues, Regulatory Compliance and Ops Risk issues - work with the service lines to develop action plans and monitor them to ensure timely completion.
- Ensure processes, control reporting and tools are documented and kept up to date (i.e. Playbooks)
- Identify risk & control improvement opportunities that can be leveraged and implemented globally
- Develop & deliver training to CRE Service Area Leads and CRE’s Service Partners to align roles and responsibilities related to internal risk management and ensure activities are completed according to CRE Framework, policies and processes
- Provide guidance on the development control processes, governance and controls.
- Identify optimization opportunities that can be leveraged and implemented globally
- Act as departmental governance SME on CRE & cross functional projects
Benefits
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
- competitive compensation
- commissions
- 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
- A world-class training program in financial services
- Flexible work/life balance options
- Opportunities to do challenging work
- Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
- Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
- Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
