Senior Risk Analyst

RBC • Toronto, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We’re seeking a Senior Risk Analyst to serve as the operational backbone of our risk management function. This role ensures the team stays on top of critical risk issues, audit findings, compliance requirements, and certificate renewals by maintaining visibility, tracking timelines, and driving accountability. The successful candidate will combine project management discipline with risk acumen to keep high-priority items moving forward, escalate issues appropriately, and ensure the team remains proactive in addressing risk exposure.

Requirements

• Degree or diploma in Business Administration, Finance, or transferable field
• 3+ years of experience maintaining comprehensive visibility of pending risk items, audit findings, compliance issues, and certificate renewals; demonstrated track record tracking status and deadlines across complex, multi-threaded initiatives
• 3+ years of experience escalating stalled or at-risk items through appropriate channels; demonstrated ability to identify course correction needs and facilitate approvals or remediation decisions in risk and compliance environments
• Advanced Excel proficiency: Strong skills in data organization, tracking, pivot tables, and reporting; ability to build and maintain tracking dashboards and status reports
• Risk reporting experience: Familiarity with risk metrics, status reporting formats, and communicating risk information to leadership and stakeholders
• Certificate and compliance tracking: Experience managing certificate renewals, expiration tracking, and compliance deadlines; understanding of time-sensitive compliance requirements
• Financial services experience: Familiarity with financial services risk and compliance landscapes; general understanding of audit, control environments, and risk remediation
• Project management mindset: Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and track multiple concurrent initiatives; comfort with detailed planning and accountability

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of financial services regulations or compliance frameworks
• Familiarity with escalation procedures and governance frameworks
• Experience with PowerBI, ServiceNow, or other enterprise tracking platforms
• Knowledge of ISO standards or industry compliance requirements

Responsibilities

• Maintain comprehensive visibility of all pending risk items, audit findings, compliance issues, and certificate renewals; track status and deadlines.
• Conduct weekly touchpoints with team members to review pending items, identify blockers, and ensure awareness of high-priority, time-sensitive issues.
• Escalate stalled or at-risk items through appropriate channels; identify course correction needs and facilitate approvals or remediation decisions.
• Manages timelines for risk remediation and compliance activities; coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure timely completion.
• Document risk items, status updates, remediation progress, and resolutions; maintain organized tracking systems for audit trail and reporting.
• Follow up on outstanding action items; ensure team members understand deadlines and dependencies; track completion and communicate results.
• Prepare status reports and dashboards for management visibility; highlight critical issues requiring leadership attention or decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to streamline risk tracking and compliance processes; implement tools or workflows to improve team efficiency.

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
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree