Senior Finance Manager, Customer Engagement & Data Finance Performance Management

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As Senior Manager, Customer Engagement & Data (CE&D) Finance Performance Management team, you will collaborate with CE&D business partners to drive profitable growth through insightful business and financial analysis. This position plays a key role on the P&CB Performance Management team, providing strategic analysis and advice on the impact of CE&D strategic initiatives and results, and by being a primary liaison with the P&CB Platform Performance Management and NIE teams. You will lead the NIE/FTE processes including five-year outlook, annual planning, ongoing forecasts, T-5 estimates and monthly monitoring of NIE/FTE results, while ensuring data integrity and adherence to established corporate governance and financial compliance standards.

What you will do?

• Responsible for full P&L FP&A related activities supporting Customer Engagement & Data (CE&D)
• Proactively provide expert analysis and advice to the EVP Customer Engagement & Data (CE&D) through reporting and insights for CE&D NIE including key information, and ongoing advice to enable management decision making and establish action plans to maximize financial performance.
• Act as lead for CE&D NIE/FTE as part of the five-year outlook, where the incumbent will partner with CE&D management teams to determine both NIE & FTE outlook, ensuring that rationale for any increases are clearly articulated & available to LOB Finance partners to support increases in annual expenses.
• Prepare and consolidate the annual Plans, Forecasts, and monthly estimates
• Support business initiatives, i.e. Zero-Based Budgeting, Activity Based Costing, ADT programs (Next Best Action) etc.
• In addition to supporting the EVP, CE&D, act as the key Finance contact to provide ongoing support and performance analysis re: NIE/FTE to CE&D leaders.
• Responsible for development of NIE allocation % at the CE&D cost transit level to enable full P&L reporting for Canadian Banking Lines of Business.
• Increase transparency in cost structure and identify opportunities to improve efficiencies and drive cost savings
• Proactively explore and implement opportunities to improve processes and increase capacity
• Accountable for all month-end, quarter-end reporting, and forecasting / planning FP&A related activities
• Key support to the Senior Director, CE&D Finance, proactively adding value added expertise and advice on initiatives and their impact on financial performance.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• 3+ years experience in financial reporting & analysis and cost management
• Experience using metrics, KPIs and cost/value drivers in performance management
• Strong technical skills including MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience with unique financial systems such as EPM (IBM Cognos)
• Excellent communication skills, both oral & written, with good interpersonal skills in order to establish relationships across all levels of the enterprise
• Solid business acumen and problem-solving skills
• Curious and proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
• Comfortable dealing with incomplete information, uncertainty and change

Nice to Have

• B. Comm, CPA-CA/CMA/CGA, MBA or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge and understanding of banking products and processes
• Exposure to the Bank’s Retail/Business network, products and services
• A varied working career including positions in a number of areas of RBC or another financial institution(s)

Job Skills

Accounting, Business Analytics, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Decision Making, Financial Forecasting, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Interpersonal Relationships

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-09-16

Application Deadline:

2025-10-02

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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