Royal Bank of Canada

Associate Director, Market Risk Governance and Controls

Royal Bank of Canada$120K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in Market Risk governance or risk management at a financial institution
  • Strong knowledge of US regulatory frameworks, particularly Basel III/IV
  • Experience in developing risk governance documents and committee materials
  • Understanding of financial products relevant to market risk
  • Proficiency in designing process controls and compliance monitoring frameworks
  • Excellent communication skills for interactions with management and regulators
  • Ability to manage multiple governance workstreams under tight deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Develop and enhance Market Risk policies and governance frameworks
  • Establish and operate the re-designation and net position monitoring frameworks
  • Design and execute process controls across Market Risk functions
  • Prepare materials for governance committees and regulatory engagements
  • Support the analysis and submission of regulatory sensitivities
  • Review supervisory guidance to identify regulatory requirements and best practices

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with flexible benefits
  • Leaders who support professional development
  • Opportunity to make a significant impact
  • Work within a dynamic and high-performing team
  • Engaging and challenging work environment
  • Opportunities to build relationships with clients
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

The Associate Director, Market Risk Governance & Controls will establish and maintain the governance, policy, and control framework for Market Risk at the US IHC. The role encompasses developing and maintaining risk policies and procedures, managing the covered position identification and re-designation processes, building out the net short credit/equity position framework, and ensuring the control environment meets FRB supervisory expectations. The individual will prepare materials for governance committees and FRB engagements, coordinate regulatory approval packages, and support internal audit and examination processes. This is a broad Market Risk governance role well-suited to a candidate with experience across multiple risk types and regulatory frameworks, not limited to FRTB.

What will you do?
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance Market Risk policies, procedures, and governance frameworks for the US IHC, including covered position identification, trading desk structure documentation, trading/hedging strategy documentation, and internal risk transfer frameworks - 25%
  • Establish and operate the re-designation framework with associated notification, exception-handling, and FRB pre-approval processes; build and maintain the net short credit/equity position monitoring framework - 20%
  • Design and execute process controls across Market Risk functions, including risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs), key risk indicators, and ongoing compliance monitoring to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements - 20%
  • Prepare presentations, regulatory responses, and approval package materials for governance committees, senior management, and FRB engagements; coordinate across Risk, Finance, and Front Office functions - 15%
  • Support the regulatory sensitivities pre-approval analysis and submission process, including documentation of alternative sensitivity definitions versus regulatory prescribed sensitivities - 10%
  • Review supervisory guidance and industry developments to identify evolving regulatory requirements and best practices; provide support for internal audits and regulatory examinations - 10%


What do you need to succeed?
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience at a bank or financial institution with exposure to Market Risk governance, regulatory capital, risk management frameworks, or a second-line risk function
  • Strong understanding of US prudential regulatory frameworks and FRB supervisory expectations, including familiarity with Basel III/IV, market risk capital rules, and stress testing programs
  • Experience developing or maintaining risk governance documents such as policies, procedures, frameworks, and committee materials
  • Understanding of financial products (rates, credit, equities) and how they are captured in a market risk governance context
  • Demonstrated ability to design and implement process controls and compliance monitoring frameworks
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills with experience preparing materials for senior management, governance committees, and regulators
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent governance workstreams and regulatory deliverables
  • Autonomous, highly motivated, and able to work independently and collaboratively under tight deadlines


What's in it for you?

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program include competitive compensation and flexible benefits, such as 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and paid-time off.
  • 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 build close relationships with clients.


The expected salary range for this particular position is $120,000-$200,000 (New York) depending on your experience, skills, and registration status, market conditions and business needs.

You have the potential to earn more through RBC's discretionary variable compensation program which gives you an opportunity to increase your total compensation, provided the business meets its performance targets and you meet your individual goals.

RBC's compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:
  • Drives RBC's high-performance culture
  • Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals
  • Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value


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Job Skills
Decision Making, Financial Instruments, Group Problem Solving, Market Risk, Performance Management (PM), Resource Coordination, Risk Management, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

Address:

BROOKFIELD PLACE FKA 3 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, 200 VESEY STREET:NEW YORK

City:

New York

Country:

United States of America

Work hours/week:

40

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-09-17

Application Deadline:

2026-10-03
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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