Royal Bank of Canada

Director, Financial Crimes Risk Assessment

Royal Bank of Canada$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary education or equivalent required
  • Experience in executing financial crime risk assessments
  • Ability to evaluate and design risk assessment capabilities and tools
  • Deep understanding of global financial crime regulations
  • Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
  • Project management skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise-wide risk assessment activities to meet regulatory and business expectations
  • Develop and improve Enterprise Risk Assessment Methodology and procedures
  • Identify gaps to enhance risk assessment data integration and processes
  • Requirements identification for analytic tools to assess risks and controls
  • Collaborate to establish risk rating frameworks and validation processes
  • Establish roadmaps and report on risk assessment activities
  • Identify and report material risk exposures and control gaps
  • Support regulatory exams, audits, and internal reviews

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Leaders support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
  • Work in a collaborative, high-performing team
  • Part of a growing global organization focused on client interests and fairness
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As Director, Financial Crimes Risk Assessment you are responsible for the design and execution of the enterprise risk assessment. In this role, you will identify and assess inherent risks and control effectiveness, demonstrate compliance, and identify opportunities to optimize the financial crimes program, by:
  • Leading the enterprise-wide assessment of financial crimes risks and controls globally and across RBC Platforms, businesses units, and jurisdictions.
  • Leading the development of capabilities to enable the quantitative and qualitative assessment of inherent risks, control effectiveness, and residual risk.
  • Performing expert analysis to identify concentrations of risk and adequacy of controls to ultimately inform and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
  • Delivering high-quality risk assessment products to support regulatory compliance and inform business decisions.
  • Remaining abreast of emerging risks and evolving regulatory environment to continuously refine RBC's risk assessment approach.


What will you do?
  • Lead the efficient and effective execution of enterprise-wide risk assessment activities, in line with regulatory and business expectations.
  • Lead the development and continuous improvement of the Enterprise Risk Assessment Methodology and operating procedures.
  • Identify gaps and opportunities to enhance risk assessment data integration, tools, and processes to drive efficiency and consistency across assessments.
  • Identify requirements for analytic tools and capabilities to perform quantitative and qualitative assessments of inherent risks, controls and residual risk
  • Collaborate across financial crimes program to establish risk rating frameworks, validate results, align on mitigation strategies and produce reports.
  • Establish roadmaps and provide regular reporting on risk assessment activities including data collection and integration, analysis and report generation.
  • Identify and escalate material risk exposures and control gaps
  • Support regulatory exams, audits and internal reviews related to risk assessment activities
  • Monitor changes in AML/ATF regulations and participate in industry related initiatives to remain abreast of existing and new laws and regulatory expectations


What do you need to succeed?

Must have
  • Post-secondary education or equivalent
  • Proven experience with executing financial crime risk assessments
  • Strong ability to evaluate and design risk assessment capabilities and tools
  • Deep understanding of global financial crime regulatory environment
  • Ability to synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams
  • Project management


Nice to have
  • Graduate degree (MBA or relevant subject matter area)
  • Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation or other related certifications


What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
  • Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • To be part of a large and growing global organization which puts client interests first and has a culture of fairness and accountability


Job Skills
Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Control Analysis, Cross-Functional Leadership, Data Analysis, Data Literacy, Executive Reports, Financial Crimes Compliance, People Management, Professional Writing, Project Management, Regulatory Risk, Risk Assessments, Risk Mitigation Strategies

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-08-20

Application Deadline:

2026-09-05
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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