Royal Bank of Canada

Manager, Trade Surveillance (Fixed Income/OTC Products)

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in financial institutions or securities regulatory bodies.
  • Strong understanding of Capital Markets trading products (Fixed Income, Commodities, OTC).
  • Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements (CIRO, OSC).
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
  • University degree required.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct routine reviews of post-trade surveillance alerts to detect market abuse/misconduct.
  • Oversee Information Barrier Surveillance (IBS) for compliance adherence.
  • Manage escalation and resolution of compliance concerns.
  • Identify risks and provide recommendations to senior management.
  • Maintain up-to-date surveillance procedures for all business lines.
  • Compile surveillance statistics for reporting and conduct IT testing.
  • Assist with special projects, including building surveillance models.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Support for personal development through coaching
  • Opportunities to make a meaningful impact
  • Dynamic, collaborative team environment
  • World-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Challenging work opportunities
  • Pathways for greater responsibilities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

You will be part of the RBC Compliance Surveillance Team, which is a core, global, second-line-of-defense function within Compliance that works closely with the first-line and the third-line (Internal Audit) and other second-line functions as part of an integrated controls framework. It performs routine (mostly automated), post-event monitoring of trading activity and communications (electronic and voice) for controlling and mitigating specific relevant risks(e.g. market abuse and manipulation) associated with the supported Capital Markets and Wealth Management businesses.

As Manager, Capital Markets Trade Surveillance, you will conduct daily and periodic reviews of sales and trading activities in Canada to detect potential market abuse/manipulation behavior or other misconduct concern focusing on Fixed Income, Commodities and OTC products. You will participate and contribute to team projects (alert parameter changes, working with Compliance IT), and keep detailed record keeping and compile surveillance statistics for periodic reporting. Regulatory or/and product knowledge of Fixed Income, Commodities or OTC products is also required.

What will you do?
  • Conduct routine reviews of post trade surveillance alerts generated by different surveillance systems to detect potential market abuse/manipulation behavior; to ensure compliance with company policies and applicable market trading regulations (i.e. CIRO, OSC)
  • Conduct routine reviews of Information Barrier Surveillance (IBS) to ensure compliance with company policies and applicable regulations (i.e. CIRO)
  • Manage the escalation and resolution of items that may present concerns
  • Identify potential areas of risk (financial, reputational, and regulatory), advise senior management of potential issues as they arise, make recommendations with regards to potential courses of action.
  • Develop and maintain up-to-date surveillance procedures for all business lines covered.
  • Compile and provide surveillance statistics for periodic reporting and conduct IT testing for tool enhancements.
  • Conduct special projects as assigned by management including the escalation and resolution of potential gaps and identified issues
  • Assist senior managers in building surveillance models and perform UAT testing for new surveillance tools/ models as required


What do you need to succeed?

Must-have
  • Minimum 5 years of related work experience at a financial institution and/or regulated securities dealer/and or securities regulatory body.
  • Strong understanding of Capital Markets' trading products and business lines. (Preferable in Fixed Income, Commodities or OTC derivatives products)
  • Knowledge of sales & trading regulatory and compliance requirements. (Eg. CIRO, OSC requirements)
  • Required to adhere to personal trading policy
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • University degree


Nice-to-have
  • CSC, CPH and/or Trader Training Course
  • Good understanding of typical market abuse and manipulation themes and patterns.


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
  • 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


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Job Skills
Audits Compliance, Critical Thinking, Data Gathering Analysis, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Industry Knowledge, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Product Services, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CHIEF LEGAL & ADMIN OFFICE GRP

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-08-06

Application Deadline:

2026-09-04
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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