Royal Bank of Canada

Market Risk Analyst

Royal Bank of Canada$85K — $145K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MS/MA, MBA or BS/BA in finance, economics, or quantitative discipline
  • Demonstrated knowledge of financial markets
  • Prefer strong technology experience with Python and SQL familiarity
  • Prefer knowledge of equity derivatives products
  • Strong ability to prioritize diverse workload with attention to detail
  • Clear communication skills with key relationships

Responsibilities

  • Provide risk oversight for equity derivatives trading
  • Manage the market risk reporting process and ensure accuracy
  • Develop the risk infrastructure
  • Analyze trading strategies to align with risk tolerance
  • Review significant transactions for compliance with risk controls
  • Collaborate with trading teams on key risk issues
  • Enhance GRM risk systems for derivatives business

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with competitive compensation and flexible benefits
  • Support for professional development through coaching opportunities
  • Ability to make a meaningful impact
  • Dynamic and collaborative team environment
  • Challenging work opportunities
  • Close relationship building with clients
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The GRM Market Risk group provides independent and effective monitoring, control, and communications on the nature and extent of all material market risk and ensures the implementation and compliance with risk management policies and procedures. The new hire will join as a junior member of the GRM team that is responsible for the oversight of equities market risk in New York with primary responsibilities and other key aspects of the job defined in the following sections.

What will you do?

Risk Oversight and Analytics
  • Help provide risk oversight for the equity derivatives trading businesses.
  • Aid in the management of the market risk reporting process and ensure the accuracy of key risk measurements.
  • Development of the risk infrastructure.
  • Analyze key trading strategies and products to ensure they are in line with RBCCM risk tolerance and objectives.
  • Review significant transactions to help facilitating business and ensure proper risk controls.
  • Work with trading to ensure a close cohesion on key risk issues: systems, limits, risk management.


Risk Measurement
  • Play a lead role in enhancing the GRM risk systems, focused on derivatives business lines.
  • Investigate risks to provide value-added insight and analysis to senior management on risk trends and concerns.


Analytics
  • Examine trends in large sets of data using advanced statistical and econometric techniques to draw conclusions related to limits and approvals.


What do you need to succeed?

Must-have
  • MS/MA, MBA or BS/BA with emphasis in finance, economics or a quantitative discipline
  • Knowledge of financial markets that demonstrates an interest in the subject matter
  • Preferred to have strong technology experience ideally with Python and familiarity with SQL
  • Preferred to have knowledge of equity derivatives products
  • Ability to handle and prioritize a significant and diverse workload, with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to communicate clearly to key relationship contacts


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 $85,000-$145,000 (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


Job Skills
Business Performance Management, Client Counseling, Critical Thinking, Economic Analysis, Financial Derivatives, Financial Instruments, Investment Banking Analysis, Investment Management Systems, Investment Performance Measurement, Investment Risk Management, Market Analysis, Market Risk, Performance Management (PM), Risk Management, System Applications

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:

2026-08-18

Application Deadline:

2026-10-31
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

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