Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Analyst, Enterprise Control Testing

Royal Bank of Canada • $80K — $95K *
Toronto, ON M3C 0E3In-Person
Finance & Insurance
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 2-4 years experience in control testing, banking, or financial services
  • Experience in operations, compliance, IT, or audit
  • Proficiency in MS Excel and data analysis tools

Responsibilities

  • Perform control assessments per ICMP standards and regulatory requirements
  • Complete control testing activities effectively and on time
  • Evaluate design and effectiveness of controls and processes
  • Articulate control testing results to management and stakeholders
  • Develop strong partnerships and collaborate across the organization
  • Enhance risk assessment and control evaluation methodologies
  • Contribute to management reporting and tools development

Benefits

  • Be part of a high-performing, experienced team
  • Opportunities for challenging work with the latest technologies
  • Experience measurable results in a short time
  • Take on greater responsibilities and accountabilities
  • Build relationships across the bank
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Enterprise Control Testing, aligned under Enterprise Chief Controls Office (ECCO) structure, is a centralized group responsible to execute control testing in accordance with RBC's Internal Control Management Policy (ICMP), leveraging consistent set of practices and Standard. This team partners with diverse business functions and partners to execute control testing by:
  • Establishing procedures and enforcing policy, standard and framework requirements related to control testing (i.e., ICMP, ICMS).
  • Providing oversight and credible challenge to Platforms' key controls.
  • Undertaking control assurance activities (i.e. controls testing) to assess effectiveness of controls employed by Platforms or requested by Management
  • Reporting to Senior Management Teams on control effectiveness ratings.
  • Identifying opportunities, risks, and issues to propose recommendations to supported Platforms to improve the control environment.
  • The incumbent will be responsible in leading control assessment activities which evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls in line with ICMP Framework and ECT's control evaluation procedure. The incumbent will be responsible for participating in the end-to-end control management lifecycle of ECT Testing Programs.


What will you do?

Control Testing & Program Management:
  • Perform control assessment of Platform owned controls in line with ICMP standards, Ops Risk Management framework and regulatory requirements.
  • Responsible for completing assigned control testing activities effectively and in timely manner.
  • Demonstrate understanding of control effectiveness when performing risk-based testing activities that independently evaluate the design and effectiveness of critical end to end processes and controls in accordance with ECT procedures and regulatory requirements.
  • Display strong writing skills using clear and concise language to effectively articulate results/conclusions of control testing activities to Direct Manager, Platforms, Senior Management, and other stakeholders.
  • Be a self-starter in acquiring detailed understanding of ECT's business processes through review of procedures, internal guidelines and regulatory guidance.
  • Create strong partnerships and collaborate effectively within the team and across the organization.
  • Stay abreast of all applicable procedures and Frameworks.
  • Actively participate in ongoing engagement with Platform stakeholders to collaborate on assignments and work sets.
  • Contribute to the review of ECT methodologies for control testing.
  • Demonstrate strong can-do attitude and able to multi-task to meet deadlines.
  • Proactively look for risk assessment and control evaluation methodology enhancement opportunities.
  • Act with strong sense of accountability in owning assigned work set and follow up to completion.


Reporting & Project Work:
  • Display strong PowerPoint and excel skills in contributing to the development of Senior Management briefing materials and periodic management reporting.
  • Assist with development and maintenance of tools (e.g.SharePoint) utilized to execute and memorialize control testing artifacts.
  • Complete mandatory trainings.
  • Contribute to ad-hoc assignments/special projects.


What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 2-4 or more years of experience in control testing within banking or financial services or related experience
  • Experience in banking or financial services operations, compliance, IT, or audit
  • Proficiency in MS Excel, data analysis and demonstrated experience with other data management tools


Nice-to-have
  • Experience with Capital Markets, non-financial control testing at a leading bank


What's in it for you?

It provides the opportunity to be a part of a high performing experienced team with progressive thinking to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper.
  • Opportunities to do challenging work utilizing latest technologies
  • Opportunities to see measurable results in relatively short term
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
  • Opportunities to building close relationships with counterparts across the bank


Job Skills
Business Process Design, Critical Thinking, Operational Risks, Risk Control, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Teamwork

Additional Job Details

Address:

180 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:

2026-08-31

Application Deadline:

2026-09-14
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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86,007 employees
Market Cap
$130.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
5 Year Trend
+8.7%
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