Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Manager, Functions Performance Management

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • CPA, MBA, CFA, or equivalent professional designation required
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in a large financial institution
  • Expertise in financial reporting, analysis, and cost management
  • Strong executive presence and strategic communication skills
  • Proactive problem-solver with strategic thinking capabilities
  • Excellent interpersonal skills for establishing relationships at executive levels
  • Proven capabilities in planning, organization, and managing competing priorities

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate planning, forecasting, and financial reporting
  • Provide proactive advice on business performance and savings opportunities
  • Lead monthly estimates by monitoring and reporting on financial trends
  • Ensure integrity, accuracy, and completeness of financial information
  • Support cost allocation advice to various business platforms
  • Collaborate with finance colleagues for comprehensive cost understanding
  • Identify streamlining opportunities and eliminate low-value activities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Leaders support development through coaching and opportunities
  • Ability to make a lasting impact
  • Agile and collaborative team environment
  • Opportunity to interface with senior executives across the organization
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Senior Manager, Functions Performance Management provides financial and strategic advice and analysis to the CFO Group to improve financial performance and the quality of business decisions for operating costs; while being a valued business partner, helping drive a deep understanding of the functions costs and drivers.

This role is a key leader in driving change and improvements with in the group, including assisting in the evolution of the functions shared service model including implementing best practices; as well as working with functions executives to enhance their knowledge of cost allocation methodologies to the line of business level.

What will you do?
  • Responsible for coordinating planning, forecasting, and financial reporting
  • Provides proactive advice to executives/ senior management on business performance, cost trends, early warnings and savings opportunities
  • Leads monthly estimates by proactively monitoring, analyzing and reporting on financial trends relative to business volumes/ drivers as well as external factors
  • Ensure the integrity, accuracy, completeness of financial information
  • Responsible for supporting the business in providing advice on the allocation of costs to the various business platforms and for proactively leading, maintaining and supporting the cost allocation framework
  • Work in a collaborative environment with finance colleagues to foster a more complete end to end understanding of the functions allocated costs
  • Proactively support the finance and business transformations
  • Actively look for streamlining opportunities and low value activities that can be discontinued


What do you need to succeed?

Must Have
  • CPA, MBA, CFA, or equivalent professional designation
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in a large financial institution, spanning multiple business areas
  • Demonstrated expertise in financial reporting, analysis, and expense/ cost management
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate strategically and provide senior-level advice across the enterprise
  • Proactive problem-solver with a capacity for strategic thinking and forward-looking solutions
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills that establish credibility and strong relationships at executive organizational levels
  • Proven planning, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines
  • Composed professional who thrives when interfacing with senior executives in complex environments
  • Strong collaborative skills with the ability to work effectively in matrix structures and leverage global resources
  • Client-first mindset with a commitment to delivering exceptional results


Nice-to-have
  • Knowledge of RBC financial systems (EPM, Cognos TM1 Perspective, PeopleSoft and SAP)
  • Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint


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
  • Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in an agile, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • The opportunity to interface with senior level executives from many different parts of the organization


Job Skills
Accounting, Business Analytics, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Decision Making, Financial Forecasting, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Interpersonal Relationships

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-14

Application Deadline:

2026-07-28
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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