Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Manager, IAM Control Assurance & Innovation (Global Security)

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

Qualifications

  • Over 5 years of relevant experience in IT Risk, Control Assurance, or Compliance in global financial services.
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field.
  • Proven record of implementing process improvements or automation.
  • Proficiency in IAM tools like SailPoint, CyberArk, and Okta.
  • Ability to deliver results under pressure across multiple workstreams.
  • Strong collaboration skills for influencing without authority.
  • Self-motivated, adaptable, and focused on continuous learning.

Responsibilities

  • Drive compliance with enterprise policies and IAM control standards globally.
  • Identify and implement innovative solutions for IAM audit and compliance evidence collection.
  • Automate and catalog potential implementation gaps in IAM services.
  • Support strategic IAM control testing activities with cross-functional teams.
  • Review and enhance procedural documentation for regulatory alignment.
  • Maintain updated inventory of IAM processes to ensure compliance with evolving standards.
  • Monitor IAM services compliance and analyze control evidence for audits.

Benefits

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits.
  • Development support from leaders through coaching and mentorship opportunities.
  • Collaboration within a dynamic and high-performing team environment.
  • Opportunities for career growth and advancement within RBC.
  • Ability to make a significant impact on the organization and the community.
  • Participation in a world-class training program in financial services.
  • Exposure to challenging work opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Identity & Access Management is foundational to RBC's cyber risk strategy and secure growth in an increasingly complex threat landscape. Regulatory requirements, evolving cyber threats, and the need for operational efficiency make robust identity governance and control assurance essential to safeguarding the bank.

The Senior Manager, IAM Control Assurance & Innovation will drive adherence to Enterprise policies and control standards globally while balancing innovation and automation with assurance. This requires building strong partnerships across IAM, Global Security, and internal/external auditors to achieve collective success.

This role will help to drive the embedding of IAM control data into the fabric of RBC's AI and agentic landscape, enabling continuous IAM control monitoring and anomaly detection. The role will also provide consultation on IAM control compliance, processes, and best practices, supporting Audit, Regulatory, and Third-Party evidence requests.

What will you do?
  • Identifies and implements innovative solutions for evidence gathering related to IAM Audit, Regulatory and third-party inquiries
  • Assists in the automating and cataloguing of potential gaps in implementation of IAM Enterprise services as it relates to RBC Standards
  • Actively engaged in the support of IAM related control testing activities for strategic initiatives and BAU, as well as collaborating with RBC cross functional teams supporting IAM control compliance
  • Identifies and supports minimum set of business requirements and control points
  • Reviews and uplifts procedure documents created by operational teams and programs align to Standards and Regulations
  • Maintains the inventory of all current IAM processes and procedures to ensure alignment to Standards and Regulations as changes in operating environment evolve
  • Monitors and provides input into compliance of IAM Services with policies and standards.
  • Analyses/investigates all control evidence gathered from requests to satisfactorily meet compliance and audit requirements
  • Operates as a subject matter expert and provides consultancy services for all IAM controls related matters

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have
  • 5+ years of experience in a comparable role ( IT Risk, Control Assurance or Compliance role), preferably within a global financial services organization.
  • Undergraduate Degree in Information Technology or Information Systems, or related field
  • Successful experience in implementing process improvement and/or automation solutions
  • Fluency in common IAM tools/applications such as SailPoint, CyberArk, Active Directory, Okta and ServiceNow
  • Track record delivering results across multiple workstreams under pressure
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts into simple concepts.
  • Strong collaboration skills to influence and drive change without direct authority.
  • Self-driven, goal oriented, and able to adapt to changes fast.
  • Commitment to continuous learning and rapidly acquiring new technical domain knowledge

Nice-to-have
  • Working knowledge and/or direct engagement with City National Bank
  • Working knowledge of PowerShell, Python, VBScript, JSON, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Blue Prism, API Integration
  • Industry security risk certifications (CRISC, CISSP, etc.)


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
  • Support from a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high performing team, as well as world-class tools and training
  • Opportunity to achieve great success and grow your career with RBC
  • 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
  • Opportunities to do challenging work


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Job Skills
Confidentiality, Cyber Security Management, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Encryption Software, Group Problem Solving, High Impact Communication, Information Security Management, Information Technology Security, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

16 YORK ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-06-04

Application Deadline:

2026-07-08
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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