Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Manager, Insider Risk - High Risk Access (Global Security)

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

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in business risk management related to high-risk access roles.
  • Strong investigative and analytical skills for insider risk evaluation.
  • Expertise in insider threat indicators and risk management practices.
  • Proven ability to communicate complex risks with actionable insights to stakeholders.
  • Experience in cross-functional collaboration to mitigate risks.

Responsibilities

  • Enhance risk oversight over high-risk access roles.
  • Conduct access reviews to identify management gaps.
  • Assess insider risk factors during onboarding and role transitions.
  • Develop investigation reports and recommend corrective actions.
  • Create sustainable procedures and documentation for compliance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits.
  • Leaders support your professional development and growth.
  • Opportunity to make meaningful impact in the organization.
  • Collaborative and high-performing team environment.
  • Challenging work with opportunities for greater responsibilities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We are seeking a motivated Senior Manager, Insider Risk - High Risk Access to join our growing team within Corporate Security. The successful candidate will assess and mitigate insider risk across high-risk access roles within RBC and subsidiaries, identifying gaps, recommending remediations and user behavioral models for insider risk monitoring use cases, and coordinating cross-functionally to strengthen controls.

This role requires strong risk management expertise and collaboration with various cross-platform teams, global security teams, fraud investigations, and privacy to protect critical assets from insider threats.

What will you do?
  • Risk Assessment & Analysis: Enhance and expand risk-based oversight over high-risk access roles, including privileged users, front-line staff, HR, procurement, critical business functions, technology, and development.
  • Gap Identification: Conduct access reviews and assessments to ensure appropriate high risk access management practices are being followed and address any gaps using IT risk management practices.
  • Lifecycle Risk Assessment: Collaborate with key stakeholders to assess insider risk factors during onboarding, offboarding, promotions, and role transitions.
  • Investigation & Remediation: Develop detailed investigation reports and recommend corrective actions to strengthen risk management practices.
  • Governance & Compliance: Create and maintain sustainable procedures and process documentation.
  • Ensure all analytics & assessments are well-documented, repeatable, and aligned with internal audit standards and regulatory expectations.


Must-Have:
  • 5+ years of business risk management experience in a 1B role with deep understanding of risk exposures, control gaps, and remediation practices.
  • Strong investigative and analytical skills to evaluate insider risk indicators and high-risk access management risks.
  • Strong knowledge of insider risk and threat indicators with experience assessing high-risk access roles (privileged users, HR, payments, development, etc.) and recommending ongoing risk review practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop issue write-ups, and communicate complex risk insights as clear, actionable remediation recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with key stakeholders (e.g., IT, core business teams, IAM, Fraud, Compliance, Security Insights & AI, etc.) to drive risk mitigation and continuous behavior monitoring measures.
  • Familiarity with internal audit practices, control frameworks, data-driven assurance methodologies, and regulatory (e.g., OSFI) compliance requirements.


Nice-to-Have:
  • Industry-related certification (e.g., CRISC, CISM, CISSP)
  • Expertise in data management and access, extraction, and analysis of data from enterprise systems
  • Knowledge of source data points related to business and infrastructure applications across RBC and subsidiaries
  • Background in digital forensics, behavioral psychology, or advanced analytics.
  • Experience in law enforcement, intelligence, or corporate investigations


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
  • 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:

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:

2026-05-12

Application Deadline:

2026-07-14
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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