Royal Bank of Canada

Trade Documentation Associate

Royal Bank of Canada$120K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in global capital markets trading documentation
  • Strong understanding of ISDA and SIFMA agreements
  • Proficiency in negotiating both standard and non-standard master agreements
  • Knowledge of regulatory documentation including Variation Margin and Initial Margin agreements
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to manage a diverse and significant workload
  • Adaptable with a commitment to ongoing professional development

Responsibilities

  • Negotiate various types of trading documentation for global capital markets
  • Ensure compliance with RBC Standing Orders in all agreements
  • Review and negotiate industry-standard agreements with the Law Group
  • Update systems to track negotiation status and completed agreements
  • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure documentation accuracy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Development opportunities through coaching and leadership support
  • Dynamic, collaborative work environment
  • Opportunity to build expertise in credit analysis and corporate finance
  • Chance to make a lasting impact on client relationships
  • Challenging work that enhances professional skills
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the Opportunity?
  • Negotiates various types of trading documentation related to global capital markets trading platforms.
  • Ensures that all agreements adhere to RBC Standing Orders and that appropriate approvals have been obtained for all deviations from RBC policy.


What will you do?
  • Negotiates various industry-standard ISDA and SIFMA, and with the Law Group non-standard, master agreements.
  • Negotiates and reviews regulation-driven documentation, particularly ISDA Variation Margin and Initial Margin agreements.
  • Ensures compliance with RBC Standing Orders for all trading documentation.
  • Updates Trading Documentation systems to reflect status of negotiations and to capture information from completed agreements.
  • Ensures appropriate internal systems are updated accordingly.


What do you need to succeed?
  • Demonstrated knowledge of industry-standard master agreements (ISDA & SIFMA, etc.) and various counterparty types (asset managers, corporates, hedge funds, etc.).
  • Understanding of risk issues.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to handle significant and diverse workload.
  • Partnership mentality with respect to rest of RBC enterprise including other functions.
  • Adaptable and committed to continuous learning.
  • Proactive in improving Trading Documentation policies and procedures.
  • Legal qualifications/experience advantageous but not essential.


What's in it for you?

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
  • Development opportunities through coaching and leadership support.
  • Join a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • Opportunities to gain expertise in credit analysis, corporate finance, and credit ratings fundamentals, and apply this knowledge to research, marketing materials, and client recommendations.
  • The chance to make a lasting impact and build strong client relationships.
  • Opportunities to do challenging work


The good-faith expected salary range for the above position is $120,000 - $160,000 depending on factors including but not limited to the candidate's experience, skills, registration status; market conditions; and business needs. This salary range does not include other elements of total compensation, including a discretionary bonus and benefits such as a 401(k) program with company-matching contributions; health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; and paid time-off plan.

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
Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Detail-Oriented, Financial Engineering, Financial Statement Analysis, Investments Analysis, Personal Development, Personal Initiative, Teamwork

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:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-06-09

Application Deadline:

2026-07-17
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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