Associate Director, U.S. Data Strategy

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Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

The Associate Director for U.S. Data Strategy will Support and drive data management and technology projects/initiatives within the U.S. Data Strategy Group. This role also partners across functions and stakeholders to help support, drive, and execute target state plans.

What will you do?

• Drive adoption of various strategic technological solutions and manage transformation of related business processes.
• Lead and participate in user acceptance testing on go live of key regulatory reports as part of U.S. Data Strategy initiative for strategic sourcing.
• Liaise and collaborate extensively with regulatory reporting teams, technology teams, and key stakeholders on strategic sourcing initiatives and changes to current workflows.
• Responsible for building the right products and is the voice of the Regulatory Report Owners to various teams.
• Manage transformation of related business processes, including transformation of manual processes
• Analyze Business and Function stakeholders’ control processes and documentation, identify control gaps, and propose enhancements to ensure alignment with enterprise & U.S. policies and standards.
• Support and drive gap assessments against regulatory requirements, policies, standards, etc. across Risk and Finance to identify gaps and determine remediation plans.
• Design and review metrics to track progress of various initiatives, including preparing scorecards and escalating execution risks to senior management.
• Create and manage project tracker to ensure timely delivery and execution of program including escalation, action items, and remediation.
• Communicate key messages and updates to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

What do you need to succeed?

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience specializing in Business, Finance, Math, Engineering or Liberal Arts.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in a Financial Services company, preferably with a focus in Finance, Risk, Regulatory Reporting or Data Office.
• Experience participating / leading on project teams, preferably regulatory reporting projects.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working on data/technology projects, preferably in Financial Services sector.
• Hands on experience with SQL, Python, Business Objects, Tableau and advanced Excel functions.
• Navigate effectively through ambiguity of process and data structures.
• Detailed oriented, driving data analytics to improve current state of business operations.

What's in it for you?

• 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 building close relationships with clients

The good-faith expected salary range for the above position is $110,000 - $190,000 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

The good-faith expected salary range for the above position is $110,000-$190,000 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 p