Associate Director – IT Data Governance and Automation
| Company | Royal Bank of Canada |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, Halifax Regional Municipality, NS, Canada |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline along with 10+ years of related experience leading in execution, delivery
- 3+ years with leading banks and organizations on data governance, controls framework and strong awareness of tech architecture
- Knowledge of Capital Markets end to end trade flow process, Operations, Finance & Risk
- Demonstrated ability to face off to Director and Managing Director level senior management across IT and business
- Ability to learn & adapt in a dynamic environment
Responsibilities
- Lead IT controls assessment, identify gaps and propose remedial strategies to strengthen controls across QTS applications in alignment with regulatory standards and industry best practices
- Lead and manage a team of Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) with a focus on proactively improving controls environment and delivery across various strategic and regulatory initiatives; foster growth and a culture of continuous improvement
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure adherence to data governance policies and find opportunities to drive automation and process optimization in line with our strategic goals for IT controls
- Work alongside Business/Technology Owners and Data Stewards to ensure that the initiatives successfully deliver against desired business outcomes and enable value creation
- Cultivate and manage relationships with senior business and technology leaders across CM and Enterprise to ensure alignment and success of our initiatives
- Fast-paced work environment resulting from stringent deadlines during peak periods
- Working hours flexibility required to enable collaboration with global teams in North America, EMEA and APAC.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong problem-solving capabilities; Strong structured, analytical, and methodological thinking
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Automation expertise for documentation work as well as testing; Gen AI usage for documentation automation
- Collaborative and organized; demonstrated ability to multi-task across competing priorities
- Proficiency with Tableau, MS Office (MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint) & Visio