Senior Manager – General Ledger Governance and Advisory
| Company | Royal Bank of Canada |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 5+ years working in/with a Financial Control or Governance environment and familiarity with internal controls over financial reporting
- Experience with the PEGA GL Attestation process and interest in deepening that knowledge
- Knowledge of RBC Balance Sheet structure and business rules that drive reporting
- Curiosity to explore better ways of working while maintaining a strong governance mindset, accompanied by a drive to take ownership for and resolve issues with a sense of urgency
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Exceptional at cultivating relationships, managing stakeholders and collaborating across platforms and regions
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills – ability to work with people at all levels within the organization
- Ability to work independently and manage numerous priorities simultaneously amidst tight deadlines
- Strong financial, analytical, judgmental and conceptual skill
- Advanced user proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, such as: Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint
Responsibilities
- Lead a team on orchestration of the monthly end to end Enterprise GL Attestation process, including account ownership, task release, monitoring results, oversight of centrally monitored accounts, reporting, user support and representing GL G&A at attestation council meetings
- Provide Policy guidance and training to business partners, advise on GL Attestation Policy inquiries, managing pilot programs and assist in making Policy updates
- Elevate knowledge across all stakeholders via training and education programs
- Single point of accountability and lead for PEGA technical issues; providing oversight of Production Support IT partners to ensure technical issues are logged and resolved in a timely manner
- Data Steward for the PEGA GL Attestation application, SQL database and GL G&A Tableau Server
- Drive improved Financial Control monitoring and deliver insights to business partners by ensuring timely updates to Tableau reports and data extracts
- Collaborate with Platform Financial Control teams on efficiency initiatives to automate reconciliation and attestation processes where applicable (RPA, Tableau, Power Queries, Leveraging SQL DB)
- Collaborate with Internal Audit to enhance monitoring effectiveness of the Enterprise Attestation Process
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA or equivalent designation
- People manager experience
- Experience with Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server
- Experience with developing SQL queries to research, analyze and troubleshoot data and to create business reports