Associate, Corporate Development

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop growth ideas, scope strategic initiatives, and prepare business cases grounded in financial and strategic analysis.
• Coordinate with business and functional teams, generate ideas across units, and align with the Corporate Venture Capital team.
• Assess acquisitions and divestitures for strategic fit and value; prepare strategic analyses of growth areas.
• Build company forecasts and merger models; analyze synergies, valuations, and transaction impacts.
• Coordinate transaction execution, lead due diligence, and support negotiations.
• Prepare recommendations for senior executives and the Board; engage with internal leaders, external advisers, counterparties, and target companies.
• Monitor market and industry developments; partner on public disclosures and support valuation-related and other bank initiatives.

Must-have qualifications

• University degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Math, Engineering, or a similar field.
• Four years of corporate finance or M&A experience; experience at a financial services organization, investment bank, or accounting firm is preferred.
• Advanced financial modeling and valuation skills.
• Experience preparing market and target-company assessment presentations; understanding of financial services and banking businesses.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, resourcefulness, solutions focus, and flexibility to adapt working hours.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in a matrix environment at a large publicly traded company is a plus.
• MBA, CFA, CA, or CBV studies and a global mindset are a plus.

Benefits and team

• RBC offers a total rewards program, flexible benefits, coaching and development opportunities, and a collaborative team environment.
• The role offers challenging work and opportunities to make an impact.

Work details

• The posting lists full-time employment, regular job type, salaried pay, and 37.5 work hours per week.