Manager - Product Control

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Produce daily and month-end P&L, P&L decomposition, balance-sheet substantiation and independent price verification completeness reporting.
• Report daily and month-to-date results to CFG desks; compare estimated and actual P&L, explain variances and obtain sign-off.
• Comment on significant P&L movements for Front Office, Financial Control and Risk, monitoring relevant operational and market issues.
• Build knowledge of RBC repo and fixed-income products and system flows; maintain relationships with business partners across the organization.
• Act as primary contact for queries and issues, escalate irregularities and potential exposures, and provide guidance or cross-training as needed.
• Prioritize activities and reports to meet deadlines; identify, test and implement process enhancements and support onboarding products, systems and process flows.
• Participate in internal and external audits and keep procedures current.

Must-have qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and at least 2 years of Capital Markets experience.
• Excellent Excel skills, including VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables and SUMIF.
• Strong oral and written communication and analytical skills; good understanding of interest-rate financial instruments.
• Sound knowledge of reconciliation and attestation processes and understanding of process improvement.
• Proactive, organized and detail-oriented, with initiative, integrity, ownership and ability to meet tight daily and monthly deadlines.

Preferred qualifications

• Relevant Product Control experience at a financial institution is an asset.
• Familiarity with RBC fixed-income and general-ledger applications such as TOMS, Monaco, Apex, ADP or PEGA is an asset.
• VBA proficiency and experience developing, debugging or optimizing code in Excel, Access or Outlook is an asset.
• Procedure and documentation experience is an asset.

Benefits

• The posting describes a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with bonuses and flexible benefits, development opportunities, and work in a collaborative team.

Work details

• Employment type is full time; the posting lists a 37.5-hour work week and a Toronto office address.