CCAR Project Manager- Lead

Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis.

* Manage the firm’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) Program Management Office (PMO), providing subject matter expertise and thought leadership in a large, complex regulatory program with a specific focus on capital, funding, and liquidity regulatory requirements * Develop and manage relationships with program sponsors and partners across business lines and geographic regions, including but not limited to risk, finance, treasury, operations, technology and business management functions * Establish and support the delivery of program-wide communication strategy, and represent the PMO office at various Board-level and Steering committee meetings * Actively manage the overall log of risks and issues, MRA/MRIA remediation tracking, and support program financial reporting * Create metrics to track ongoing regulatory initiatives across LOBs; draft communication plan, publish scorecard and escalate risk mitigation items to Senior Management * Review, test and certify output of CCAR results and documentation for conformance with policies and appropriateness for the robust requirements of CCAR. Make detailed recommendations for changes when necessary * Support various CCAR workstreams to identify and document key regulatory reporting processes, risks and controls that impact RBC’s capital adequacy processes * Advise the Head of CCAR, Regulatory Governance, and Senior Management in Global Risk Management and Finance on the quality of the design of internal controls and escalate areas of concern during and until resolution * Oversee a portfolio of projects and resources to deliver a program control framework as part of wider regulatory reform * The PMO Lead oversees a team of full time employees and external consultants in the overall program management of the CCAR workstreams, and is responsible for determining any additional resourcing needed in the transition to steady-state CCAR compliance

**People Management/ Team Effectiveness / Technical and Professional Skills** * Strong interpersonal, leadership, conflict management and negotiations skills * Provide focus and clarity in establishing individual goals, driving performance management, supporting career development and rewarding strong performance; * Demonstrate analytical and strategic mindset * Proven leadership and excellent interpersonal communication and facilitation skills * Strong teamwork and consensus driven approach **Job Specifications** * 10+ years experience in financial services(capital markets/multinational investment bank) * Significant project management experience in a global environment with a complex stakeholder group * Strong analytical, decision making and problem solving skills – Self-motivated and capacity to work independently on multiple projects simultaneously * Knowledge of regulatory reporting processes within financial institutions, specifically CCAR * Experience managing large corporate projects, performing testing, and reporting on deficiencies, and results documentation * Strong abilities in Microsoft Office suite (MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint),