Associate Director, Strategy (Global Asset Management)

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

With over $600B in assets under management, RBC Global Asset Management (GAM) is Canada’s largest retail fund company measured by AUM, as well as a leading institutional asset manager. GAM provides investment management services and solutions for individual and institutional investors in Canada, the U.K., the U.S., Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit: https://www.rbcgam.com

The GAM Strategy team is responsible for supporting GAM’s Leadership Committee in strategy development, goal setting and prioritizing strategic initiatives. The team is responsible for tracking and reporting on strategic priorities and is the primary point of contact with groups across RBC regarding GAM’s strategy.

The Associate Director, GAM Strategy will be responsible for maintaining reporting on strategic priorities, project management of strategic initiatives and supporting strategy development. This individual will also be responsible maintaining meeting minutes, contributing to designing meeting agendas and ensuring follow-up items are completed in a timely manner.

• Enable informed executive decision-making through the production of competitive analyses and ad-hoc research pieces that describe the industry and competitive landscape, emerging trends and business opportunities
• Innovate by looking within & outside of RBC to identify opportunities to advance the business and improve client and business outcome
• Drive the execution of the GAM strategy, including creation of strategic narratives, roadmaps and progress reports
• Lead select engagements alongside business and functional executives that will support business growth
• Lead the quarterly strategic review processes across global lines of business in support of achieving strategic objectives, business performance goals and financial targets
• Evolve the architecture for measuring progress against strategic priorities
• Develop materials to clearly communicate and present the GAM strategy across a variety of forums
• Establish cross-business and cross-functional connectivity and collaboration to ensure ongoing strategic alignment
• Responsible for maintaining meeting minutes for Leadership Committee meetings

What do you need to succeed?

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Math, Engineering or Liberal Arts.
• 5 - 10 years of finance, investment management, consulting or related experience, preferably in Financial Services
• Strong organizational skills / project management experience
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships across a wide range of stakeholders

• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, challenging and dynamic business environment
• Proven ability to communicate with senior executives as well as build and present complex presentations

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and have a lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

Job Skills

Business Process Improvements, Change Management, Coaching Others, Commercial Acumen, Detail-Oriented, Operational Risks, Order Processing, Product Services, Quality Management, Risk Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

1. 5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2024-11-13

Application Deadline:

2024-11-28

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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