Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Senior Manager, Finance – DevOps will lead the Finance pillar within a high-impact technology portfolio that spans DevOps and Enterprise Architecture. Your focus: manage end-to-end financial operations including budgeting, forecasting, FTE tracking, contractor oversight, and executive reporting. You’ll be the single point of accountability for financial integrity and insight across a portfolio supporting all RBC lines of business.

What will you do?

1. Budgeting & Forecasting

Lead annual budget planning; align with enterprise cost optimization targets.

Build and maintain rolling 18–24 month forecasts, integrating both operational and project-based drivers.

Monitor and communicate financial risk exposures, variance drivers, and corrective actions.

2. Workforce Financial Oversight

Track and reconcile FTE and contractor headcount across functions and geographies.

Maintain and refine capacity models to support strategic workforce planning.

3. Financial Reporting & Insights

Produce monthly and quarterly financial packages for senior leadership.

Generate executive-ready dashboards and commentary (variance, run-rate, YOY/MTD analysis).

Translate financial data into operational recommendations with business impact.

4. Governance & Controls

Ensure compliance with internal controls, regulatory reporting standards, and cost allocation rules.

Collaborate with Vendor Management on accruals, invoice validation, and contract alignment.

Identify and automate high-effort manual processes to improve accuracy and cycle time.

5. Partnership & Influence

Act as strategic advisor to technology and product leaders on financial matters.

Drive transparency and accountability by embedding financial rigor into planning cycles.

Support the business case development and ROI evaluation for large-scale tech investments.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

3+ years of experience in Finance, FP&A, or Business Management in a large enterprise.

Proven track record owning budgets >$50M across technology or operations portfolios.

Advanced Excel and PowerPoint required; proficiency in Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools expected.

Strong understanding of workforce costing, including contractors and cloud-based spend.

Experience partnering cross-functionally with HR, vendor management, and engineering teams.

Excellent executive communication skills—both written and verbal.

Nice to have

CPA, CFA, or MBA considered an asset.

Familiarity with financial processes in agile or DevOps settings.

Exposure to enterprise tooling (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Workday, Anaplan).

Experience in cost modeling or capitalized software reporting.

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 operate collaboratively in an office environment where we are onsite 4 days per week. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

Autonomy to design and elevate the finance function for a modern technology organization.

High visibility with senior leadership across multiple lines of business.

Opportunity to shape how a top-tier bank delivers on its $200M AI-enabled transformation roadmap.

Strong culture of learning, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration.

RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

* Drives RBC’s high-performance culture

* Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals

* Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

Job Skills

Budget Management, Communication, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Organizational Leadership, Process Management, Professional Presentation

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-26

Application Deadline:

2025-07-25

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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