Director – AFL Portfolio & Financial Governance

What is the opportunity?

As a Director within the RBC GFT Group, you will lead the strategy, planning, governance, and value realization for AML, Fraud and Law IT area.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, driving portfolio planning and governance while collaborating with senior executives, finance, and business leaders to shape executive decisions, define performance frameworks, and ensure AI initiatives deliver sustained enterprise impact.

What will you do?

AFL Leadership Governance

• Role-Based Resource Planning: SDLC (e.g., development, testing, deployment) to maintain accountability and expertise.
• FTE% Alignment: Distributing FTE capacity across Vancouver, Halifax, Toronto, and Offshore
• Governance & Oversight: Establishing clear governance frameworks to monitor resource utilization
• Learning, Upskilling & Development: Integrating training programs to upskill resources, align with evolving role requirements.

Financial Governance & Capacity Alignment for AFL Projects

• AI Productivity Challenge
• Variance Minimization - Maintain year-end variance within ±3% of the approved plan through proactive monitoring and corrective actions
• Capacity & Cost Optimization -Align resource allocation (FTE, contractors) with project demand to avoid over/under-staffing.
• Governance & Transparency - Standardize cost/capacity reporting templates for consistency and auditability.

Fostering a Thriving Workplace: Enhancing Employee Engagement Through Connection, Recognition, and Culture

• Quarterly Townhall Meetings: Transparent, interactive sessions to align employees with organizational goals and foster leadership accessibility.
• Instant Recognition Program: A platform for real-time peer-to-peer and leadership acknowledgment, reinforcing RBC’s values and motivating teams.
• Employee Giving across the year : To lead the team to ensure that we participate to strengthen community ties
• Social events: Inclusive activities and heritage celebrations to honor diversity, strengthen community, and promote belonging.

Vendor & Contract Governance for AFL: Ensuring Compliance, Efficiency, and Partnership

• Contract Compliance & Governance - Maintain all vendor contracts in alignment with GFT COO team’s governance framework
• Financial Accrual Integrity - Manage accruals meticulously to ensure clean books for the AFL function
• Resource Allocation & Recovery - Allocate and recover ITAS resources strictly per contractual guidelines
• Timely Milestone Payments - Process vendor milestone payments on time to strengthen RBC-vendor relationships.
• Performance & Feedback Loop - Establish a structured feedback mechanism (e.g., bi-monthly reviews) to align vendor deliverables with business expectations

Enhance AFL engagement through leadership forums, governance meetings, partnering with different stakeholders across function.

Collaborate with Executives: Act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders to help them drive best results for the function and to work closely with the GFT-COO and finance control team to ensure end results are met.

What do you need to succeed?

You operate comfortably at the intersection of strategy, finance, and execution. You bring structure to ambiguity, influence senior stakeholders, and turn complex data into clear decisions.

Must-have:

• 5-10 years in strategy, transformation, consulting, or financial services leadership
• 5-10 years experience in portfolio or program management
• 5-10 years experience working with executives, including governance deliverables and, and cross-functional alignment.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and bridge divergent views.
• Financial and business acumen, with a track record of driving strategic outcomes, managing complex budgets and maintaining strong financial governance
• People management experience and ability to foster high-performing teams.

Nice-to-have:

• Innovation Mindset: Passion for Financial mgmt., vendor mgmt. and AI tools usage to ensure best dashboards are being presented at all levels of management.
• Experience in employee engagement strategies and large-scale communication for internal teams.
• Advanced analytical skills for data-driven decision-making in portfolio and financial management.

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
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in an agile, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• The opportunity to interface with senior level executives from many different parts of the organization

Job Skills

Accounting Finance, Budgeting, Commercial Acumen, Decision Making, Effectiveness Measurement, Finance, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Knowledge Organization, Long Term Planning, Performance Management (PM)

Additional Job Details

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-06-152026-07-10

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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.