Director, Legal Entity (Canada) Reporting

What is the opportunity?

This is a key role within the Legal Entity (Canada) Reporting team, ensuring accurate and complete financial reporting for the RBC subsidiary companies, including the RBC Cost Basis financial statements by establishing appropriate governance and operational mechanisms.   It reports to the Senior Director, Legal Entity (Canada) Reporting, managing a team of 2 to 4 reports. The successful candidate will work to ensure an effective control environment, establish best practices and while providing accounting advisory and support new initiatives.  You will be part of a collaborative team culture that strives to challenge ourselves to be our best, think progressively, and work together to deliver collective results. 

What will you do?

• Provide thought leadership to drive continuous improvement, challenge existing approaches and influence strategic direction.
• Establish a target operating model, including standard operating procedures to support the understanding and documentation for subsidiary reporting.
• Standardize the current reporting process and identify opportunities for automation.
• Lead projects and act as a change agent, recommending improvements to internal processes and enhancing team efficiency
• Lead and develop a team of 2 to 4 professionals
• Accountable for annual internal / external audits where applicable.
• Lead and mentor the team, ensuring team’s professional development, skill enhancement and goal achievement.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Accounting designation – CPA, CGA, CMA
• 10+ years accounting and finance related experience

• Excellent accounting & finance capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to synthesize complex issues and recommend solutions
• Strong governance and operational coordination skills, analytical proficiency, and knowledge of financial regulations. Excellent stakeholder management and process improvement abilities.

Nice-to-have

• Excellent knowledge of RBC’s Financial Systems
• Excellent conflict and issue resolution ability
• Experience managing change and projects.

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 and high-impact team
• The opportunity to interact with senior level executives from many different parts of the organization, inside and outside of finance

Job Skills

Audits Compliance, Communication, Critical Thinking, Detail-Oriented, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Industry Knowledge, Internal Controls, Knowledge Organization, Organizational Change Management, Team Management

Additional Job Details

20 KING ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeOFFICE OF THE CFORegularSalaried2026-04-092026-04-30

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.