Senior Manager SAR/STR Assessment
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
Are you passionate about turning data into information and information into knowledge?
In this role, you’ll lead end-to-end assessments of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs), analyzing trends and extracting actionable intelligence. You will execute assessments that demonstrate our program’s robustness to regulators and stakeholders, while converting insights into tangible operational improvements. Drawing on your deep financial crime expertise and analytical rigor, you’ll collaborate across teams to benchmark performance, implement strategic enhancements, and evolve our policies and risk frameworks.
What will you do?
- Lead End-to-End Assessments: Support enterprise-wide assessments of SAR/STR programs to evaluate effectiveness of SAR/STR metrics (completeness, timeliness, accuracy, precision), contribute to enhancement recommendations, regulatory alignment, and operational quality
- Drive Regulatory Adherence: Assess and refine SAR/STR processes to ensure seamless alignment with regulatory standards, driving strategic enhancements that elevate program effectiveness and timeliness without compromising operational integrity.
- Enhance Program Robustness: Identify gaps in SAR/STR processes and recommend data-driven improvements to detection and reporting.
- Steward Risk Frameworks: Help define risk positions for emerging threats and align policies with RBC’s risk appetite.
- Support Governance: Maintain assessment methodologies, and documentation to demonstrate program strength to regulators.
- Collaborate Strategically: Partner with stakeholders to implement process enhancements and ensure insights inform organizational initiatives.
- Analyze and Assess SAR/STR : Extract insights from SAR/STR data to detect patterns, emerging risks, completeness, accuracy, and alignment with regulatory expectations, identifying areas for refinement opportunities for process improvement.
- Evaluate Program Effectiveness : Measure the impact of SAR/STR initiatives against KPIs, benchmarking performance to industry standards.
- Strategic Reporting : Prepare executive summaries and reports that translate insights into actionable recommendations for leadership.
- Continuous Improvement : Lead workshops and discussions to share assessment learnings and drive a culture of proactive enhancement.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Engage with compliance analysts, legal teams, and operations to address escalations and process inefficiencies.
What do you need to succeed?
Must have
- Post-secondary education or equivalent.
- 5+ years of financial crimes investigative, analytic and leadership experience
- Experience with collaborative strategy development & communication
- Experience communicating to regulators, auditors and senior management
- Familiarity with AML legislation and regulations
Nice to have
- Graduate degree (MBA or relevant subject matter area)
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation or other related certifications
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, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- A world-class training program in financial services
- Opportunities to do challenging work
Job Skills
Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Business Perspective, Communication, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Operational Integrity, Organizational Governance, Process Management, Strategic Thinking
Additional Job Details
Address:
20 KING ST W:TORONTO
City:
Toronto
Country:
Canada
Work hours/week:
37.5
Employment Type:
Full time
Platform:
GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT
Job Type:
Regular
Pay Type:
Salaried
Posted Date:
2025-11-10
Application Deadline:
2025-11-24
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
I****nclusion** 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.
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.
Senior Manager SAR/STR Assessment
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
Are you passionate about turning data into information and information into knowledge?
In this role, you’ll lead end-to-end assessments of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs), analyzing trends and extracting actionable intelligence. You will execute assessments that demonstrate our program’s robustness to regulators and stakeholders, while converting insights into tangible operational improvements. Drawing on your deep financial crime expertise and analytical rigor, you’ll collaborate across teams to benchmark performance, implement strategic enhancements, and evolve our policies and risk frameworks.
What will you do?
- Lead End-to-End Assessments: Support enterprise-wide assessments of SAR/STR programs to evaluate effectiveness of SAR/STR metrics (completeness, timeliness, accuracy, precision), contribute to enhancement recommendations, regulatory alignment, and operational quality
- Drive Regulatory Adherence: Assess and refine SAR/STR processes to ensure seamless alignment with regulatory standards, driving strategic enhancements that elevate program effectiveness and timeliness without compromising operational integrity.
- Enhance Program Robustness: Identify gaps in SAR/STR processes and recommend data-driven improvements to detection and reporting.
- Steward Risk Frameworks: Help define risk positions for emerging threats and align policies with RBC’s risk appetite.
- Support Governance: Maintain assessment methodologies, and documentation to demonstrate program strength to regulators.
- Collaborate Strategically: Partner with stakeholders to implement process enhancements and ensure insights inform organizational initiatives.
- Analyze and Assess SAR/STR : Extract insights from SAR/STR data to detect patterns, emerging risks, completeness, accuracy, and alignment with regulatory expectations, identifying areas for refinement opportunities for process improvement.
- Evaluate Program Effectiveness : Measure the impact of SAR/STR initiatives against KPIs, benchmarking performance to industry standards.
- Strategic Reporting : Prepare executive summaries and reports that translate insights into actionable recommendations for leadership.
- Continuous Improvement : Lead workshops and discussions to share assessment learnings and drive a culture of proactive enhancement.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Engage with compliance analysts, legal teams, and operations to address escalations and process inefficiencies.
What do you need to succeed?
Must have
- Post-secondary education or equivalent.
- 5+ years of financial crimes investigative, analytic and leadership experience
- Experience with collaborative strategy development & communication
- Experience communicating to regulators, auditors and senior management
- Familiarity with AML legislation and regulations
Nice to have
- Graduate degree (MBA or relevant subject matter area)
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation or other related certifications
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, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- A world-class training program in financial services
- Opportunities to do challenging work
Job Skills
Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Business Perspective, Communication, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Operational Integrity, Organizational Governance, Process Management, Strategic Thinking
Additional Job Details
Address:
20 KING ST W:TORONTO
City:
Toronto
Country:
Canada
Work hours/week:
37.5
Employment Type:
Full time
Platform:
GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT
Job Type:
Regular
Pay Type:
Salaried
Posted Date:
2025-11-10
Application Deadline:
2025-11-24
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
I****nclusion** 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.
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.