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Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Broker of Record
About the role
Compliance, Executive Leadership, Operations Leadership, Risk & Compliance
Royal York Property Management is seeking a senior Ontario real estate professional to take responsibility for the creation and leadership of a new brokerage division.
The Broker of Record will establish the regulatory framework, operating standards, supervisory model, and internal controls required for the brokerage to begin trading and grow responsibly.
This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who has previously built brokerage infrastructure, managed registrants, handled regulatory risk, and maintained strong oversight in a busy real estate environment.
The successful candidate will work closely with executive leadership to ensure the brokerage is properly structured, adequately staffed, operationally prepared, and compliant from the outset.
What You Will Own
Oversee the brokerage registration and approval process, including dealings with RECO, real estate boards, insurers, financial institutions, legal advisors, accountants, and other professional partners. Create the brokerage’s policies, supervision standards, transaction controls, trust-account procedures, recordkeeping requirements, and inspection-readiness processes. Maintain accountability for the conduct and supervision of Brokers, Sales Representatives, and other registrants operating under the brokerage. Establish procedures for reviewing listings, representation agreements, offers, amendments, residential leases, deposits, advertising, and completed transaction files. Lead agent registration, onboarding, training, compliance education, performance correction, and departure procedures. Determine the administrative, compliance, accounting, transaction-review, and training resources required as the brokerage expands. Work with internal operations and technology teams to ensure brokerage rules are reflected in workflows, permissions, approvals, reporting, document controls, and audit trails.
What We Are Looking For
The Successful Candidate Must Have
Active Ontario Broker registration in good standing. Eligibility and willingness to accept appointment as Broker of Record. Significant experience working within an Ontario real estate brokerage. Previous responsibility as a Broker of Record, Deputy Broker of Record, or senior brokerage compliance leader. Direct involvement in establishing an Ontario brokerage. Experience supervising a meaningful number of registrants. Experience overseeing substantial residential leasing or transaction activity. Strong working knowledge of RECO requirements, TRESA, trust accounting, advertising rules, transaction review, brokerage recordkeeping, audits, inspections, MLS administration, IDX, and VOW. Experience supporting rapid growth, multiple offices, large agent groups, or high transaction volume.
Direct brokerage-launch experience may include regulatory applications, trust-account setup, brokerage policy development, board and MLS approvals, agent registrations or transfers, operating procedure development, and launch preparation.
Additional Assets
Preference will be given to candidates who have launched more than one Ontario brokerage, served as Broker of Record within a large or high-growth organization, supervised large groups of registrants, or built compliance, transaction-review, training, or brokerage administration teams.
Experience with CRM platforms, brokerage software, workflow automation, reporting tools, system integrations, proprietary technology, or collaboration with product and engineering teams will also be considered an asset.
The strongest candidates will be comfortable converting regulatory obligations into clear procedures and system requirements that staff, agents, and technology teams can follow.
Leadership Profile
This role requires someone who is decisive, commercially aware, highly organized, and prepared to take personal responsibility for the brokerage’s regulatory standing.
The successful candidate must be able to support growth while maintaining firm standards around documentation, supervision, trust controls, advertising, and agent conduct.
They must also be comfortable raising concerns, challenging unsafe decisions, correcting experienced agents, and giving senior leadership direct advice when a proposed business action creates regulatory exposure.
Compensation and Workplace
Compensation is available up to C$125,000 annually, depending on the depth and relevance of the candidate’s experience.
Final compensation will reflect Broker of Record experience, brokerage launch involvement, agent supervision scope, transaction volume, regulatory expertise, trust-account and audit experience, scaling experience, and technology background.
The position will begin with a hybrid schedule and transition to primarily in-office work.
Candidates must live in Ontario or be willing to commute or relocate to the Greater Toronto Area.
Application Process
Please submit a current resume for consideration.
Candidates selected for the first stage will receive an email invitation to complete a pre-recorded online interview.
Applicants moving forward will be contacted by email 24-48 hours after applying regarding the next step in the process.
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About Royal York Property Management
Royal York Property Management is the premier property management and leasing company in Ontario, boasting an extensive portfolio of over 22,000 properties. What sets us apart is our unique offering of guaranteed rental income to landlords, ensuring peace of mind and financial stability. With a remarkable $10.1 billion in real estate assets under management, we stand as one of Canada's largest and most reputable property management firms. Additionally, our global presence is expanding and we now service 11 locations in Europe and over 40 locations in North America.
Our commitment to innovation drives our approach to property management. Leveraging our proprietary technology, we aim to disrupt the industry and enhance processes and systems. With over 20 strategically positioned offices across North America and Europe, we provide clients with local expertise and unwavering service delivery, as all departments operate 24/7.
At Royal York Property Management, we treat our clients' investment properties with utmost care, as if they were our own. Whether it's addressing maintenance concerns or conducting tenant showings, we consistently ask ourselves if we are meeting the standards we would set for our own properties. Our primary focus is to prioritize the needs of our clients and tenants, striving to achieve excellence every day.
Royal York Property Management goes above and beyond just rent collection. We are the only company in the industry that offers a genuine rental guarantee for our residential properties. Our confidence in our rigorous tenant placement process enables us to guarantee rent payment, cover legal expenses, and even replace tenants if they default on their rental payments during the agreed term.