Senior Risk Analyst

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 8, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Mid-level · 3+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 38 hours per week

Job summary

The Senior Risk Analyst will serve as the operational backbone of the risk management function by tracking audit findings, compliance issues, and certificate renewals. This role involves coordinating remediation timelines, escalating blockers, and preparing status reports for leadership visibility.

Job details

Job Description What is the opportunity? We’re seeking a Senior Risk Analyst to serve as the operational backbone of our risk management function. This role ensures the team stays on top of critical risk issues, audit findings, compliance requirements, and certificate renewals by maintaining visibility, tracking timelines, and driving accountability. The successful candidate will combine project management discipline with risk acumen to keep high-priority items moving forward, escalate issues appropriately, and ensure the team remains proactive in addressing risk exposure. What will you do? Risk & Compliance Tracking: Maintain comprehensive visibility of all pending risk items, audit findings, compliance issues, and certificate renewals; track status and deadlines Weekly Monitoring & Communication: Conduct weekly touchpoints with team members to review pending items, identify blockers, and ensure awareness of high-priority, time-sensitive issues Escalation Management: Escalate stalled or at-risk items through appropriate channels; identify course correction needs and facilitate approvals or remediation decisions Project Coordination: Manages timelines for risk remediation and compliance activities; coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure timely completion Issue Documentation: Document risk items, status updates, remediation progress, and resolutions; maintain organized tracking systems for audit trail and reporting Accountability & Follow-Up: Follow up on outstanding action items; ensure team members understand deadlines and dependencies; track completion and communicate results Reporting & Visibility: Prepare status reports and dashboards for management visibility; highlight critical issues requiring leadership attention or decision-making Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline risk tracking and compliance processes; implement tools or workflows to improve team efficiency What do you need to succeed? Must Have: Degree or diploma in Business Administration, Finance, or transferable field 3+ years of experience maintaining comprehensive visibility of pending risk items, audit findings, compliance issues, and certificate renewals; demonstrated track record tracking status and deadlines across complex, multi-threaded initiatives 3+ years of experience escalating stalled or at-risk items through appropriate channels; demonstrated ability to identify course correction needs and facilitate approvals or remediation decisions in risk and compliance environments Advanced Excel proficiency: Strong skills in data organization, tracking, pivot tables, and reporting; ability to build and maintain tracking dashboards and status reports Risk reporting experience: Familiarity with risk metrics, status reporting formats, and communicating risk information to leadership and stakeholders Certificate and compliance tracking: Experience managing certificate renewals, expiration tracking, and compliance deadlines; understanding of time-sensitive compliance requirements Financial services experience: Familiarity with financial services risk and compliance landscapes; general understanding of audit, control environments, and risk remediation Project management mindset: Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and track multiple concurrent initiatives; comfort with detailed planning and accountability Nice to have: Knowledge of financial services regulations or compliance frameworks Familiarity with escalation procedures and governance frameworks Experience with PowerBI, ServiceNow, or other enterprise tracking platforms Knowledge of ISO standards or industry compliance requirements 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 Opportunities to do challenging work Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities #LI-POST #TECHPJ Job Skills Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Cyber Security Management, Firewall Management, Information Security Management, IT Network Security, Operational Delivery, Problem Management, Process Management, Threat Management Additional Job Details Address: 180 WELLINGTON ST 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: 2026-05-13 Application Deadline: 2026-10-22 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. 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What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates must have a degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field along with 3+ years of experience in risk and compliance environments. Proficiency in Excel and a strong project management mindset are essential for tracking complex, multi-threaded initiatives.