What is the Opportunity? 
Drive strategic impact as Senior Manager, Business Management & Halifax Engagement Lead on the HR & CLAO IT COO team. As a senior member of the team, you'll take the lead on a broad range of financial management, executive reporting, workforce strategy, and employee engagement & enablement initiatives. You'll also be responsible for enhancing the culture of our Halifax teams and supporting enhanced collaboration within Halifax and connection with the larger team in Toronto. This is the role for someone who thrives influencing how we operate across multiple dimensions by working on a variety of tasks in a dynamic environment where no two days are ever the same.

What you will do?

• Collaborate with IT leads and Finance to track progress against NIE and application development budgets for Procurement, CRE and Occupancy IT
• Pull together financial and operational data from Procurement, CRE, and Occupancy IT to produce executive reports (including the monthly update to the CLAO senior executives);
• Identify finance issues, flag to the appropriate leader and support resolution.
• Build and execute the workforce strategy for HR & CLAO IT
• Track progress throughout the year and adjust as needed
• Create strategies and put in place initiatives and tracking mechanisms to keep employees engaged and build capability
• As Halifax hub engagement lead for the HR & CLAO IT team (~30 people): enhance engagement, drive connection between Halifax, Toronto, and other geographies, surface issues to leadership, and represent HR & CLAO IT to GFT Halifax hub leadership

What you need to succeed?
Must have:

• Experience on COO-level operations or (strategic) planning teams at large, complex organizations
• 7+ years in internal communications, employee engagement, and/or executive reporting at a large organization
• 7+ years working with budgets and financial management in large, matrixed organizations
• Experience working with senior executives
• Detail-oriented and analytical
• Demonstrable ability to pick up new systems and tools quickly

Nice to have:

• Bachelor's degree and/or certification in business, finance, communication or other relevant area
• Banking sector experience
• Experience using AI tools in the workplace 

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 in technology transformation
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services and technology
• Flexible work/life balance options

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

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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.

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