What is the opportunity?

Global Functions Technology (GFT) is a division within RBC’s Technology and Operations group, dedicated to supporting a wide range of business partners, including Risk, Finance, Human Resources (HR), Chief Administrative Office (CAO), Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking, and Wealth Management.

The Senior Director, Global Finance SAP Lead within GFT's Finance IT will own the successful greenfield implementation of a cloud-based, enterprise-wide Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger and Enterprise General Ledger. Acting as the primary bridge between enterprise technology leadership, business stakeholders, and delivery squads, this role will drive the end-to-end implementation. This Global SAP Lead will ensure consistent design and configuration, oversee technical integration and performance, and align stakeholders across technology, finance, and operations.

What will you potentially do?

Platform Execution

• Lead a greenfield SAP Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger and Enterprise General Ledger implementation across all execution workstreams

• Drive the enterprise implementation, ensuring adherence to the global design template and leveraging lessons learned to accelerate adoption.

• Collaborate with the Program Director to establish delivery standards, methodologies, and KPIs to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes across the program.

Technical and Functional Leadership

• Provide expert oversight for platform integration, technical delivery, data integration, data migration, and custom development.

• Act as the lead subject matter expert for the functional solution, ensuring the design meets all requirements for event-based accounting, subledger, and GL processes.

• Drive the strategy for complex technical areas, including integrations with enterprise GL systems, data migration, and custom development.

• Enforce SAP governance to uphold the integrity of the global template design across all entity rollouts.

• Ensure the final SAP solution is scalable and performant to meet the demands of the enterprise

Leadership and Strategy

• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team to achieve program objectives, fostering accountability and collaboration.

• Function as the primary delivery partner to program leadership, aligning with the Program Director and SAP Architect.

• Engage senior stakeholders to align priorities, strategic trade-offs, and business strategies.

• Ensure deliverables meet business outcomes and enable value creation.

• Provide technology thought leadership to address business and regulatory demands.

• Manage program deliverables, scope, competing priorities, and requirements changes effectively. 

• Promote collaboration across functional teams to develop enterprise-wide solutions. 

• Resolve complex issues and ensure adherence to Enterprise Architecture Governance. 

• Oversee program financials with strong governance, reporting, and timely communication. 

• Thrive in dynamic environments, leveraging organizational skills to handle multiple concurrent activities. 

Talent Management

• Sets direction and vision for team members and defines the team’s deliverables and key performance indicators/metrics.

• Fosters high achievement environments where diversity is valued, and people are treated with respect and dignity.

• Coaches staff to ensure the skills, processes and knowledge are in place for people.

• Assess current state capabilities and align them to future transformational roles and development plans

• Establishes succession plan for key positions, including own role.

• Ensure that employees understand RBC’s vision, as well as support and reinforce targeted behaviors that contribute to RBC’s goals.

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What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 15+ years of SAP implementation experience, leading large-scale, multi-entity Finance ERP rollouts in global financial institutions, especially Tier-1 banks. 

• Expertise in Product Subledger, General Ledger, event-based accounting processes including integration with enterprise GL systems. 

• Proven success in SAP governance, global template design, and entity rollouts, with hands-on leadership in program workstreams (design, configuration, integration, reporting, data migration). 

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, influencing senior executives and building relationships with diverse stakeholders. 

• Experience delivering cloud-based SAP solutions from design to production support, with deep knowledge of financial accounting principles and event-based accounting systems. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead geographically dispersed teams of consultants, developers, and integration specialists in global financial services environments. 

• Knowledge of architecture aspects (business, data, cyber security), SDLC lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and prior experience working with global/distributed teams. 

• Holds undergraduate and/or post-graduate degree (preferably in Business or Finance)

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

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities    

• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

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Additional Job Details

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.