Associate Director, Reporting Quality Assurance & Testing
Royal Bank of Canada
- Jersey City, NJ
- $110,000-180,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The Associate Director will support the strategic development and be involved in execution of comprehensive testing plan, while working with key stakeholders including Second Lind of Defense, Report Owners, and Information Technology.
- Engage with key stakeholders to gather information on creating an independent comprehensive testing plan.
- Lead the execution of the developed plan while working with competing priorities.
- Lead the execution of transaction-based testing and conformance testing across different focus areas and regulatory reports.
- Contribute to the assessment of sampling methodologies and prepare documentation to substantiate testing approach.
- Collaborate with Second Line of Defense and ensure testing framework and methods are inline across the groups.
- Facilitate discussions of complex issues to reach agreement on resolution and remediation plans.
- Prepare presentation materials and facilitate discussions with key stakeholders.
- Provide functional expertise to assist project managers in coordination and execution of tasks, status and management of issues, risks and dependencies arising from the testing activities.
- Escalate operational risks and issues and control deficiencies to senior members on a timely basis.
- Support the development of sustainable templates for documenting the methodology used, capturing assessment results, communicating findings emerging from testing activities.
- Contribute to the development of a risk-based approach to define the scope for validating the compliance with regulatory instructions and expectations while keeping in mind relative industry trends, supervisory findings.
- Manage the evidential requirements for supporting the execution of independent oversight testing activities.
- Proactively contribute to the build-out of Quality Assurance services, including development of content knowledge and facilitation of training sessions.
- Graduate or Undergraduate Degree, with a focus in Accounting, Business, Finance, or a related field.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in test program planning, sampling methodologies and quality assurance testing within the banking industry.
- Experience in banking industry including front-to-back data flows, processing, and reporting.
- Knowledge of banking rules and regulations such as BCBS 239, US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley, FRB regulatory reporting, OCC Heightened Standards
- Knowledge of data governance and data management operations such as critical data elements, data lineage, data accuracy and completeness and data controls.
- Strong understanding of information management risk.
- Good knowledge of Capital Markets, Retail Banking, and Wealth Management products.
- Strong collaboration and relationship management skills with the ability to manage ambiguity to drive impactful outcomes.
- Outstanding oral communication and presentation skills with experience facilitating discussion and building consensus.
- Capability to manage complex business requirements and to coordinate across multiple teams in a deadline-driven environment.
- 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 build close relationships with clients