Senior Manager SAR/STR Assessment and Reporting - 12 month contract

What is the opportunity?

The incumbent is mandated to develop, oversee, and conduct the thorough assessments of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) & Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs), identifying patterns and trends, and providing actionable recommendations to improve our anti-money laundering (AML) strategies. This role is crucial in the overall SAR/STR Strategy and instills a transformative approach to regulatory compliance which requires managing regulatory expectations, balancing risk appetite and ensuring RBC remains compliant with regulatory requirements and effectively mitigates financial crime risks.

The incumbent will leverage their financial crime experience, analytics expertise, and excellent communication skills to provide key insights to stakeholders across the AML program and this will play a key role in advancing the AML program by aligning RBC Financial Crime resources on national financial crime priorities and optimizing STR reporting by increasing focus on high probative value STRs while identifying solutions to streamline low value STRs.

What will you do?

• Provide industry insight through benchmarking and regulatory research that will drive AML Program development
• Perform analytics on STRs data to identify trends, patterns, anomalies, emerging risks and opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness in STR reporting processes
• Ensure that the output of the assessment forms an input to threat assessments, industry projects and the IRA.
• Perform regression analysis on STRS to drive continuous improvement through the implementation of feedback loops to investigative sources
• Escalation of any issues that are detected
• Ensure proper emphasis is placed on coverage of regulatory national priorities
• Assess RBC’s approach to meeting key regulatory expectations such as on continued activity, filing on predicate offences, and filing ‘As soon as practical’
• Assess STRs against the value chain to identify practices that need to be enhanced, modified or eliminated
• Collaborate with MLROs, risk management teams, and other departments to address identified issues.
• Identify opportunities to enhance the SAR/STR detection and reporting process.
• Recommend and implement best practices for improving efficiency and effectiveness in SAR/STR assessments.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have

• Post-secondary education or equivalent.
• 5+ years of financial crimes investigative, analytic and leadership experience
• Experience with collaborative strategy development & communication
• Experience communicating to regulators, auditors and senior management
• Familiarity with AML legislation and regulations

Nice to have

• Graduate degree (MBA or relevant subject matter area)
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation or other related certifications

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

Job Skills

Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Business Perspective, Communication, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Operational Integrity, Organizational Governance, Process Management, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

20 KING ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeGROUP RISK MANAGEMENTContract (Fixed Term)Salaried2025-11-052025-11-29

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

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