Associate, Strategy

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Capital Markets (CM) Strategy team is responsible for articulating and advancing RBC CM’s strategy across lines of business and functions to support overall growth and performance ambitions. The team works directly with the CM CEO and Operating Committee on the business’ top strategic priorities – from problem definition and analysis, to strategy development and solution prioritization. The team also leads reporting on CM’s strategic progress to CM employees, RBC executives, and external stakeholders.

The team has deep connectivity to the CM Operating Committee, their leadership teams, Finance, the COO Group, HR, and other Corporate Functions. Working on this team offers a dynamic, fast-paced, and exciting environment for skill development, career advancement, and the chance to work on some of RBC’s most ambitious initiatives.

• Partner with business leaders to deliver comprehensive strategic projects leveraging frameworks, approaches, tools and methodologies and develop robust recommendations to support CM Operating Committee executives and lines of business leaders
• Ensure growth strategies are well developed, articulated and aligned across businesses and with enterprise perspectives / priorities, and proactively identify benefits such as revenue opportunities, market share gains, or cost savings opportunities
• Facilitate data gathering and presentation creation for reporting, initiative tracking, and employee communications, and generate meaningful insights that inspire decision making and action
• Conduct analysis and research to provide context into the current state and inform future state solutioning
• Perform ongoing competitive analysis to identify market best practices and analyze RBC CM’s relative performance
• Act as a thought partner to senior leaders on CM Strategy team, facilitating trade-offs, prioritization, and critical decisions through rigorous research, analysis, and insight
• Support the annual strategic development process, business portfolio review, Operating Committee meetings, and senior leader offsites and events to articulate and advance Capital Market’s strategy
• Develop high-impact materials for RBC CM Executives and RBC Board of Directors

• 2+ years’ experience in Capital Markets, Management Consulting, Financial Services, or Corporate Strategy
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex strategy problems end-to-end, working through ambiguous situations while driving to clarity and delivering high-impact results
• High degree of numeracy and comfort with financial analysis; advanced proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint and business modelling experience
• Experience synthesizing complex data from multiple sources into clear, articulate analyses and presentations
• Experience in preparing materials and presentations for executive audiences with a high attention to detail
• History of making an impact, scoping, developing and implementing on strategies and delivering superior results in both the short and long term
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter with natural curiosity around client insights and competitor strategies
• Excellent collaborator with the ability to develop strong relationships at every level of the organization
• Ability to effectively manage competing timelines and priorities for multiple teams across global time zones

We thrive on constantly challenging each other 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 for and support each other to reach our potential, make a difference to our communities, and achieve success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation, bonuses, and flexible benefits
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team tackling the most complex and high impact strategic priorities within Capital Markets
• Work closely with senior executives, gaining broad exposure to RBC CM and gain an…