The Associate Director – Commodity Local Market Risk, Group Risk Management, will play a pivotal role in establishing and maintaining a top-tier risk oversight framework.

Monitor and Evaluate the Risk Profile: Maintain a deep and continuous understanding of the risk landscape and business activities for the Commodities business. Proactively identify, assess, and address potential risk exposures.

Define Approved Tradable Instruments and Products: Develop and enforce a clear framework for approved tradable instruments and products within the Commodities space, ensuring alignment with the organization’s risk appetite and strategic goals.

Design and Manage Market Risk Metrics and Limits: Assist in the creation and implementation of comprehensive risk metrics, including Greek sensitivities, stress testing scenarios, and stress shock calibrations. These tools will assess and quantify risks under both standard and adverse market conditions.

Ensure Compliance and Policy Adherence: Monitor activities to ensure full compliance with internal risk management policies and external regulatory requirements. Oversee adherence to established risk limits and frameworks, providing timely reporting and insights.

Monitor and Analyze Risk Exposure: Ensure market risks accurately reflect the organization's exposure by performing in-depth due diligence. Track portfolio changes and market conditions to deliver actionable insights for senior management.

Provide Risk Insights: Investigate emerging risks and deliver value-added insights to senior management, highlighting key trends, potential concerns, and areas requiring attention.

Evaluate Trading Strategies: Assess key trading strategies and products to ensure they align with the organization’s risk tolerance and deliver an appropriate risk-reward balance.

Act as a Trusted Risk Partner:



Partner with trading teams to address critical risk-related issues, including system functionality, risk limits, and overall risk management, fostering alignment and effective communication.

Enhance Risk Infrastructure: Lead the development and refinement of the risk management framework, including product mandates, limit reviews, and assessments of new business initiatives. Coordinate across multiple stakeholders to support project-related tasks, including large-scale initiatives like risk modernization and ad-hoc requests from various functional groups. Review and assess major transactions to support business objectives while ensuring robust risk controls and adherence to organizational policies.

Drive Process Improvement: Powered by available AI tools, Identify and implement opportunities to enhance and standardize processes within the Local Market Risk (LMR) team, promoting efficiency and consistency. Demonstrates the ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision, coupled with a natural curiosity and eagerness to explore and solve complex problems.

Market Risk

Expertise (3–7 Years): Extensive experience in trade floor market risk functions Advanced skills in stress testing, scenario analysis (e.g., "what-if" scenarios), sensitivity analysis, and P&L; decomposition. Holds an MBA, MA, MS, or an equivalent qualification with a focus on finance, economics, or a quantitative discipline.

Project Management Skills:



Proven experience in managing and coordinating projects, ensuring timely and efficient execution of deliverables.

Technical

Proficiency with tools like Python, Tableau, Bloomberg, Copilot. Consistently produces accurate, high-quality work while maintaining strong attention to detail. 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. Opportunity to learn a variety of asset classes and be exposed to multiple trading businesses, including structured products Strong leaders and peers who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable Analytical Thinking, Communication, Decision Making, Financial Derivatives, Financial Instruments, Group Problem Solving, Market Risk, Quantitative Analysis, Resource Coordination, Risk Management, RiskMetrics ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO Employment Type: Full time GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT 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 chance for all. #

📌 Associate Director - Commodity Local Market Risk (Toronto)
🏢 RBC
📍 Toronto