What is The Opportunity?
Join our Retail Credit technology team to drive the modernization of enterprise risk systems and climate data initiatives. You'll lead business and data analysis for our Climate Data Strategy and Innovation Technology portfolio—a strategic initiative to source data from multiple data sources – internal and external to RBC, build a robust storage framework, and enable advanced data modeling across the organization.

Job Description
This role bridges business requirements and technology delivery, ensuring climate risk and data strategy projects translate complex requirements into actionable solutions for development and QA teams.

What Will You Do?

Lead all Data and Systems analysis activities for the Climate Data Risk & Strategy projects portfolio

Develop detailed knowledge of current-state data feeds for Climate Risk Data Stores and Climate Data Hub, working across PCAF Asset Classes (Residential Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, Sovereign Debt, Project Finance, Listed Equity, Corporate Bonds, Business Loans, and Unlisted Equities)

Design and implement pipelines for data extraction, transformation, and storage while ensuring data consistency, lineage, and metadata management to support regulatory and governance needs.

Determine and map data transformation rules to standardize feeds from multiple sources into Climate Risk engines and Data Stores

Collaborate with business users to elicit data requirements and demonstrate system functionality

Create functional, non-functional and data specifications and conduct complex data analysis using AI/LLM models

Partner with development and QA teams to validate design assumptions, explain requirements, and create test cases and support UAT

Work with ESG & Risk Analytics teams to build data assets, models and calculation engines to produce Risk Metrics used in RBC Climate Risk Disclosures and to track RBC's exposure to Physical Risk





What You Need to Succeed?
Must Have

5+ years as a Data Engineer or Analyst, or in a technical/functional/consulting role in software development

Strong proficiency in Python (Pandas), 'pySpark' and SQL for complex data analysis

Ability with data catalogues, data modeling, and business process modeling and experience working on data projects using Agile methodologies (sourcing, standardization, and aggregation)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to document requirements, write specifications, and present findings to business and technical stakeholders

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related quantitative field

Nice to Have

Knowledge of climate data initiatives and ESG investment policies/frameworks for financial institutions

Experience supporting developers with technology stacks such as Linux, Hadoop, Hive, and Spark

Exposure to using AI/LLM models embedded in tools such as Windsurf and Github Co-Pilot - AI-powered agentic coding assistants for analytical purposes

Experience with data in the finance, banking, or insurance industries

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 energetic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

A world-class training program in financial services

Flexible work/life balance options

Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills
Business Appraisals, Business Process Modeling, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Group Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Requirements Analysis, Resource Management, Team Management

Additional Job Details
Address
120 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORD

City
Bedford

Country
Canada

Work hours/week
37.5

Employment Type
Full time

Platform
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type
Regular

Pay Type
Salaried

Posted Date
2026-08-20

Application Deadline
2026-09-26

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.

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📌 Data Engineer & Analyst – Climate Risk & Data Strategy (Ontario)
🏢 RBC
📍 Ontario