Senior Manager, Data Strategy

What is the opportunity?

The Senior Manager, Data Strategy supports the development and execution of the Finance Data Strategy, with a focus on ERP enablement, global data design, and Finance data foundation. This role partners closely with Finance stakeholders, Finance IT, the Chief Data Office (CDO) and strategic initiatives team to ensure Finance data is well defined, well-governed, and positioned to support financial, regulatory, management and future-state reporting needs.

What will you do?

This role translates strategy into executable frameworks, standards, and operating models, ensuring data principles are applied consistently across Finance initiatives.

Finance Data Strategy Execution

• Support in developing and maintaining the Finance Data Strategy, ensuring alignment with CFO priorities, enterprise data strategy and data governance framework.
• Translate strategic objectives into practical data frameworks, roadmaps and implementation guidance for Finance teams and delivery partners.
• Identify data fragmentation, duplication and ambiguity across Finance and propose target-state remediation approaches.

ERP and Global Design Enablement

• Represent Finance data requirements in ERP and global design initiatives, ensuring downstream reporting, controls, and automation needs are embedded upfront.
• Assess ERP and sub-ledger data models to ensure they support Finance reporting, data reuse, and downstream automation needs.
• Document data impacts, gaps and dependencies between ERP programs and existing Finance data ecosystems.
• Embed strong governance and control over ERP data flows to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance

Stakeholder and Delivery Partner Engagement

• Act as key liaison between Finance, Finance IT, and CDO teams on data strategy, governance and ERP-related matters.
• Provide clear guidance to Data Enablement and delivery teams on data principles, standards and ownership, without directly owning solution build.
• Support executive and senior management communications related to Finance data strategy.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-Have Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data strategy, finance transformation, or enterprise data design.
• Strong understanding of Finance data domains.
• Experience supporting or shaping ERP or large-scale system transformations
• Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business insights.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management and change leadership skills.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of RBC business lines, products and systems.
• Familiarity with enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models
• Exposure to data architecture concepts, metadata, lineage, and data quality management.
• Track record of building roadmaps and driving outcomes.
   

What’s in it for you? 

It provides the opportunity to be a part of a high performing experienced team with progressive thinking to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper.

• Opportunities to do challenging work utilizing latest technologies
• Opportunities to see measurable results in relatively short term
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities    
• Opportunities to building close relationships with counterparts across the bank

Job Skills

Critical Thinking, Data Administration, Data Governance, Data Governance Framework, Data Management, Data Warehousing (DW), Enterprise Data Strategy, ERP Transformation

Additional Job Details

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeOFFICE OF THE CFORegularSalaried2026-01-152026-03-31

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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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