Job Description

What is the opportunity?

RBC is hiring an Operational Risk Manager on a 12-month maternity cover FTC to support day-to-day risk oversight and monitoring activities.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is detailed-oriented, and comfortable working with risk processes, risk data, and stakeholder communication.

In this role, you will support the delivery of key operational risk activities across daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly cycles, ensuring reporting is accurate, risks are tracked effectively, and stakeholders are kept informed.

This role requires 4 days a week in the office.

What will you do?

Risk reporting and monitoring

Produce daily risk summaries covering new events, issues, and items in review queues

Prepare weekly and monthly risk reports and dashboards

Monthly reconciliation of reportable events and risk registers identifying discrepancies and escalating gaps

Help identify opportunities to improve reporting, controls, and operational risk processes.

Oversight and challenge of Risk programs

Support oversight and challenge of various Operational Risk programs including Risk Registers and RCSAs, Issues, ICAAP scenarios and Operational Resilience

Coordinating the allocation of oversight activities within the Wealth Management Europe team.

Stakeholder communication and coordination

Send recurring communications to stakeholders (e.g., risk event reminders, overdue actions)

Support discussions with stakeholders by preparing clear summaries and evidence.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately with recurring reporting cycles

Ability to manage multiple tasks across different deadlines (daily/weekly/monthly deliverables)

Basic understanding of financial markets and risk concepts

Comfortable working with data

Strong analytical and Excel skills (filters, pivots, reconciliations, basic data analysis).

Nice-to-have

Experience in risk, compliance, controls, operations, audit, or a similar governance environment

Experience using PowerBi or other data visualisation tools

Interest in improving processes (automation, templates, reporting structure improvements).

What is 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, flexible benefits and competitive compensation

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

Opportunities to work with the best in the field

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.

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Job Skills

Business Process Design, Decision Making, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Operational Risks, Risk Control, Risk Management, Teamwork

Additional Job Details

Address:

144 MORRISON STREET:EDINBURGH

City:

Edinburgh

Country:

United Kingdom

Work hours/week:

35

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Contract (Fixed Term)

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-02-09

Application Deadline:

2026-02-23

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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