Senior Manager, ESG and Climate

Royal Bank of Canada is seeking a Senior Manager for ESG and Climate in Wealth Management. This role involves developing and delivering Climate and ESG strategies, providing insights through research and analysis, and collaborating with various teams. Candidates should have an undergraduate degree, management consulting experience, and strong analytical skills. The position emphasizes strategic advisory support and maintaining relationships across stakeholders, with a focus on responsible investing.
Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Join RBC Wealth Management and help shape RBC’s future!

As a Senior Manager, Wealth Management Climate and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Strategy, in Strategy, Products & Digital Investing, you will support the strategic development and delivery of the global Wealth Management segment Climate and ESG initiatives. You will deliver insights and advice on key strategic issues, identify opportunities and threats for Wealth Management through research and qualitative/quantitative analysis.

What will you do?
• Review of Wealth Management’s seven business lines, evaluating their ESG and climate activities and needs and provide recommendations on how these align with RBC’s enterprise ESG and climate goals
• Provide customized strategy development and advisory support at the Wealth Management segment level and individual business line level, including research, analysis, financial modeling and preparing materials and strategic recommendations to facilitate Senior Management Team discussions
• Coordinate with RBC’s Enterprise Climate and ESG teams around strategic initiatives, priorities, and reporting efforts
• Identify and develop new opportunities to deliver greater value to clients and RBC WM by staying on top of market / client trends, sharing best practices in processes and analytical frameworks, and bringing the outside in (e.g., understanding competitor strategies, looking outside our industry to discover new ideas)
• Working with Wealth Management’s business lines on different Responsible Investing products, thought leadership, and training needs for employees and clients

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have
• Undergraduate degree
• Experience in management consulting that includes critical thinking skills, structured storyboarding, and exceptional data analytical and synthesis skills
• Demonstrated business and financial acumen around business and client trends and value drivers with financial modeling experience
• Proven ability to communicate with senior executives as well as build and present complex presentations
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships across a wide range of stakeholders
• Basic understanding and desire to learn more about ESG, climate, and responsible investing

Nice-to-have
• MBA or graduate / post-graduate degree
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office programs (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)
• Experience with business transformation planning and execution
• Experience with design thinking and/or client experience design
• Experience with ESG and Climate reporting

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 great benefits, annual incentive program and recognition
• Leaders who support your development
• A dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team
• Work-life integration
• Positive work culture emphasizing diversity and inclusion, volunteerism and community involvement

Job Skills
Analytical Thinking, Business, Environmental Social And Governance (ESG), Investments, Management Reporting, Responsible Investment, Strategic Initiative, Strategic Recommendations, Strategy Development, Taking Initiative, Wealth Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-03-13

Application Deadline:

2025-03-27

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 embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.
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