Director, Collateral Management

Job title:

Director, Collateral Management

Company

Royal Bank of Canada

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

For most of our clients, buying and owning a home is one of the most significant financial decisions they will make over the course of their life, where the advice and service they receive from RBC has an outsized impact on their relationship with us. Home Equity Financing (HEF) is a strategically important business for RBC, with over $400Bn in residential mortgage and other secured balances, which are among the largest and most-regulated asset classes on our balance sheet.

As Director, Collateral Management, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of strategies that improve client and advisor experience, optimize costs, and prudently manage collateral risk. You will collaborate closely with colleagues across the business and with cross-functional partners in risk, operations, technology, and sales, to drive key P&L and business risk management outcomes.

What will you do?

Own HEF’s risk-based Property Valuation Strategy, which determines eligible appraisal method and variance for property valuation based on client and collateral attributes. Own HEF’s property valuation policy and ensure ongoing compliance with principles of OSFI Guideline B-20 and other regulatory requirements

Own P&L segment relating to HEF property valuation costs, with accountability to reduce costs through business rules, capabilities, and end-to-end processes

Leverage knowledge of credit strategy, property risk, and NAL/PCL drivers to conduct analysis of PV performance and identify opportunities to expand model appraisal usage and lower costs while managing risk. Implement changes to strategy and business rules end-to-end, including robust analysis, socialization of recommendations to executives, risk assessment and documentation, implementation of new rules and post-implementation monitoring of strategy changes

Maintain knowledge of industry innovations in property valuation. Maintain assessments of value and present recommendations and rationale for implementing new PV capabilities. Lead the implementation of new PV capabilities into the strategy, in collaboration with business, technology and risk partners

Own Automated Valuation Model (AVM) cascade rules to optimize for successful AVM outcomes while managing for cost

Lead QA and performance testing of PV models to ensure ongoing quality and model integrity, and act accordingly to mitigate any identified risks

Lead annual risk assessment and updates to HEF Loan-to-Value (LTV) Tiering policy. Using housing and economic indicators and forecasts to make sound recommendations on tiering changes to HEF leadership, in collaboration with peers across HEF policy, product, and risk teams

Lead the production of collateral management reporting with thoughtful commentary and guidance to drive and proliferate knowledge of PV strategy performance, model quality, costs, fee recovery, Housing Price Index (HPI) trends, LTV metrics, and other key business risks to HEF executives and senior leaders

Lead the identification and mitigation of various risk resulting from or impacting the PV process, including data risk, client privacy, operational, and third party/supplier risk, collaborating closely with business and functional risk partners

What do you need to succeed?
Must-have:

5+ years of experience in risk management and/or product management roles

Strong quantitative skills and analytics experience, with exposure to credit risk, portfolio management or product P/L management

Strategic mindset and critical thinker, with an ability to constructively challenge and affect change

Experience leading execution of initiatives end-to-end, with extensive cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management (i.e. product, policy, risk, operations, technology, etc.)

Exceptional risk and business acumen, along with written and verbal communication skills

Exceptional collaboration skills and ability to navigate and influence within a matrix organization

A growth mindset and innate curiosity toward data, technology, industry innovation and transformation

Undergraduate degree

Nice to have:

Credit risk, portfolio management and modelling experience

Home Equity Financing and regulatory landscape knowledge (i.e. OSFI Guideline B-20)

MBA or Graduate Degree

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.

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills Adaptability, Communication, Decision Making, Leadership, Problem Solving, Quantitative Analytics, Risk Management, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City: TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: Personal and Commercial Banking

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2024-01-12

Application Deadline: 2024-01-27

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

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Expected salary

Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 05:35:07 GMT

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