Managing Counsel, Subsidiary Governance Office, Canada

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

As Managing Counsel, you will have oversight and accountability for the corporate governance of Canadian subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Canada, providing expertise regarding corporate secretarial and governance matters and ensuring a consistent approach to corporate governance is applied to all Canadian subsidiaries.

You will also play a key strategic role in the creation and dissolution of subsidiaries in Canada and in the execution of Canadian transactions on behalf of the SGO. You will lead a team that is responsible for implementing the subsidiary governance framework in Canada.

What will you do?

• Lead the SGO Canadian team in the provision of best-in-class corporate governance support to all Canadian subsidiary boards and directors.
• Serve as the Corporate Secretary for designated subsidiaries, and support board activities for designated subsidiaries including planning and preparation of board and committee meetings.
• Provide company law, corporate governance and regulatory advice and support to Canadian directors and officers.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments relating to corporate governance in Canada and other designated jurisdictions.
• Responsible for the management of regulatory compliance risk for designated subsidiaries in accordance with OSFI Guideline E-13.
• Maintain oversight of all RBC and Canadian subsidiary corporate and regulatory filings.
• Supervise the creation, dissolution and reorganization of Canadian subsidiaries and play a key role in Canadian intra-group transactions.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have

• Bachelor of Laws or JD degree and admitted to the practice of law in Canada, with strong legal knowledge particularly in corporate, regulatory and governance areas. Minimum of 10 years’ experience.
• Experienced manager with a track record for leading change and building successful teams.
• Ability to impact and influence through consultation and business rationale, with excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, and highly organized with ability to easily pivot shifting priorities and manage multiple tasks within challenging deadlines.

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 and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work and to be immersed in new technologies being leveraged by RBC

Job Skills

• Business Perspective
• Coaching Others
• Customer Service Management
• Decision Making
• Financial Regulation
• Group Problem Solving
• High Impact Communication
• Legal Practices
• Time Management

Additional Job Details

Address: ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City: TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: CHIEF LEGAL & ADMIN OFFICE GRP

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-02-25

Application Deadline: 2025-03-31

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 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.

We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

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