Senior Manager, Learning & Leadership, Vendor Optimization & Financial Management

What is the opportunity

Join our dynamic team at RBC Learning where youll play a vital role in empowering employees to achieve their full potential. Our team is dedicated to designing and delivering innovative learning experiences that drive business results and support the development of our people.

As a critical member of the Learning Enablement team youll help us manage our financial plan and optimize our engagements with vendors across the learning ecosystem to enable the Learning Studio to move at pace curating learning solutions that address business needs.

Be part of a team that is shaping the future of learning and delivering the next-best skills for RBC employee career journeys.

What will you do

• Responsible for managing the portfolio of suppliers and engagements maintaining records and ensuring compliance with RBCs Third-Party Risk(TPR) requirements
  • Initiates contracts and obtains approvals from the business working closely with Procurement partners. Follows up registration of contracts & suppliers with Procurement in line with the business timeframes.
  • Executes Third Party Requirements from Initiation to Termination of the engagement working with enterprise tools: iValua Archer- SRMA Questionnaires Supplier Risk & Due Diligence Assessments Information Reviews
  • Completes enterprise quality control /mandatory reviews and attestations
  • Own and maintains a Book of Vendors soliciting input from our Learning Studio leaders to ensure accuracy completeness and identification of our top tier vendors;
  • Manages the supplier relationship ensuring 1) clear understanding and adherence to RBCs Policies 2) timely escalation of non-compliance with relevant details.
  • Create vendor evaluation and scorecards in partnership with Learning Business Management Leads
• Serves as Learning teams primary finance contact working with our Finance Department to lead the financial management annual budget planning monthly operating reviews and forecasts (FTE & $).
• Reviews Financial and Headcount actual against plan / forecast and address any risk and/or opportunities on a regular basis. Leverage financial tools and resources to ensure reporting accuracy and highlight any risk and/or opportunities between actual and plan / forecast.
• Oversees learning budget and cost allocations allocating chargebacks and facilitating vendor payables.
• Consolidate teams financial and headcount information based on the regular review cycle and provide information to Finance. Facilitate and assist Finance on Annual FTE Cost Allocation for the purpose of financial chargebacks to the business.

What do you need to succeed

Must Have

• Strong financial management and analysis skills
• Ability to build manage and track the learning budget
• Experience with monitoring spending forecasting costs and identifying variances
• Experience with managing vendor onboarding and setup
• Ability to identify and escalate issues related to vendor performance contracts or compliance
• Experience with vendor due diligence / risk assessments
• Superior organizational skills and stakeholder management skills

Nice to Have

• Understanding /experience in Procurement best practices.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work with vendors and internal/enterprise partners to resolve issues timely

Whats 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 competitive compensation commissions and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic collaborative progressive and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

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Additional Job Details

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.