Senior Branch Examiner

What is the opportunity?

The Branch Inspection Program is one pillar of the IMBD Central Compliance team responsible for reviewing for compliance with FINRA Rules 3110 and 3120, NFA Rule 2-9, MSRB Rule G-27, and various internal Firm policies and procedures. The Program reviews for compliance across four broker-dealers within the RBC umbrella: RBC Capital Markets LLC (encompasses both retail and institutional businesses), RBC CMA Ltd., City National Securities, Inc., and CNR Securities, LLC (latter two herein, "CNB broker-dealers"). This team may also participate in special projects within the Central Compliance team and contribute to its overall reporting.

What will you do?

Branch Inspections:

• Utilizing both on-site and virtual inspections, the Examiner is expected to complete numerous inspections per year of various Firm locations across the Wealth Management and Capital Markets divisions of RBCCM, LLC and CNB broker-dealers. This includes traveling by air and/or car to certain locations sporadically throughout the month.
• Conduct virtual/on-site inspections to detect instances of policy violations in a variety of areas, which include, but are not limited to, information barriers, off-channel communications, safeguarding of information, conflicts of interest, privacy incidents, recordkeeping, etc.
• Lead discussions, either in-person or virtually, with applicable branch or location personnel, summarize reviews in a written final report, maintain appropriate documentation to support reviews and findings/issues, and escalate any areas where concerns were noted. The final report will be distributed to business stakeholders, inclusive of senior management, and may require presentations by the examiner.
• Contribute/generate ideas for enhancements to the Program by leveraging industry research, holding discussions with LOB Compliance Advisory teams, and other methods.
• Responsible for training offshore examiners, and new examiners, on branch inspection policies, procedures, practices, and business lines across Wealth Management, Capital Markets, and CNB broker-dealers.
• Review work performed by offshore examiners, to verify accuracy and completion, and to assist in the planning of their on-site and virtual inspections.
• Lead and collaborate with Remote Examiners dispersed across various time zones to complete virtual inspections.

Central Compliance and FINRA Pilot Program Reporting

• Contribute content updates to branch questionnaires and inspection review scripts for the on-site and virtual programs and action the updates where necessary.
• Assist in the maintenance of required periodic risk assessment outputs to determine if a location (brick-and-mortar, non-registered location, secondary residence, and RSL) is eligible for a remote, on-site, and/or unannounced inspection.
• Organize risk assessment inputs from various stakeholders (i.e., Securities Registration team, Employees Disclosures Group, Compliance Advisory teams, and 1LOD stakeholders) and apply the utilization of such to models as directed.
• Participate in the 2025 internal build of the new registrations surveillance system to ensure branch team attributes are incorporated, which will assist with future inspection tracking and reporting.
• Assists in the development of IMBD Central Compliance reporting to demonstrate branch inspection progress, findings, relevant Securities Registrations and Insurance metrics, and trend analyses to be shared with senior stakeholders.

Special Projects:

• Willing to assist with special projects as they arise. Examples include, but are not limited to, relevant investigations, complaints, escalations, Regulatory Compliance Management (RCM), etc.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5-7 or more years of experience in banking compliance
• Knowledge of FINRA (particularly Rule 3110), SEC, and MSRB expectations, rules, and regulations
• Familiarity with Capital Markets and/or Wealth Management products, strategies, and activities at a U.S.-registered broker-dealer.
• Experience in roles in any of the following areas: Compliance Testing, Quality Assurance, Branch Inspections, Surveillance, and/or Internal Audit.

Nice-to-have

• Masters or Law School Degree
• Any FINRA Registrations (Series 7, 24, etc.)

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 include competitive compensation and flexible benefits, such as 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and paid-time off.
• 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 build close relationships with clients.

The expected salary range for this particular position is $80,000-135,000 depending on your experience, skills, and registration status, market conditions and business needs.

You have the potential to earn more through RBC's discretionary variable compensation program which gives you an opportunity to increase your total compensation, provided the business meets its performance targets and you meet your individual goals.

RBC's compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

• Drives RBC's high-performance culture
• Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals
• Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

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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.