Sr. Project Control Officer

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About the Job

Our client has a requirement for Senior Project Control Officer for a 12 months contract opportunity. The positions are located in London, Ontario.

 

What makes this Special

Our client is one of the largest Banks in North America. With exponential growth and millions of customers and clients who are served through our various businesses: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking, and Wholesale Banking. Being part of this company is being part of a better Canadian service.

 

Role

Our client is seeking a Senior Project Control Officer who will thrive in this fast paced environment, who finds satisfaction not only in delivering effective quality solutions but also enjoys working with a friendly and diverse team of professionals. This role encompasses the management of project activities such as but not limited to: project schedule, project costs, and adherence to appropriate project reporting governance.

This individual will be supporting a large project initiatives and will be working for three to four PMs. This project is scheduled for 2.5 to 3.5 year project that requires this individual to track and report finances and ensure project updates are communicated to various stakeholders.

 

Responsibilities

Ensure project control procedures and policies within a program of related projects are executed. Assist in maintaining project schedules. Develop and maintain issue logs. Maintain project repositories of documents. Prepare documents for various recurring meetings including minutes, issue logs etc. Develop presentation documentation as required for project teams. Develop consolidate program status reports.

• We require a project coordinator whose primary focus will be on providing financial management and analytical support to project managers at the program level for a large (Tier 1) initiative.
• Manage relationships and all activities with all required partners (business, TS Finance, program PMO, TS project teams, external partners) related to program one-time and on-going financials (prepare budget, forecasts and actuals).
• Utilize project management software for development and distribution of comprehensive set of monthly, weekly and ad hoc project financial reporting to a variety of program stakeholders (including templates for use by other project members).
• Work closely with TS Finance to provide necessary detailed financial data to support the forecasting and tracking of capitalization and amortization.
• Manage all financial status meetings for the program. Provide support for invoice processing. Manage process for all required updates to internal financial management tracking tools (e.g. EPM, Carpe Diem).
• Manage reporting and tracking for resource utilization.
• Exercise discretion in managing correspondence and information, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Act as central point of communication for core team members, management, business partners and other stakeholders on program, organization and platform issues.

• The primary responsibility of this position will be ensuring project reporting and financial tracking for the overall HR Transformation program is being completed in adherence to PMLC and SDLC guidelines. There are several work streams involved with this program adding several new components to our existing HCM offering such as:
• Self Serve
• Compensation
• Executive Comp
• Org Design
• Global Mobility
• Absence Mgmt
• Position Mgmt
• Onboarding several new businesses onto the HCM platform
• Reviewing the current platform to create a consistent offering across the entire footprint
• Research and define a new state of the art HR call center solution and redefine a new and improve HR portal solution for all employees
• Accountable for the Project financial tracking and overall reporting and schedule compliance by all assigned Project managers.
• Good understanding of the Project Management Life Cycle
• (PMLC)
• Able to deliver with Excellence
• Executes project financial tracking deliverables per standards
• Supports the project communication effort to key stakeholders to ensures they are aware of significant changes to the project status in a timely manner
• Contributes to the success of the team by encouraging open communication and teamwork
• Investigates, escalates and ensures that all project financial issues are effectively resolved
• Proven talent for multitasking a variety of projects
• Prioritizes and manages own workload to deliver quality results and meet timelines

Must Have 

•   Proficiency with MS Office (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio)
• Financial industry / Banking experience
• SDLC/PMLC
• Have worked on large projects and multiple projects
• Strong financial practices a must

Nice To Have

•   PM experience
• Clarity
• Good knowledge of HR applications is a definite asset
• Experience with System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) an asset

Soft Skills

•  Excellent communicator, comfortable and confident interacting with all levels of personnel from various areas
• Strong organization, follow-up and priority setting skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment, multi-task and work with minimal supervision

  

Keywords: PCO, SDLC, Banking, MS Office, Clarity

 

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