Senior Project Coordinator

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About the Job

Our client has a requirement for a Senior Project Control Officer for a 10 Month Contract opportunity. The position is located in Toronto, ON.

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

This is a multi-year program. Two releases have been completed and 3-4 are pending. This role is part of the Program office which already has an APM & another PCO supporting the program. The need for the role is that there is just too much Program infrastructure tasks (Meeting minutes, resource onboarding/off-boarding, presentation creation for recurring meetings, document management and storage for audit prep, etc.) to be completed in the time remaining – so additional help is required.

Requirements or Qualifications

Must Have

• 5+ years of experience; whether it is as a PCO, Associate PM or Junior PM
• Previous bank experience is an asset. Specifically in the Finance department / area.
• Previous experience working in a large Financial Project or program is an asset
• Financial Industry experience is required.
• Previous experience working with a diverse project staff [FTE, contract, vendor, & GR].
• Previous projects working with SAP is an asset
• Large multi-year program experience
• Capability to communicate with various stakeholders (from technical team to business leadership)
• Flexible work schedule (extra hours if required)
• Excellent business communications skills; written, verbal
• Able to deal well with ambiguity
• Needs to be strong at core PCO work, which includes:
• Creating & maintaining project/program schedules [Project Plans in Microsoft Project]; strong Microsoft Project skills are required
• Producing, maintaining, and following up on baseline PM documentation [status reports, management briefing presentations]
• Prepare meeting minutes, maintain the project plan, maintain the document repositories, track the issue and risk log
• May actually be given work packages to lead or manage, or may just be program support
• Able to independently manage small work packages
• Savvy enough to talk with technical folks [status updates] and Senior Executives [ for day to day updates, communications, follow-ups]

 

How to Apply

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