Project Control Officer - CONTRACT

ROSS; Montreal; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Project Control Officer to enhance project management efforts. This role involves supporting project planning, organizing data, and collaborating with diverse teams to ensure project success. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and familiarity with financial services. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise will help shape multi-million dollar initiatives, and where your contributions will be valued in a collaborative setting. If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a PCO supporting project teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support project management planning and activities.
• Organize and present project-related data and reports.

Skills

Project Management

Microsoft Project

PlanView

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Facilitation Skills

Organizational Skills

Financial Services Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Project

PlanView

Job description

Our client is a boutique consulting firm of top-notch Financial Services technology professionals. They have expert knowledge in the Capital Markets, Wealth & Investment Management, and Retail Banking sectors, offering their clients a winning combination of business and technical expertise. Their hands-on approach combines the rigor of business-driven frameworks and methodologies with the flexibility of a senior team, giving clients a superior level of customization. They have engaged ROSS (www.getROSS.com) to search for a Project Control Officer– CONTRACT.

ROSS is a team of People Specialists helping companies align their People Strategy with their business growth. We provide remote or onsite HR and Recruitment solutions such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), complimented by leading edge open-source HRIS software.

The Project Control Officer will be supporting project management planning and activities.

You Will:

1. Be passionate about PCO duties, responsibilities and as a career.
2. Be adept at extracting, organizing, and presenting project related data including project plans, dashboards and reports.
3. Liaise with multiple project team members and managers in order to understand and document all project-related documents including charters, requirements, and scope changes in a rigorous fashion.
4. Have the commensurate people-skills, savvy and resilience in a dynamic and evolving multi-million dollar program initiative.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience as a PCO supporting project team members and managers.
• Experience with Microsoft Project and PlanView.
• Strong facilitation skills and a solid presence along with the ability to work well with business groups as well as autonomously.
• Strong analytical, statistical and organizational skills.
• Track record of preparing both “detailed” and “management level” reports.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with an ability to adapt "style" to the client environment.
• Wide understanding of financial services is preferred.
• Bachelor degree (or higher) in relevant business administration program or equivalent experience.
• Ability to speak French is a strong asset.

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