PCO Programme

StrategieInfo; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

StrategieInfo in Montreal seeks a strong Program Control Officer to oversee financial governance of ERP projects, supporting a Program Director and multiple Project Managers.

Responsibilities include improving financial structures, KPI reporting, and coordination with Finance. The role requires a decade of IT project experience, MS Project proficiency, and proactive leadership in a global, IS/IT setting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT project planning/administration/coordination/management.
• Experience as PCO on IS/IT projects.
• Experience in large programs with nearshore and offshore resources.
• Strong organizational, collaboration, communication, and documentation skills.
• Demonstrates proactivity and leadership qualities.

Responsibilities

• Assess and improve ERP program financial structures (budgets, actuals, forecasts) for clear year-over-year tracking.
• Support both detailed project-level tracking and program roadmap estimates with alignment across active projects and future phases.
• Provide monthly cost reports, forecasts, and quarterly re-baselines; review KPIs with PMs.
• Establish KPIs and produce required reports.
• Support financial processes: accruals, year-end rollovers, funding requests, and closures in coordination with Finance.
• Maintain centralized project documentation and SharePoint sites for project financials; manage user access.
• Support procurement activities: PR/PO, invoice approvals, etc.
• Coordinate project funding requests and multi-year commitments with Finance.
• Assist planning and tracking of schedules, costs, and resource capacity.
• Adhere to PMF and train resources on PMO methodologies.
• Support program and portfolio reporting including governance and weekly status reports.
• Identify gaps and implement scalable improvements to governance and tracking.

Skills

Program control

Financial governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Migration to SAP S/4HANA. We are looking for a strong Program Control Officer (PCO) with solid analytical skills and expertise in financial governance of a project. The PCO will support a Program Director and several Project Managers.

Main Tasks & Responsabilities:

• Ability to assess and improve complex ERP program financial structures, including budgets, actuals, forecasts, commitments, and cost categories, to establish a clear foundation for year-over-year tracking
• Ability to support both detailed project-level financial tracking and higher-level program roadmap estimates, ensuring active projects, future phases, annual forecasts, and multi-year commitments remain aligned and explainable.
• Support financial governance in collaboration with Finance, including monthly cost reports, forecasts, and quarterly re-baselines. Review with Program Managers and PMs on monthly KPIs (schedule and cost accuracy, deviations).
• Establish KPIs and produce required reports
• Support the project team on financial processes, including accruals, year-end rollovers, funding requests, and project closures, in coordination with Finance
• Maintain centralized project documentation, approvals, and SharePoint sites with regards to project financials Support user access, onboarding, and offboarding of resources, if applicable
• Support procurement activities: purchase requests (PR) and purchase orders (PO), invoice approvals, etc.
• Support project funding requests, including Capex/Opex classification and multi-year commitments, in collaboration with Finance
• Support project teams with planning and tracking of schedules, costs, and resource capacity.
• Adhere to Project Management Framework (PMF) throughout project/program life cycle and train new resources, as required, on PMO methodologies.
• Support the project team with program and portfolio reporting, including internal/external governance reports and Weekly Status Reports
• Ability to structure an existing program control environment where financial tracking, reporting, ownership, or governance practices are not fully standardized.
• Ability to identify gaps and implement practical improvements that support scalability, consistency, and year-over-year tracking.

Required:

• Experience working as a PCO for IS/IT projects using MS Project (required).
• Minimum of 10 years of IT project planning / administration / coordination / management.
• Experience working as a PCO in a large Program.
• Ability to work in a global organization with resources near shore and offshore
• Ability to work with other PCO/PMs from BIS and business organization.
• Good organizational, collaboration, communication, and documentation skills.
• Demonstrates proactivity and leadership qualities.