Project Control Officer

IFG International Financial Group Ltd; Ontario; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Our client, a big 5 bank, is looking to hire a Project Control Officer for Global Finance Optimization initiatives on an initial 6 month contract. This role will represent finance initiatives from business side, partner with technology with finance initiatives.
Hybrid in office 2-3 times a week in downtown Toronto.

Responsibilities include:

• Assess current Finance processes to identify internal control weakness and opportunities to improve process efficiencies
• Present recommendations/solutions to management including analysis of business processes, development of hypothesis, synthesized findings, and opportunities for improvement
• Participate in the design of 'To-Be' process flows and provide support on the rollout
• Managing the work assignments and deliverables of business analysts
• Support and oversight of testing strategy, test cases and results
• Leverage various methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma, lean) and best practices within the industry to design a 'To-Be' process and strategy that balances customer experience, efficiency and effectiveness
• Practical project management knowledge (e.g. Agile) and experience working on projects that follow the software development life cycles (SDLC) would be an asset.
• Engage and/or participate in continuous interaction with Project Sponsors and Leads within Global Finance to ensure a clear understanding of their objectives and requirements.

Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 2+ years of experience as PM in Financial Services industry
• Demonstrated experience in creating process flows and process mapping
• Experience working on project lifecycle from beginning to end
• 1+ years of experience with UAT
• Strong knowledge of computer software, such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio etc. and PowerBI - candidate must be tech savvy
• Sharepoint and JIRA

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Change management experience
• SmartStream experience
• PeopleSoft experience

If you are qualified and interested, please send your resume to Michelle Campanaro at [e-mail] today!